This study examines the association between three outcomes of the freshman and sophomore years (retention, academic achievement and student rating of instruction) and the amount of exposure to three types of instructors (regular full-time faculty, adjunct faculty and graduate teaching assistants). This study uncovered little evidence that instructor type has a widespread impact on student outcomes. Rather, the study demonstrated that retention and academic achievement can be predicted primarily...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Teaching Assistants, School Holding...
This report provides general statistical information about San Antonio College (Texas). Section 1, Overview, offers a brief history, mission statement, outstanding former students, academic programs, and accreditation/affiliations. Twelve academic departments, offering 60 degree and certificate programs are identified. Section 2, Organizational Charts, contains charts for the entire college and each of the six divisions. Section 3 provides brief descriptions of the divisions, including Arts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Finance,...
This paper describes and critiques a 1989 employer/alumni study conducted by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) and four other state postsecondary institutions. The study was designed to: (1) develop a questionnaire to tap opinion about graduates' preparation and a method of administration that could be used by both 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education; (2) determine employers' priorities for the content of a college education for their employees and to compare those...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship,...
Principles of developing a comprehensive planning model for a college are considered, and experiences in using the strategic planning model at Cardinal Stritch College (Wisconsin) are addressed. Important components of the planning process are articulating a mission, determining parameters and objectives while completing internal and external analyses, implementing strategies, allocating resources, and providing accountability. It is the organization, emphasis, and implementation of major...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Planning, Economic Factors, Environmental Scanning, Futures (of Society),...
This report reviews the college preparatory programs offered to state university students in Florida through partnerships with local community colleges. Courses are offered either at the community college or by the community college on the university campus. The program review was conducted by the State Board of Community Colleges in cooperation with the Learning Systems Institute and Florida State University. Data were collected through a survey of the 10 state universities and 28 community...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Preparation, College Students, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, High...
As research administrators look to define their roles as professionals, the need to address perceived administrative burden becomes a valuable next step in improving research administration. A qualitative investigation into the causes of the perceived burden identifies local variability of research administration as regulatory burden for those research administrators looking to be seen as professionals by the researchers performing human subject research.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Research Administration, Administrators, Qualitative Research, Researchers, Federal...
This report presents and analyzes data gathered as one part of a multi-phase, multi-method, comprehensive study of several aspects of the House Plan as it exists at Cypress College. All day (458) and evening (128) students, entering February 1976 and registered for six units or more, were surveyed. The survey instrument tested students' general knowledge of the House Plan, asking about House membership, counselors, House advisors and presidents, and elicited information about students'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Commuter Colleges,...
This guide provides operational descriptions of statistical terms, concepts and techniques to assist readers in better understanding research reports which use statistical analysis. The guide is not intended to equip the reader to either conduct statistical analysis or to evaluate the appropriatness of statistical techniques for specific applications. Its sole purpose is to help the reader to more clearly understand the contents of statistical reports. (Author)
Topics: DTIC Archive, Davidson,Ted G, MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF...
This memorandum relates to some of the conceptual and operational aspects of the problem of establishing connections between institutional research activities and institutional practices. The first topic discussed is Appraisal of Institutional Research Activities and Needs, which includes an outline and several pertinent questions related to the following areas: distribution of course work, curriculum; field of concentration choice; graduate study and career patterns; grading systems and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Colleges, Data Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Guides, Higher Education, Institutional...
This report summarizes results of a survey of students in the recently-initiated part-time evening program of Nova Southeastern University (Florida) law school. Respondents included all 54 evening program students enrolled in spring 1997. Results indicate that about half the students hold a job that is either highly or moderately related to their academic program. Location and convenience were the two most frequently cited reasons for choosing the program. Students were generally satisfied with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Advising, Academic Standards, College Administration, College Choice,...
A questionnaire designed to assess seven non-cognitive variables found to be related to college success particularly for minority students (Sedlacek and Brooks, 1976) was administered to two successive samples of incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) consists to two nominal items relating to educational expectations, 18 Likert-type items relating to expectations about college and self-assessment, and three open-ended questions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Blacks, College...
Factors that influenced applicants' decisions to attend Tufts University, a private institution in Massachusetts, were studied based on a 1985 survey. Enrollment decisions were examined for the following groups: matriculants and nonmatriculants, liberal arts and engineering applicants, applicants from each of seven geographic regions, applicants who chose to attend Tufts over six top competitors, and applicants who chose to attend public institutions. Applicants completed a survey and listed in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Applicants, College Choice, Decision Making, Engineering, Enrollment...
This report compares men and women cadets in the Class of 1980 at the time they entered West Point in the Summer of 1976 on a wide variety of measures. It reports similarities and differences in physical and mental aptitudes, background, motivation, and attitudes. The largest differences, in absolute terms, are associated with physical aptitude. Among attitude variables the two genders were equal in military career motivation but very different in attitudes toward the role of women in society....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Priest ,Robert F, MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF...
The purposes of this research were to obtain some basic information concerning the civilian employment experiences of graduates from the Classes of 1950-1965, to determine the value of USMA's and the Military Service's education and training for their civilian employment experiences, and to compare their responses to those of graduates from the Classes of 1920-1949, who were asked the same questions in a prior survey. It was found that the USMA graduates from both surveys were employed in a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Butler,Richard P, MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF...
This study has two main objectives: first, to assess the overall capacity of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) of Nepal, its staff and constituent bodies in relation to their mandates, roles and responsibilities; second, to guide the conceptualization and preparation of a human resource development plan (HRDP) for MOES to support the central goal of quality improvement under the Basic and Primary Education Programme (second phase) (BPEP II). A core of data was collected by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Public Sector, Human Resources, Public Policy, Policy Analysis,...
This report reviews the benchmarking practices that are presently being used at community colleges. It introduces the concept of a "culture of inquiry" as a means for judging their potential value. It classifies benchmarking efforts among three types--performance, diagnostic, and process--and characterizes each by its typical use. The report also attempts to gauge the practical value of these various methods by assessing their capacity to truly inform understanding of institutional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Benchmarking, Community Colleges, Value Judgment, College Outcomes Assessment,...
Institutional research is the sum total of all activities directed at describing the full spectrum of functions (educational, administrative, and support) occurring within a college or university. Institutional research activities examine those functions in their broadest definitions, and embrace data collection and analytical strategies in support of decision-making at the institution (Middaugh, Trusheim, and Bauer, 1994). This paper presents a two-part perspective to describe strategies and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Institutional Research, Data Collection, Decision Making, Knowledge Level, Ethics,...
This booklet presents questions that can be used by a college or university task force looking at the freshman year experience and/or the broader undergraduate experience. It can also be utilized to aid the process of campus self-study or assessment. The questions are arranged under three major headings: (1) Campus Policies, Processes, and Climate; (2) Academics; and (3) Student Life and Campus Services. Questions are presented under the following subheadings: recruitment/admissions;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Dormitories,...
This study aims to develop a strategic plan for Joliet Junior College (JJC) (Illinois), in order to address the needs and expectations of the college constituency. JJC is a public two-year college located 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Approximately 11,500 credit students and 17,000 non-credit students attend one of JJC's three campuses. Although an institutional vision has been established, and institutional goals had been developed for the next strategic planning cycle, concrete key...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators,...
To stimulate innovation and the modification of instructional practices as well as to encourage discussion and experimentation aimed at the development of theories about the process of change, some of the new techniques and practices in use at a few colleges and universities are discussed and mechanisms are suggested for generating change. Innovative techniques include the use of television and other audiovisual media, flexible class scheduling, new grading methods, interdisciplinary courses,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Policy, Educational Change, Educational Media, Faculty, Higher...
This paper reports on the use of focus groups at Oakton Community College (Illinois) to connect with classified staff and to get their feedback on key issues. A total of four single-session focus groups, three with classified staff (employees with varying levels of academic preparation and current responsibilities) and one with supervisors/managers, were conducted. Three main topics were discussed: staff development, morale, and compensation/classification. Concerning staff development, a key...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Administration, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration), Employee...
A meeting of the North East Association for Institutional Research opens with a training session dealing with priority issues for institutional research. Following a keynote address on the future of academe, papers are presented that focus on: (1) faculty profiles in college management; (2) development and use of student-quality life indicators; (3) employer-based evaluation; (4) planning in a time of diminishing resources; (5) research on student ratings of instruction; (6) developing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Admission (School), Articulation (Education), Educational Assessment,...
The validity and reliability of the Institutional Performance Survey (IPS) as an institutional self-study instrument were assessed, with a focus on four types of validity (content, face, construct, and concurrent) and three types of reliability (test-retest, internal consistency, and rater reliability). It was found that IPS appears to reasonably assess most of its constructs/dimensions; however, its use of ambiguous language and weak assessment of five scales are problem areas, and the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Income, Institutional...
Institutional research in the community college suffers from lack of fiscal support and trained personnel. The project described here was conceived to enhance the capabilities of 12 people assigned research responsibilities in California community colleges who lacked sufficient training in research design and methodology. The overall plan was to help each participant plan, conduct, and report a single piece of institutional research. Training methods included seven workshops held over a year's...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Abstracts, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Educational Researchers,...
Institutional researchers (IR) and assessment professionals in higher education are living in interesting and challenging times, one might say in times of crisis. As federal and state coffers have shrunk in a time of rising costs of higher education, university budgets are tightening while at the same time calls for accountability are increasing (U.S. Department of Education, 2006). The discourse of higher education quality has changed to focus on "return on investment" as the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Outcomes Assessment, Retrenchment, Accountability, Educational Quality,...
This study assessed internships associated with health education professional programs in the U.S. This study updates findings from an earlier survey published in 1990. Using the 2003 "AJHE" directory of institutions, 255 health education professional preparation programs were identified. Two hundred and eleven institutions had a health education/promotion or community health program and were sent a survey packet. Of the 211 surveys sent, 124 completed surveys were returned. Results...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Health Programs, Public Health, Work Experience, Internship...
The Kothmale Community Radio and Interorg project in Sri Lanka has been hailed as an example of how a community radio initiative should function in a developing nation. However, there is some question about whether the Kothmale Community Interorg Project is a true community radio initiative that empowers local communities to access ICT services and to participate freely and equally or another "feel-good" project controlled by successive, repressive Sri-Lankan governments and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Radio, Mass Media Use, Community Information...
This publication is aimed at assisting countries as they respond to the problem of organizing a continuing process of change in the schools. The seven case studies contributed to this volume illustrate ways of balancing organizational processes and the free initiative of individual schools and teachers, within the varying traditions of each country. This volume is the first of a series of four which present case studies in education innovation (see ED 085 327 and SO 006 884). The "central...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development,...
The Fact Book is compiled annually to help meet statistical information requirements for planning and analysis at all levels of the university. Its definitions, formats, and contents have evolved over the years in response to changing campus information needs. This seventh edition contains historical data on student enrollment, faculty and support staff members, courses, grades, finances, and space. The date of record for all data is December 1 unless otherwise indicated. Information is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, Course Descriptions, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Foreign...
Cumulative grade-point averages (GPAs) of all two- and four-year public and private college transfers who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the academic year 1974-75 were compared with those of native students after controlling for academic aptitude through a multivariate analysis of covariance procedure. No significant differences in GPAs exist between native and two-year transfer students; but four-year transfer students had significantly higher GPAs than...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Quality,...
Surveys were mailed to matched samples of matriculated (enrolled in a specific curriculum) and non-matriculated (special) students in order that differences in educational goals between these types of students could be examined. Responses were obtained from 74% of those surveyed. Subsequent data analysis indicated: (1) matriculated students were more likely than special students to have educational goals involving degrees or certificates although over a third of each group had goals...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Aspiration, Associate Degrees, Classification, College Curriculum, Community...
The First Class Questionnaire is given annually to each First Class prior to graduation to get and assessment of the four-year program and to develop trends in cadet attitudes. This report lists the responses of the Class of 1981 to the First Class Questionnaire, administered by the Office of the Director of Institutional Research during the period 13-24 April 1981. Usable replies were received from 467 cadets. Similar First Class Questionnaires have been administered in previous years....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Houston, John W, MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH,...
The objective of this paper is to identify common essential information and data needs of colleges and universities and to suggest a model to integrate these data needs into one office or department. The paper suggests there are five major data and information foundations that are essential to the effective functioning of an institution: (a) accreditation support; (b) analytical reporting; (c) assessment; (d) data management and reporting; and (e) planning and scanning. Additionally, this paper...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Institutional Research, Organizational Effectiveness, Information Management,...
This report on the nature and role of institutional research addresses itself to the following questions: (1) what is institutional research? (2) how "pure" can institutional research be? (3) what can institutional research do for the institution? (the report lists such functions as: preparing operating, analytic and summary reports, conducting analytic or modeling studies, designing management information systems, doing special studies and studies in support of educational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Objectives, Organization, Orientation,...
In order to assess the attitudes of Harcum Junior College students in regard to education in general, the school curriculum, school resources, and school counseling, a questionnaire was administered to all Harcum students in the fall of 1975, with 258 anonymous respondents. Since respondents were enrolled in all programs except the pre-pharmacy curriculum, the sample was broadly representative of the attitudes prevalent among the current student body. The Assessment of Student Attitudes (ASA)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, Counseling Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational...
This paper generally describes the activities and processes of a task force at William Rainey Harper College (Illinois) charged with reviewing the college's tenure policies relative to present needs and long-range projections. It provides a series of suggestions of use to other community colleges who might undertake a self-study of tenure policy. Among the suggestions are: (1) formation of a task force composed of representatives of the diverse college community (faculty and staff); (2)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Institutional Research, Models, Needs Assessment, Personnel...
University of Maryland full-time undergraduate students who were 36 to 57 years old were compared to a random sample of younger students aged 18 to 35 years old on the 1970 University Student Census, an attitude and activities inventory. The older sample of 319 students was 50 percent male and 50 percent female, while the younger sample of 313 students was 60 percent male and 40 percent female. Subjects were compared on 14 demographic items and 28 Likert-type attitude items. Older students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Full Time...
This study investigated the organization, compliance, and concerns of public higher education regarding the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. A survey was developed and mailed to 480 colleges and universities selected randomly within each Carnegie Classification. Analysis of responses from 270 institutions indicated that public higher education administrators understand and "grasp" the complexities of the ADA, and that they have organized the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance...
The role played by the institutional research office in the successful re-engineering of the University of Miami (Florida) college of engineering is described. The private research university's engineering school was at risk of closure due to declining enrollment and a changing job market. A committee of engineering faculty and other university administrators wrote a strategic plan using ideas from internal and external sources and site visits to other institutions. The plan outlined objectives...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, College Administration, Declining Enrollment, Engineering...
This report summary presents several economic benefits that the state of Illinois receives from its 39 community college districts. The benefits are witnessed at the state, student, and taxpayer level and can be classified into four categories: contribution to local jobs, increased earning by graduates, widespread social benefits, and financial return to taxpayers. In total, the authors project that the community college districts supply $9.9 billion of the annual earnings in the state's...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Economic Impact,...
This document presents the data on degrees and certificates earned at the University of Hawaii Community Colleges during fiscal year 2001-02. The data presented are for the following community colleges: (1) Windward; (2) Hawaii; (3) Honolulu; (4) Kapi'olani; (5) Kaua'i; (6) Leeward; and (7) Maui. The data are presented in the format of tables and figures. Degrees earned are presented as totals for the system, and are broken down according to campus as well as type of degree earned at each...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credentials, Degrees (Academic), Educational...
The Truckee Meadows Community College 2002 FactBook summarizes institutional data pertaining to enrollment trends, student profiles, institutional outcome measures, campus resources, and the external environment. The institution had a total enrollment of 10,445 students (17 percent of whom were full-time and 36 percent part-time and attending night classes only). The median age of the student population was 25. Fifty-five percent of the students were female and 19 percent were ethnic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Administration, College Planning, College Programs, Community Colleges,...
The influence of summer experiences on the re-enrollment pattern of students at the City University of New York was studied. Students who began as first-time freshmen in fall 1978 were evaluated over a 2-year period. Information was available for 21,079 students; however, 1,466 students who completed associate degrees during the study period were excluded from the analysis. Major study findings were as follows: during the summer, economically and educationally disadvantaged students were more...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Students,...
The study described in this report was designed to determine student enrollment trends and the service area of Arizona's Phoenix College (PC). Headcount and full-time student equivalent (FTSE) data were collected for fall semesters from 1985 through 1989. The average yearly change in enrollments was calculated and presented in table and graph formats. To determine the PC service area, enrollment totals by zip code were collected for fall 1989 from which a map of the service area was drawn. It...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Planning, Enrollment Trends,...
This report contains 22 tables and 25 figures showing student characteristics and enrollment trends from 1995 to 1999 for Cuesta College. Section 1 presents five-year student characteristics and enrollment trends; Section 2 outlines enrollment by Cuesta College educational region, 1998-99. Both sections contain data on enrollment status, course load, units and degrees completed, gender, ethnicity, age, disabilities, geographic region, educational objectives, and students from local high...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Institutional...
This study examined how firmly formalized institutional effectiveness processes were in place on college campuses and whether those processes were deemed successful and useful by campus communities, noting the effectiveness of Web-based surveying to collect information. Respondents were college administrators involved in their institution's effectiveness plans. All participated in at least one regional or national e-mail listserv or electronic newsletter serving college/university institutional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrators, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education,...
Santa Barbara City College recently established a tutorial center to serve the needs of educationally disadvantaged students, particularly those with minority backgrounds. To investigate the impact ot these services, the performance and persistence of 75 students enrolled in a preparatory English course were studied. Each section was taught by the same instructor using similar techniques, and students were free to choose whether or not they wished to seek tutorial assistance. At the end of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Institutional Research, Performance...
This report is a compilation of reports and abstracts relating to research and innovative instructional activities conducted at Santa Fe Junior College (Florida) during the 1970-71 academic year. It is the third of an annual series and serves to document what has been tried at the college to encourage others to re-examine and experiment, and to evaluate what is being done. Contributors include faculty, administrative staff members, students undertaking a class or organization research project,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Experimental Programs, Institutional...
In a longitudinal study of student performance at Harper College, a sample of full-time and part-time students who enrolled at the college in the fall semesters during the years 1967 through 1972 was studied. The results of the study showed that in 1969 and 1970 more students were leaving before they accumulated 15 hours credit, and fewer were completing the college's programs. The trend was reversed in the later years, with students persisting at higher levels. The average GPA of the students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Grade Point Average,...
In order to evaluate the content of the courses and programs of the Moraine Park Technical Institute (MPTI) and to identify weaknesses and strengths in meeting the needs of the employee and employer, an in-depth evaluation of the school's five departments (trade and industry, business education, health occupations, agriculture, and general education) was conducted in 1973-74. A total of 1,021 responses were retrieved from 43 MPTI instructors, 36 advisory committee members, 6 area employers, 117...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs,...
