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Kandies, Jerry; And Others – 1995
This paper describes the process involved in envisioning Delta State University (Mississippi) Division of Computer Information Systems/Office Administration's (CIS/OAD) long-range approach to addressing the university's identified curricular needs. The process included: examining of community needs, assessment of current resources, curriculum…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Blair, Rebecca – 1994
The advent of writing-across-the-curriculum programs at the college level has necessitated the development of institutional measurement schema to internally assess their pedagogical and curricular efficacy and to externally demonstrate to concerned constituents that specific institutions are effectively fulfilling the educational mission for…
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Models
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1996
This paper, from the Proprietary Schools Advisory Committee, is an executive summary of reports on the productivity-quality efforts of nine Illinois proprietary institutions. For each school, productivity summaries are presented for instructional, public service, and research units as well as academic and administrative functions. Examples of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Economics, Educational Improvement
Miller, Michael T.; Masoner, David J. – 1995
This paper examines the perceptions and attitudes of the faculty of a rural community college about their institution's mission. The college serves a 19-county area in central Alabama, characterized by high rates of illiteracy, unemployment, and poverty. Surveys were completed by 74 of the 100 faculty members. Faculty generally supported their…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Institutional Mission, Institutional Role
Selbert, Daphne – 1990
This examination of the impact of technology on the educational role of small academic libraries focuses on the information access aspect of technology. Librarians at 26 colleges in Illinois with enrollments of under 3,000 students responded to a survey which measured the libraries' access to databases through online searching and the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Databases, Higher Education
Rozema, Hazel; Weldy, Eric – 1993
A study examined the kinds of skills that minority students felt prepared them for college and helped them to succeed. All 80 minority students enrolled at Illinois' Millikin University (enrollment, 1,800 students) were interviewed for 20 to 30 minutes each. Results indicated that: (1) students reported that English composition/writing classes,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Magarrell, Jack – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1983
Faced with an enrollment decline of 36 percent in the last three years, New England College (New Hampshire) has developed a long-range plan for making itself smaller. Changes which are being made include: (1) reducing the number of faculty; (2) reducing the amount of student housing; (3) adding another person to the fundraising staff; (4) offering…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, Coping, Declining Enrollment
Coughlin, Patrick J. – 1986
A survey was conducted to identify the patterns of academic and administrative computer services in use--or planned for the near future--in small colleges and universities as they relate to such strategic policy areas as: (1) management/governance structure; (2) personnel-staff; (3) personnel-faculty; (4) academic computing; (5) library services;…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
Kuh, George D., Ed.; McAleenan, Andrea C., Ed. – 1986
The role of student affairs staff in small colleges is considered in eight chapters. Topics of discussion include: conditions facing small colleges, the small college ecology, the role of the student affairs division in providing leadership for institutional planning and research, examples of innovative programming that maximize scarce resources…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Planning, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Greenfield, Gerald Michael – 1987
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside offered an experimental course on international business in seminar form as a means of trying an interdisciplinary venture in a new area without commitment to a course structure. The seminar was developed as part of the international studies program, which draws on existing courses in several disciplines, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Higher Education
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1982 CAUSE national conference on information resources for college management are presented. The 41 presentations cover five subject tracks: issues in higher education, managing the information systems resource, technology and techniques, small college information systems, and innovative applications. In addition, presentations…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Raiola, Ed; Sugerman, Debbie – 1984
The use of undergraduate-level internships at Unity College in Maine is described. This small college emphasizes natural resource management and outdoor education. The college's Cooperative Education and Internship Program allows students to take up to 14 credit hours of internships. Freshman-level internships are of an exploratory nature designed…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Cooperative Education, Environmental Education
Chambliss, Catherine – 1989
In 1982, Ursinus College instituted a new Freshman Advising Program (FAP), involving: a greatly expanded role for the advisor; postponement of the declaration of major; greater emphasis on student-centered developmental advising; a focus on the transition needs of freshmen; a focus on the problem of false starts and student encounters with…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Students
Hunt, Thomas C.; Carper, James C. – 1988
A bibliography of private colleges and universities that are, or have been, religiously affiliated is provided. Twenty-eight chapters are: major works on religion and American colleges and universities; government aid to church-affiliated colleges and universities; government regulation of church-affiliated colleges and universities; Baptist…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Catholic Schools, Christianity, Church Related Colleges
Skaggs, W. Jack – 1987
Work values of faculty members in small liberal arts colleges that belonged to the Council of Independent Colleges were investigated. Questionnaires were sent to 719 faculty members and 353 usable responses were received: 215 from church-related colleges and 138 from independent colleges. Super's Work Values Inventory was used to measure 15 work…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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