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Download full textLosak, John, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
This collection of essays by current or former directors of institutional research represents the broad spectrum of size, function, and geography within institutional research in the two-year college. The volume contains: (1) "The Role of Institutional Research in Evaluation of Nontraditional Programs: College Preparatory Analysis at Miami-Dade…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Conrad, Clifton F.; Wilson, Richard F. – 1985
Purposes for academic program review and diverse institutional approaches to college program review are considered, along with possible outcomes and ways to improve program review. Attention is directed to program review practices at 30 representatives institutions. As background, predominant types of program review over the past 15 years levels…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Decision Making, Educational Change
Bredekamp, Sue; Shepard, Lorrie – 1990
Suggestions for early childhood educators on how to provide developmentally appropriate practices and teaching methods are offered. Suggestions concern: (1) making decisions about entrance and placement; (2) evaluating a program's accomplishment of goals; (3) planning and individualizing curriculum and instruction; and (4) promoting appropriate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Mamarchev, Helen L. – 1980
This information analysis paper reviews the literature on career development programs and practices, identified by a computer search of the ERIC data base from November 1966 through December 1979. The introduction highlights issues and trends: the infusion of career development concepts into curriculums; evaluations of programs in career guidance…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Enrichment
Sanders, James R. – 1988
Although evaluation plays many roles in schools--support for administrative decision-making, curriculum improvement, staff development, public relations, instruction, counseling, diagnosing problems for students and staff, planning--recent studies of school district evaluation practices indicate that little overall consistency exists in the form…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Educational Facilities Improvement
Keimig, Ruth Talbott – 1983
Learning improvement programs for underprepared postsecondary students are reviewed, and a Decision Guide for Effective Programs, which summarizes knowledge needed for decision making, is presented. Research data are analyzed to identify features of learning improvement programs associated with improved grade point average and retention.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, College Students
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required partners in the one-stop system mandated by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The following features have long characterized VR: the primary goal of integrated competitive employment for persons with disabilities; state flexibility in VR systems, approaches, and structures; case…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education)
