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Peer reviewedCollins, Joseph S.; Hecht, William J.; Strange, Diana Tilley – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1999
Both routine monitoring reports and special studies contribute to effective fund-raising efforts and the provision of services to alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A long-range strategy committee was established to determine market-research needs and approaches and to establish long-term alumni-relations priorities. The alumni…
Descriptors: Alumni, Databases, Fund Raising, Graduate Surveys
Download full textCarifio, James; Shwedel, Allan – 1983
Various procedures, technologies, and products were developed by the Massachusetts Board of Regents and the Massachusetts Community Colleges in implementing the student followup component of the Vocational Education Data System (VEDS). The Board of Regents took the lead in coordinating the VEDS followup study among the 15 state-supported community…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedFisher, Margaret Brooks – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1988
Launching an alumni survey requires consultation with many campus constituencies, thoughtful decisions about intent and content, careful planning of all operational procedures and proper promotion. Census surveys, telephone versus mail surveys, decisions on data entry, timelines, costs, publicizing, etc. are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alumni, Census Figures, Costs, Data Collection
Solmon, Lewis C. – New Directions for Education, Work and Careers, 1979
Surveys of students and alumni are viewed as helpful by accrediting teams, college recruiters, career counseling and placement officers, current and prospective students, etc. Only in large-scale national surveys like Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) is there potential for individual colleges to utilize data for their own…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Students, Databases
Unruh, David; And Others – Graduate Focus: Issues in Graduate Education at UCLA, 1996
This article focuses on issues related to outcomes for doctoral degree recipients and the efforts of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a coherent and consistent approach to employment tracking. Recent (1994-95) UCLA doctoral recipients (n=893) were surveyed concerning their initial employment placements. The article…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Databases, Doctoral Degrees
Baylis, Bayard, Comp. – 1986
New challenges facing the institutional research profession are covered in these 1986 conference proceedings of the North East Association for Institutional Research. Paper titles and authors include: "Institutional Research at Mercer County Community College: The Changing Role in the Eighties" (F. L. Edwards); "Course Placement and Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Admission, College Faculty, College Planning
