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Peer reviewedHoward, 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
Peer reviewedAdelman, Stanley I. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
The evolution of the student tracking system at Amarillo College, a Texas community college, is chronicled for three stages: (1) early efforts; (2) participation in the development of a consortium-based longitudinal student tracking project beginning in 1986; and (3) more recent developments. Tools and techniques used at each stage are discussed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Students, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedBorden, Victor M. H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
A discussion of new technologies and strategies for monitoring college student progress identifies four stages of developing information systems: (1) problem definition and systems specification; (2) data extraction and synthesis; (3) data analysis; and (4) dissemination. Some trends in use of data sources, analysis types, tracking capabilities,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education
