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Direct linkJones, Janis Cox – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes the Los Rios Community College District's district-coordinated institutional research model. Considers the coordination of centralized and campus-based research, types of research conducted, quality control, the district research council, setting research agendas, program implementation and monitoring, information dissemination, and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Outcomes Assessment, Committees, Community Colleges
MacDougall, Peter R.; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes Santa Barbara City College's decentralized research program, considering the roles of the president, vice presidents, deans, institutional research committee members, and data-processing director. Explains how the research agenda is determined, projects monitored, results/implications identified, and findings disseminated. Highlights…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Committees, Community Colleges
Orton, 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
Friedlander, Jack; MacDougall, Peter R. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Discusses the growth of the assessment movement, reviews the different measures of student performance being requested by state agencies, and describes institutional responses to state mandates. Offers guidelines for implementing an effective assessment program. (DMM)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Researchers
Download full textLosak, John, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
This collection of essays by current or former directors of institutional research represents the broad spectrum of size, function, and geography within institutional research in the two-year college. The volume contains: (1) "The Role of Institutional Research in Evaluation of Nontraditional Programs: College Preparatory Analysis at Miami-Dade…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
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
Capoor, Madan; Morante, Edward – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes two state-mandated programs for institutional accountability in New Jersey (i.e., Basic Skills Assessment Program and College Outcomes Evaluation Program), which function through cooperation between the state's higher education agency and its colleges and universities. Highlights research objectives, procedures, responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
