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Pellissippi State Technical Community Coll., Knoxville, TN. – 1998
The document contains the strategic plan for Pellissippi State Technical Community College (Tennessee). The previous five-year strategic plan, "The Pathfinder Project," was prepared in 1994 but was out of date before the end of the five-year planning cycle. To secure information for projecting new five-year strategic directions and goals…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Institutional Administration, Institutional Evaluation
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Berry, R. Stephen – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1984
Discusses issues related to the missions of national laboratories as well as to the quality of their staffs. Indicates that although dilemmas exist within these institutions, an examination of such issues as management problems and institutional goals and activities may lead to an improvement of these national resources. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Aid, Government Role, Higher Education
National Council on Disability, 2006
This report compares actual performance with the projected levels of performance set out in National Council on Disability's (NCD) annual performance plan. The report shows a positive link between the allocated resources and NCD's performance. NCD's assessment review showed that it was successful in meeting its goals and achieving its intended…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Employment Opportunities, Disabilities, Educational Opportunities
Peterson, Marvin W.; Einarson, Marne K. – 1998
This paper reviews and synthesizes the literature on institutional support for student assessment, offering an organizing framework for using this information to shape institutional policies, processes, and practices in ways that lead to both improved student performance and institutional functioning. The framework, first, involves the overall…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Smith, Harry E. – 1977
Since 1970, in response to a variety of external and internal pressures, many postsecondary institutions have undertaken projects to improve the quality of undergraduate education by rethinking what is involved in a liberal education and revising the process as well as the content of the education they offer. Innovative programs, instructional…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Colleges, Educational Demand
Frost, Jacqueline; Dalrymple, Margaret; Wang, Mindy – 1998
Institutional researchers play a key role in an environment where data warehouses are used to store and retrieve vast amounts of data. Along with the benefits of increased access for more users, improved reporting capabilities, and less reliance on centralized information, come questions of appropriate data usage, data access and security,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Management Systems