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Spangehl, Stephen D. – Planning for Higher Education, 2012
For the past 12 years, the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) has offered an innovative means for colleges and universities to maintain regional accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the only regional U.S. accrediting commission currently providing alternative pathways for maintaining accreditation. Although all HLC…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Educational Quality, Improvement Programs
Kettlewell, Janet S., Ed.; Henry, Ronald J., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009
The U. S. is losing its competitive edge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Thomas Friedman warns that America is not producing enough young people in STEM fields that are essential for entrepreneurship and innovation in the 21st century (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, 2005). Blue ribbon…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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Seymour, Daniel; Kelley, John M.; Jasinski, John – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
External and internal forces are driving institutions not only to create departments and positions that specialize in planning, quality improvement, and institutional research but also to link them within a systems context.
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Strategic Planning, Improvement Programs, Total Quality Management
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Griffin, Gerald; Burks, David R. – 1976
The guide describes for colleges and universities how to establish and conduct a program of continuous improvement of administrative operations. An objective appraisal-review process is described that relies on mobilizing the pool of managerial and analytical talent already existing at every institution. For decisionmakers, an overview of…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Case Studies, College Administration