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Howard, Richard D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
A college or university's intercollegiate athletics program is a visible and sensitive component of a campus about which pressures for data and information can become intense quickly. The campus institutional research professional and other campus administrators must be prepared to face this challenge knowledgeably and responsibly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Athletics, Higher Education, Institutional Research
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Baird, Leonard L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Five categories of student outcomes in graduate and professional education are identified: timely degree completion; knowledge of the discipline; preparedness for professional practice; preparation for research and inquiry; preparation for teaching. A framework for assessing each is offered and various methods for collecting data on student…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Data Collection, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Thelin, John R.; Wiseman, Lawrence L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
Historically, statistics have been important in intercollegiate sports. At first, the data were kept as game statistics, but more recently they have been used for institutional research, accountability, compliance with regulations, and public relations. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Educational Trends
Riegel, N. Blyth – 1986
Recent changes in the structure of curriculum and the instructional system in Texas have required a major reorganization of teaching, evaluating, budgeting, and planning activities in the local education agencies, which has created the need for a database. The history of Richardson Instructional Management System (RIMS), its data processing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Processing, Educational Administration
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Moss, Marsha K. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
Involvement of the institutional research office at the University of Texas at Austin in integration of student-athlete data into the central database is described, including identification of data maintained in different offices, internal and external data reporting needs, and expansion of central files. Lessons learned from the effort are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Databases
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Smith, Linda F. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
The experience of Coastal Carolina College (South Carolina) suggests that, although the small college often has the same academic reporting demands for intercollegiate athletics as a large institution, the nature of the institution creates different recordkeeping and reporting challenges. Computerization and active institutional research staff…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Athletics, Computer Oriented Programs, Disclosure
Miller, David P. – 1983
This paper reports on a study of the 1980 Maryland State Department of Education school improvement project utilizing Mastery Learning. It examines the instructional process implementation, the impact of one pilot school, and the statewide program through observation, surveys, interviews, document analysis, and participant self-reports. Data were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education