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Direct linkBlouin, David D.; Moss, Alison R. – Teaching Sociology, 2015
Twenty years ago, Pescosolido and Milkie (1995) reported that 50 percent of U.S. and Canadian sociology graduate programs offered formal teacher training. Despite pronouncements that offerings have increased substantially, no similarly thorough and direct investigation has been published since. In this time of dramatic change and increasing…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Relevance (Education), Teacher Education Programs, Sociology
Bers, Trudy – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012
Surveys and benchmarks continue to grow in importance for community colleges in response to several factors. One is the press for accountability, that is, for colleges to report the outcomes of their programs and services to demonstrate their quality and prudent use of resources, primarily to external constituents and governing boards at the state…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Community Colleges, Accountability, Surveys
Goodman, Paul S. – Oxford University Press, 2011
The state of higher education today is one of change and stasis. Economic vulnerability, globalization, technological innovation, and an increasingly competitive market underlie the need for change in higher education. At the same time, there are strong and stubborn forces at work supporting the status quo. Though daunting, institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Organizational Change
Klepper, William M.; And Others – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
Information about students' characteristics and their perceptions of their educational experience allow institutions to predict their risk of attrition. Trenton State College's effective use of the American Council on Education Cooperative Institutional Research Program for planning and assessment is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Dzierlenga, Donna – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1981
Provides references to ERIC documents dealing with marketing community colleges. Covers the purpose of marketing, planning, and implementing marketing programs, the extent to which marketing is being used, descriptions of programs and activities at individual institutions, and the role of institutional research in support marketing. (DD)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Research, Literature Reviews, Program Descriptions
Birzea, Cesar, Comp. – 1973
Intended as a follow-up to a 1969 survey of educational research institutes and projects in various European countries, this volume covers research units and projects of five European socialist countries for 1970-72. The main purpose of this raw, working document is to increase the exchange of information on educational research. Data was…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Directories, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Peer reviewedViehland, Dennis W.; Plucker, Frank E. – Research in Higher Education, 1988
A survey of higher education programs found that nine of the programs offer an area of concentration in institutional research and 17 programs have an institutional research core course. These programs are identified and the content of the curriculum is described. Planning topics received the most emphasis in courses. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Core Curriculum, Graduate Study
Hoyt, Donald P.; Cashin, William E. – 1977
The development of the IDEA system, a survey concerning teacher effectiveness at Kansas State University (KSU) is described. The system originated at KSU during the 1968-69 academic year as a means for investigating the effectiveness of teaching and for improving instruction. A discussion concerning its purpose and rationale is included. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
