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Floyd, Deborah L.; Falconetti, Angela M. Garcia; Hrabak, Michael R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
In 2008 Florida's Senate Bill No. 1716 was enacted, which replaced the Florida Community College System with the Florida College System and presented 9 out of the 28 community colleges with the option to transition to state colleges. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of Senate Bill No. 1716 and, in doing so, discuss the…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Lindgren, Rita; Hixson, Carla Braun – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Strategic planning and innovation at Bismarck State College (BSC) found common ground in the college's goal to recruit and retain employees in an environment of low unemployment and strong competition for skilled employees. BSC's strategic plan for 2007-09 included the objective "to increase retention of employees." One of the strategies…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, State Colleges, Labor Turnover, Recruitment
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Spiers, Cynthia; Kiel, Dorothy; Hohenbrink, Brad; McCurdy, Debra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Since 2004, Rhodes State College has been at the forefront of developing an institution-wide model of institutional effectiveness--Strategic and Institutional Effectiveness Planning System (SIEPS). A focus on both measuring mission effectiveness and strategic achievement led to development of a unique electronic application that tracks the direct…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Performance Technology, Decision Support Systems, Organizational Effectiveness
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Paris, Howard S.; Farmer, Edgar I. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
Summarizes the ways in which the Education Pilot Criteria for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award were adapted for use in institutional self-assessment. Presents the perceptions of academic deans in the North Carolina Community College System regarding current and future applications of continuous quality improvement principles in the…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Improvement