This paper examines the impact of process mapping on the management of change in an academic library in a UK higher education institution. Book ordering has been highlighted by a group of subject librarians as being time-consuming and inefficient, detracting from their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities. An action research…

The National College Access Network (NCAN) and Exponent Partners have teamed up on a two-part report series aimed at helping organizations to become more data-driven. NCAN members have increasingly incorporated research, data, and evaluation into their critical work of serving low-income, first-generation students on their way to postsecondary…

Purpose: This study aims to present a general conceptual framework which can be used to evaluate quality and institutional performance in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The quality of higher education is at the heart of the setting up of the European Higher Education Area. Strategic management is widely used in higher education…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has recently published its 1976-77 edition of "Education Directory, Colleges and Universities". This is the latest in a series of annual directories of institutions of higher education issued by this office. Discusses the diversity that exists in the sizes of American colleges and…

This paper describes the theoretical rationale and the practical application of a teaching strategy that helps students organize psychological knowledge according to four perspectives: psychoanalytic, behavioristic, humanistic, and cognitive. The strategy is a simple flow chart which requires students to appropriately fill in boxes with names of…

Designed to help simplify climatic classification, this article provides a flow chart for interpreting the most widely used climatic classification system. (DE)

Discussion of the performance analysis process focuses on its use in traditional educational settings to prepare students as designers and trainers in a variety of settings. A flowchart of how to conduct a performance analysis is provided, and a worksheet to guide students through the performance analysis process is included. (four references)…

Presents a case study for use in the teaching of bioprocess design. Taking the production and isolation of the intracellular protein s. cerevisae, demonstrates how undergraduates can use a range of data to construct and then investigate the range of processes flowsheet options available for a process duty. (Author/SAH)

Controversies over the extent and duration of projected enrollment declines have made the techniques involved in such predictions a matter of interest in the field of educational planning. This document is a survey of current methodologies and problems in forecasting at the state and institutional level. Part 1 discusses: a review of methodology…

Data from career resources can provide topics for discussion and motivate students to study procedures for processing data by using system and procedure flowcharts to break down jobs into a series of simple steps and to trace the flow of work from one job or department to another. (TA)

A course and instructor evaluation model, developed at Ben Gurion University, is discussed in terms of its use as a diagnostic tool for the improvement of teaching. The evaluation model is presented as a theoretical basis for teaching diagnosis. (RAO)

The DELTA Chart acts as a communication device by displaying project needs in flow-chart form. Its five elements are: Decision box, Event box, Logic box, Time Arrow, and Activity box. It can also provide the administrator with better planning and monitoring capabilities. For journal availability see HE 509 147. (LBH)

This is Part II of a description of BASIC programming language, including explanations of "for...next" and "tab" commands. (JH)

A method of teaching introductory statistics using student-selected project topics is described. Several activities are noted, with a model for student research projects. (MNS)

Introductory courses in computer science at colleges and universities have undergone significant changes in 20 years. This article provides an overview of the history of introductory computer science (FORTRAN, ANSI flowchart symbols, BASIC, data processing concepts, and PASCAL) and its future (robotics and C++). (PEN)