Purpose: Higher education institutions draw up codes of ethics, but in several countries there are no standards to follow. Most universities have autonomy and can freely draw up their codes of ethics in terms of structure and content. The purpose of this paper is to understand the main ethics issues that universities identify in their codes of…

Institutions that have organized and centralized their data enjoy an obvious advantage in grappling with strategic planning and other issues. As the drumbeat for accountability, planning, and demonstrating effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders intensifies, the stature and importance of institutional research offices on most campuses…

American regional accreditation serves two basic functions: quality assurance and quality improvement. Through its public function of quality assurance, accreditation signals to prospective students, parents, employers, and others that the institution meets fundamental standards of quality. Through its private function of quality improvement,…

This report contains the findings, conclusions and recommendations that emerged from a study of "Functions and Goals of Oklahoma Higher Education." Many individuals and groups were involved in the process which culminated in this report, including a 600-member citizens' group, a special 140-member citizens' advisory committee, several…

A review is presented of the goals and objectives for 1973-74 by the staff of the Learning Resource Center of William Rainey Harper College. The nine major sections of the booklet deal with: 1) institutional goals; 2) goals set by the vice president for academic affairs; 3) goals of the academic deans; 4) goals of the division chairman; 5) goals…

This manual is designed to assist teacher preparation institutions in developing program plans that enhance the quality of teachers. Part 1, "Timeline of Events in Program Development, Documentation and Evaluation," indicates, in chart form, a sequence of events, persons responsible for these events, and the suggested required information from…

Helpful discussions on: 1) placement and career development---what it is and is not; 2) using institutional services; and 3) advice to the job candidate. Hopefully, regardless of qualifications, the successful candidate will be the one who knows the most about how to go about the business of employment. (Author/PC)

The author projects that the higher educational system in 10-25 years will: reverse the inversion of dependence, stress openness, reflect patterns of wholeness, use the world as laboratory and campus, and emphasize feedback features. He stresses the need for statewide planning and outlines specific recommendations for the future. (EA)

This policy interpretation encourages institutions of higher education to continue and expand voluntary affirmative action programs to increase their enrollment of minority groups members and to attain a diverse student body. It identifies permissible techniques to achieve these objectives consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…

The Utah State Board of Education has established a system of evaluation of teacher education programs based on "program approval." The purpose of the standards is to evaluate all teacher education programs in the State of Utah on a 6-year cycle. This guide has been prepared to assist administrators and faculty at teacher education…

New federal desegregation guidelines have been written so that states are required to define the missions of their public colleges and universities in non-ethnic terms, to establish numerical goals for the desegregation of student enrollments statewide and in each institution, and to set goals for desegregation of faculty, administrators, and…