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Eckles, James E. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
This study applies a data envelopment analysis model developed for national universities to 93 national liberal arts colleges. Such models can be used by individual institutions for benchmarking purposes or by researchers seeking to compare the practices of highly efficient liberal arts colleges with the practices of relatively inefficient…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Liberal Arts, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
Sweitzer, Kyle; Volkwein, J. Fredericks – Research in Higher Education, 2009
Using a conceptual model, this study examines the variables associated with the "U.S. News and World Report" peer assessment ratings of graduate and professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. What are the correlates of prestige among the nation's leading graduate and professional schools, and are they consistent…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Reputation, Professional Education, Comparative Analysis

Terkla, Dawn Geronimo; Pagano, Marian F. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
The use of a semantic differential measure to investigate the institutional image of Tufts University (Massachusetts), both internal and external, is reported. The study focused on (1) differences between the current and desired image, and (2) differences among alumni, current student, and other constituencies' views of the institution.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Attitude Measures, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Fogarty, Timothy J.; Saftner, Donald V. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
This article proposes that university department prestige can be measured by ability to place its doctoral recipients, as illustrated by analysis of accounting student placements. Resulting rankings of departments were evaluated for stability over time and against other program characteristics to illustrate the validity and uniqueness of the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Comparative Analysis, Departments, Doctoral Degrees

Webster, David S. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
Analysis of six reputational rankings of English departments since 1925 indicates most of the highest-ranking departments have been in private universities. There has been great stability in the highest-ranked departments during this period, with few entering or leaving the group. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Change, Educational History

Baird, Leonard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1986
The correlates of average departmental annual research journal publication rates of faculty were examined in three disciplines: chemistry, history, and psychology. Variables studied included factual information about each department, faculty perceptions and ratings, and graduate students' perceptions and ratings. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Environment, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis