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Gender Equity, Sport Sponsorship, and Participation
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Yiamouyiannis, Athena – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2009
As the pressure to win in select collegiate sports escalates, financial pressures mount, and the need to comply with Title IX regulations and gender equity policies continues, athletics administrators are faced with having to make difficult decisions regarding their sport programs. To assist in the decision-making process regarding sport programs,…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Program Evaluation, Sex Fairness, Administrators
Evaluating Institutional Planning.
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Shirley, Robert C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1987
Issues in the evaluation of the college planning process are examined, and 13 questions to be addressed in assessing both strategic and operational planning functions are presented, including criteria for evaluating (1) the decisional aspect of planning, (2) planning data, and (3) the process. Evaluation methods are also discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
Information for Decision: What's the Use?
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Ewell, Peter T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1989
Information use can be defined in many ways depending on a variety of organizational, personal, and presentational factors. The experience of evaluation researchers provides some guides for practice. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Program Review and Evaluation.
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Seeley, John A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
The contemporary context and some recent trends affecting college program reviews or evaluations, current options in purposes and practices, and impacts on programs and institutions are discussed. It is recommended that the process be viewed as a contribution to the general knowledge base for campus constituencies rather than as "right answers"…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
On the Horizon: Institutional Self-Studies of the Intercollegiate Athletics Function.
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Winstead, Philip C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1992
As scrutiny of intercollegiate athletics programs increases, a likely means for evaluating athletics programs is self-study. This method can be valuable in enhancing internal decision making, help assure the institution and others of the integrity of the evaluation process, focus on key issues before they become problems, and improve campus…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Applying Alumni Research to Decision Making.
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Moden, Gary O.; Williford, A. Michael – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1988
Institutions increasingly use alumni feedback in such areas as program review, curricular planning, budget allocation, student assessment, services, and recruitment. The Ohio University alumni research program is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Should You Starve All Programs or Eliminate a Few?
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Dougherty, Edward A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
Most administrators approach program reduction as a budget issue; in reality, it is a governance and planning issue of major importance for the 1980s. Steps in a planning process for program discontinuance (including pitfalls) are described, based on a national study supported by the Exxon Foundation. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Planning, College Programs