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Peer reviewedHabley, Wesley R.; Morales, Ricardo H. – NACADA Journal, 1998
A portion of the results of a national academic advising survey are reported. Advising data on 754 programs are analyzed to determine the performance of seven advising models on eight program goals and their perceived effectiveness on 11 program variables. The data also create a context for deeper consideration of the relationship between an…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Environment, Higher Education, Models
Peer reviewedBazik, Martha S. – Community College Review, 1986
Describes a process whereby a community college continuing education division can be effectively promoted within the college. Considers the following elements of program advocacy: goal setting; evaluation of the continuing education division and its internal and external environments; and devising, implementing, and evaluating advocacy strategies.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Advocacy, College Environment
Peer reviewedNewby, Peter – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Presents a typology of quality-assurance systems for higher education and evaluates the alternatives. Argues that total quality management strategies are best suited to higher education's purpose because the model is internal to the delivery of the service, continuous, and process-oriented, but notes, however, that there are deep, often…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Cohen, Elaine Landau – 1984
Faced with high rates of student attrition, Santa Barbara Community College (SBCC) established a committee to assess the effectiveness of the college's support services; review research on student retention; and recommend ways of improving student success through academic skills assessment, student academic advisement, articulation and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, Community Colleges, Organizational Change
Peer reviewedMartin, James; Samels, James E. – College and University, 1993
Mount Ida College (Massachusetts) has found the use of college administrators as mentors to students, complementing academic advising and faculty mentoring, to be an effective approach to strengthening the tie between first-year college students and their institutions. The impact has been noticeable in the campus culture as well as in student…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Environment
Download full textCraddick, Jan – 1986
To address the lack of academic and social preparation that many rural Alaskans have when they first arrive at college, in 1985 Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska) initiated the Early College Incentive Program (ECIP) to expose junior high students to college learning and living requirements, reduce cultural shock (Sheldon Jackson's student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Preparation, Course Objectives
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Newton, MA. – 1997
This volume contains 6 of the 17 papers written under the auspices of the Approaches to Accountability in Prevention Program sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED) from 1988 through 1991 to foster the development of papers examining theoretical applications of alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention programs at…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, College Environment
