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Mets, Lisa A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
Review of literature concerning the use of program review in higher education lists sources discussing the review process, focusing on the links between program review and other institutional processes, and addressing application of program review principles and practices to different higher education settings. Critical factors for successful use…
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Institutional Research
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Ewell, Peter T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1985
Successful outcomes assessment programs have many common characteristics. Institutional researchers should examine these signs of success and use them as guides for developing their own campus programs. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Schein, Jerome D. – ACEHI Journal, 1990
Government and private agencies in Alberta, Canada, have voluntarily joined to establish the Alberta Disability Database, to bring statistical order out of the numerical chaos of disability data. This paper discusses the program's financing, confidentiality, definitions, access, archiving, consultation, and coordination. (JDD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Austin, TX. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research. – 2001
This booklet offers guidelines for the development of dissemination strategies, especially those concerned with research and programs. Individual sections address: the importance of including sound dissemination plans in grant proposals, factors found to be closely related to information utilization in the dissemination process, a philosophical…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Federal Programs, Grants
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Howard, Richard D.; Rogers, Brenda H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
The article proposes that the key to tracking and evaluating the academic progress of college students, particularly at complex institutions, is development of a longitudinal tracking system with flexibility to support a diverse community of users and applications. Considerations for efficient maintenance and effective use of such a system are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Institutional Characteristics