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Download full textKarp, Melinda Mechur; Fletcher, Jeffrey – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2014
For colleges seeking to improve student outcomes, new technologies often appear to hold the promise of transformative change. Across the country, colleges are using technological tools to enhance reform efforts related to how they teach, how they provide supports to students, and how they guide students through programs of study. In order for…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Institutional Research, Technology Integration, Adoption
Peer reviewedDressel, Paul; Simon, Lou Anna Kimsey – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1976
Methods by which annual evaluation and review of departments at Michigan State has moved from a limited exercise to a valued administrative tool are described. A model is used that has as its basic unit the academic department and that is an operational system for departmental review and resource allocation in a complex university. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Departments, Educational Assessment
Taylor, Jim – Australian Universities' Review, 1987
Recent British emphasis on performance indicators in the evaluation of universities and the allocation of resources are examined. Potential problems in their use are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Contracts, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Brown, Marilyn K. – 1984
Several approaches to determining a new formula for the allocation of faculty positions (and associated salary and operating funds) are discussed. These approaches are: weighting schemes used at peer institutions, faculty workload measures, and use of a state funding formula. A survey was used to solicit data concerning weighting schemes used at…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Decision Making, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Johnson, F. Craig; Christal, Melodie E. – Association for Institutional Research, 1985
The way that a college can transform its periodic self-study process into an ongoing program is addressed, with a focus on the contribution of the institutional research office. Also considered are data elements that self-studies most often require and the way that data elements relate to judgments and interpretations made through the self-study.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Programs, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1986
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has successfully integrated a program for assessing student outcomes in the ongoing institutional processes of peer review, strategic planning, and internal resource allocation. Students are tested in general education and their major fields and participate in curriculum and instructional evaluations.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Administration, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Lewis, Darrell R.; Kallsen, Lincoln A. – 1993
This paper reports on the development and use of a multiattribute evaluation model for making resource reallocation decisions in a large College of Education. Multiple criteria with measurable attributes, procedures for use, and software templates are identified, along with data from a recent cycle of reviews. Final estimates on weighted utility…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Colleges
An Annotated and Indexed Bibliography of Management Science Applications to Academic Administration.
White, Gregory P. – 1985
A bibliography that classifies and describes applications of management science methodology/philosophy to higher education administration is presented. Readily available materials and journal articles published mainly since 1972 are briefly described and coded using a taxonomy with five major dimensions: administrative level at which the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classification, College Administration, College Admission
Topping, Jim – 1979
The Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) cost study project of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems is described and its applicability to six major research universities (MRU) is assessed in this pilot study. The IEP enables peer institutions to compare information about their resources, activities, and educational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Planning, College Students
Chatman, Steven P. – 1995
This study uses iterative solution techniques to determine empirically optimal standards for student to faculty ratios by discipline and student level for a group of 11 public, research universities, all of whom were members of the Association of American Universities. One set of benchmark standards was based on four-variable solutions within…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Credits, College Faculty, Departments
Cope, Robert G. – 1981
Recent applications of the strategic planning approach in colleges and universities and techniques necessary for its application are reviewed. In addition, the intellectual roots of strategic planning are traced, and strategic planning is defined and contrasted with long-range planning. It is suggested that strategic planning addresses the total…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Decision Making
Fenske, Robert H., Ed.; Staskey, Paul J., Ed. – 1978
Forty-four papers are collected in this volume and categorized: invited papers on research and planning for higher education; organizational analysis; finance and resource allocation; program and outcomes analysis; modeling; evaluation; and studies of faculty and students. Abstracts of additional papers are included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Administration, College Choice, College Faculty
Jedamus, Paul, Ed.; Peterson, Marvin W., Ed. – 1980
A guide to the practice of institutional research and planning in American higher education in the 1980s is presented. Attention is directed to the impact of current changes in the external environment on higher education and implications of these changes for institutional research and planning. Topics include national issues crucial to the future…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning
