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Eraut, Michael – Studies in Higher Education, 1985
A discussion of the relationship between theory and practice in professional continuing education considers the different kinds of professional knowledge (according to its generalizability or explicitness), modes of knowledge (replication, application, interpretation, association), and the contexts of knowledge use. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Needs, Epistemology, Higher Education
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Geis, George L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
Conditions that can enhance college teachers' acceptance and productive use of feedback about instruction are outlined, including understanding of the purposes of evaluation, who provides the feedback, the message itself (form, timing, sources, and subsequent messages), characteristics of the recipient, immediate environment, and consequences…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Communication (Thought Transfer), Faculty Evaluation
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Kaagan, Steve; Smith, Marshall S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Reviews the Council of Chief State School Officers' effort to establish a nationwide system of educational indicators. Suggests the benefits of such a system. (MCG)
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
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Henige, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
This discussion focuses on the problems involved in the interpretation and verification of the data gathered and presented by the North American Collections Inventory Project. It suggests that the National Shelflist Count is a better resource for collection management and shared library resources decisions. (CLB)
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems
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Gray, Peter J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
Assessment of college teaching is viewed broadly as the gathering of information for understanding and improving teaching as well as judging its quality. It is seen to play a crucial support role at each stage of instructional development: problem clarification, instructional design/redesign, and field testing and implementation. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Data Collection, Faculty Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Trussel, John M.; Bitner, Larry N. – Business Officer, 1996
To be useful for management decision making, the college or university's cost accounting system must capture and measure improvements. Activity-based costing (ABC), which determines more accurately the full costs of services and products, tracks improvements and should proceed alongside reengineering of institutional accounting. Guidelines are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education
Anderson, Jim – School Administrator, 1987
Selecting an appropriate school district information system means obtaining the best features while sacrificing few that are desirable. Evaluation criteria include scope of work; integration of modules; accuracy of attendance module; checking "power" for attendance; a fast scheduler; graduation requirements capabilities; and before adoption,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs
Norton, Melanie J. – 2000
This book is an introduction to the practical and theoretical concepts of information science. The author draws on recent research into the field of information science, as well as from scholarly and trade publications, and includes articles by Harold Borko, Klause Otten, and Anthony DeBons to emphasize the long-standing dissension in the field.…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Policy, Information Retrieval
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Wargula, Carol A. – SRA Journal, 1991
A survey of research scientists (n=35) at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, investigated the usefulness of a funding newsletter generated by the office of research affairs. Results suggest that many researchers contact sponsors after seeing a newsletter announcement but need longer lead times and prefer a monthly publication. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Newsletters
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Lindquist, Jack – New Directions for Higher Education, 1991
Good feedback from a consultant is evidence-based insight into the good, bad, and indifferent aspects of the work being done. The college administrator needs to prepare for hearing and acting on it. Receiving feedback is difficult, but handling it well is critical to the ultimate effectiveness of change. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, Consultants, Feedback
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Creswell, John W.; And Others – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
It is proposed that numerous national surveys of faculty since the late 1960s provide institutional researchers and others with rich sources of descriptive data to help address the shifting national issues and institutional concerns related to faculty resources. An annotated list of 12 major faculty surveys is appended. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Databases, Higher Education, Information Sources
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Breivik, Patricia Senn – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
To be effective in the current rapidly changing environment, individuals need more than a knowledge base. They also need information literacy which includes techniques for exploring new information, synthesizing it, and using it in practical ways. Undergraduate education should focus on such resource-based learning directed at problem solving.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Simmons, Howard L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools believes that programs to improve the undergraduate teaching and learning process should include an appropriate emphasis on information literacy and other resource-based learning strategies. College mission and goal statements and the accreditation process should all reflect this focus.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Students, Computer Literacy
Shellard, Elizabeth – 2002
in this era of standards, high-stakes testing, and accountability, school leaders need to know how they can increase the achievement of their students. Researchers have found that high-achieving schools show common, key factors, including challenging learning experiences for all students, a principal who fulfills his/her role as the instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Role, Data Analysis
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Pavel, D. Michael; Reiser, Mark – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
Two types of national data sets are described and used to analyze minority student equity in higher education: longitudinal survey data for tracking student persistence and cross-sectional data for monitoring the performance of institutions. Development of additional data sets of institutional characteristics that can provide true explanatory…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Databases, Higher Education
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