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Garver, Karin; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Hodges, Katherine; Melnick, Hanna; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
Most states in the United States operate their public preschool programs in a mixed delivery system that serves children in local education agencies (LEAs) as well as non-LEA settings, such as Head Start agencies, child care centers, private schools, and family child care homes. To inform state preschool administrators and policymakers as they…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, School Districts, Delivery Systems
Schmitt, Stephanie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation considers the effects of national rankings, specifically the 2010 National Research Council (NRC)'s Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs, on higher education institutions' behavior. National research studies of graduate education require significant resources and data, yet it is uncertain how universities make…
Descriptors: Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Change, Higher Education
Reese, Larry D.; Parmenter, Vernon F. – Business Officer, 1994
An effort to enhance quality and efficiency at the University of Florida was designed to produce quick results without involving many employees and focused on the accounts payable department. Flowcharting identified inefficiencies and pinpointed opportunities for improvement in labor-intensive processes, mailings, check registers, reports,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Data Processing, Efficiency
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Howze, Y. S. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
The Quality Circle Model of Planning is presented as a program evaluation approach for schools serving students with blindness. The model helps administrators solve problems using creative, innovative approaches; identifies human and monetary resources for successful implementation of the plan; and provides a framework for evaluating the plan's…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Studies, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Bell, Howard W., Jr.; Hanseman, Nancy J. – Business Officer, 1994
An organizational development and quality enhancement effort at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) incorporating characteristics of several popular quality management systems has produced unanticipated benefits in the administrative services and information technologies division: downsizing was less drastic than anticipated; innovative financing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education
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Wasson, Dale – College and University, 1993
The Georgia Southern University admissions office implemented Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to control the quality of information management. It is suggested that, although TQM is used best on an institutionwide basis, it can also be useful in improving quality, reducing cost, increasing productivity, and achieving competitiveness on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission, Higher Education
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Arnold, J. David; Harman, John; VanderBilt, Deborah L. – Planning for Higher Education, 1999
Responding to a budget deficit, St. John Fisher College (New York) used quality-management tools to address critical budget issues and initiate a strategic program. Because the process used consensus-building tools, committee members felt they had been given equal input into resource allocation decisions and the process provided a sense of shared…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Financial Problems
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Patrick, William J.; Stanley, Elizabeth C. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
The British experience with nationwide research quality assessment exercises and newly-introduced measures to improve research program accountability is described. Consequences for institutions of higher education and for the system as a whole are examined, using the University of Glasgow (Scotland) as an example. Utility of performance indicators…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Burgar, Paul – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A Total Quality Management (TQM) approach to enforcing an admissions rule was taken in one master's degree program in lieu of punishing students for infraction. Prevention became possible only after TQM techniques revealed the causes of rule violation. Follow-up shows no new rule infractions for several academic terms. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Cheating
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; Wolverton, Mimi – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
Evolution of "quality" in higher education as an institutional concept is traced, and differences between approaches at the institutional and state levels are explored. Contrasting approaches in Florida and Illinois are examined, particularly in the case of Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). Contribution of the different approaches…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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Dooris, Michael – Planning for Higher Education, 1993
A Pennsylvania State University planner who sat in on an introductory physics course as part of a Total Quality Management/Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) effort reflects on the experience and discusses insights gained about the link between CQI and the quality of undergraduate instruction. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Instruction, College Planning
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Ursprung, Heinrich – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1988
A study of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests (1) an abrupt change in an institution's financial pattern need not mean loss of excellence; (2) in crisis, the institution must build on its strengths; (3) strong central planning is essential; (4) an excellent faculty is the first responsibility. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Planning, Educational Quality
Deupree, John, Ed.; Lenn, Marjorie Peace, Ed. – 1997
This collection of essays presents a set of standards to be considered for use in the delivery of U.S. credit-abroad programs and is designed to serve as a primer for institutions considering the development of such standards. The essays include: (1) "Introduction: A Growing Trend in Educational Delivery" (John Deupree), which discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Colleges
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Brennan, John – Higher Education Management, 1997
Examines relationships which exist internationally between contexts, methods, and impact on institutions of external quality assessments in higher education. Argues that debates about quality assessment are frequently debates about power and change. Case studies of the University of Aalborg (Denmark), Uppsala University (Sweden), and Monash…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Bruegeman, Donald C – Business Officer, 1994
This article discusses the impact of resource reallocation by colleges and universities using Virginia Commonwealth University as an example. Alternative areas for creative reallocations noted include increased productivity/efficiency, quality improvement, growth by substitution, targeted fund raising, planned savings, categorical funding, tuition…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, College Administration
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