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Download full textHodgkinson, Harold L. – 1974
This document summarizes programs provided in the Developing Institutions Program (Title III of the 1965 Higher Education Act.) The data sources were a questionnaire yielding Title III program data and institutional characteristics from 1965-66 to 1970-71 for 325 institutions receiving Title III funds, as well as case studies for 41 institutions…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Grants, Higher Education
Direct linkOrton, Marylin – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Presents the research model used in the Allan Hancock Joint Community College District, which operates through a part-time institutional researcher guided by an institutional research committee. Discusses the committee's role and the use of research results in policymaking and other areas. Provides examples of research. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Committees, Community Colleges
Losak, John – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes the centralized research model used by Miami-Dade Community College. Explains that the district's central office assumes responsibility for conducting all phases of the institutional research program (e.g., determining the research agenda, carrying out projects, monitoring projects, and disseminating results). Highlights strengths and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedKern, Ronald P. – Community College Review, 1990
Presents a model for assessing institutional effectiveness within the context of an accreditation self-study, drawing from the recent experiences of the Collin County Community College District (CCCCD). Reviews the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' criteria for institutional effectiveness and the institutional research, organizational,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Committees
Slark, Julie – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Presents an overview of the centralized research model employed at Rancho Santiago College, demonstrating that, although research is coordinated in a single office, the goal of broad-based staff involvement in research is enhanced through flexible staffing of the research office and integration of the research function into college governance.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationCalhoun, Harriott D. – 1993
Providing a theoretical background behind the institutional effectiveness efforts at Jefferson State Community College (JSCC), in Birmingham, Alabama, this document describes an institutional effectiveness model devised by James O. Nichols and its application at JSCC. The Nichols Institutional Effectiveness (NIE) paradigm is a practical guide to…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges, Institutional Mission
O'Brien, Maureen; And Others – 1979
The results of the pilot implementation of an evaluation methodology developed to assess the impact of introducing handicapped students into allied health curricula are discussed. An evaluative method that suggests anticipatory interventions was developed and used to measure the impact of visually impaired students enrolled in allied health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Assessment
Sheehan, Bernard S.; Hillman, Barbara J. – 1979
The student traceback model is described and is used to demonstrate various concepts relative to institutional research methodology. The methodology of the problem-solving institutional researcher includes a wide spectrum of how-to's: how to anticipate issues in higher education and estimate their practical institutional impact; how to develop the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
Lopez, Faith – 1979
This report summarizes the three-part Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) conducted by the Instructional Division of Chemeketa Community College from August, 1977 to June, 1979. Results of the first stage, a needs assessment completed in 1978, are summarized in terms of limitations and additional information needed, alternative strategies, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, Class Size, College Planning
