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Stoker, Ginger; Mellor, Lynn; Sullivan, Kate – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2018
This study examines Algebra II completion and failure rates for students entering Texas public high schools from 2007/08 through 2014/15. This period spans the time when Texas students, beginning with the 2007/08 grade 9 cohort, were required to take four courses each in English, math (including Algebra II), science, and social studies (called the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Algebra, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Failure
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2015
The 2016 ICARS survey reports on data collected September 2015 to November 2015 in the International CASE Alumni Relations Survey. The findings are drawn from 84 responding institutions across 12 European countries. 76 percent of respondents are from the UK and 24 percent are from other European countries. ICARS emphasises the link between alumni…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Alumni, Institutional Advancement, Public Relations
Brounley, Lindy – Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2010
The University of Florida (UF) established a Strategic Communications Planning Committee in May 2009 to coordinate a campuswide effort to promote strategic communications planning, strengthen the university's brand, unify key themes and messages, maximize use of available research and resources, and identify and propagate best practices and…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Universities, Strategic Planning, Organizational Communication
McElreath, Mark P. – 1980
More than 150 public relations practitioners responded to a survey designed to identify and clarify factors associated with evaluative research in public relations. Responses indicated that (1) no more than half the practitioners formally evaluate their public relations activities on a regular basis; (2) the majority of evaluation is done…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Organizational Communication, Organizational Effectiveness, Public Relations
McDowell, Earl E.; And Others – 1979
Employees of a large data processing corporation participated in a study designed to determine differences on a series of innovation variables between and among employee participants and nonparticipants in a technology inventory program. Three employee groups were distinguished: employees who participated in the technology inventory program, those…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Individual Characteristics
Corder, Lloyd E.; Yarbrough, Charles G., Jr. – 1989
A communication audit (questionnaire) of the First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh was undertaken to help discern the attitudes and beliefs of the congregation about a number of issues and church practices. The goal of the audit team was to: (1) identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Sunday morning worship service; (2) assess the performance of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Church Role, Churches
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Swan, John E.; Futrell, Charles M. – Journal of Business Communication, 1978
Study suggests that job satisfaction increases to the extent that salespeople (1) know how well they have done, as judged by their superior; (2) know what results their superior expects; and (3) clearly understand the relative importance of job goals. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Job Satisfaction, Organizational Communication
Blase, Joseph, Ed. – 1991
Indepth studies of micropolitics at the school level are presented in this book, which includes nine qualitative studies of school politics conducted by different researchers. Chapters 2 through 10 examine the formal and informal processes and structures that constitute everyday political life in the schools. The studies explore how individuals…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics
Carter, Meredith L. – 1979
Administrators from 32 public two-year community colleges were surveyed to reveal the extent to which Management by Objectives (MBO) programs affected organizational conditions; 200 questionnaires (71%) were returned. Approximately 65% of the administrators indicated that the MBO system did not change the amount of formal contact between superior…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration
Schrader, Marvin A. – 1986
A study was conducted to determine the organizational structure and tasks of the research, planning, and development (RPD) units within each of the 16 districts of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) System. For purposes of comparison, data were also collected from non-Wisconsin community colleges and technical…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Planning, Multicampus Districts, National Surveys