This study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of programs and services. The study is based on a survey on the use of student data by faculty and administrators at 41 community colleges participating in Achieving the Dream:…

Attempts to determine, through a survey of the literature, whether behavioral factors of the individuals involved in the educative process might be a way to identify (1) relevant goals for higher education; and (2) approaches that can be implemented to reach such identified goals. (Author)

It has been increasingly evident that significant numbers of students are profoundly dissatisfied with the status quo, on as well as off the campus, and many of them are ready to use force and violence to change it. In some instances student activists want more participation in decision making, and in others they seek complete control. The…

Clearly defined goals are essential to the health and effectiveness of organizations. (JD)

In this report measurable institutional objectives recommended by the faculty, students serving on faculty committees, and the administrative staff of Mt. San Jacinto College (California) are presented. The objectives are based on discussions with members of the Board of Trustees, advisory committees, community groups such as the Patrons…

This report represents the third year that faculty committees and the administrative staff have recommended a set of measurable institutional objectives to the Board of Trustees of Mt. San Jacinto College (California). The authors feel that these objectives are more comprehensive and challenging than those presented the previous year (see JC 720…

The first of these 4 statements suggests that faculty and student involvement in institutional governance is a learning experience which, to be effective, needs the leadership of the administration. This leadership is lacking because of administrators' concern with and protection of their authority and their attitudes, among other things. The…

This study of the University of San Francisco provides empirical estimates for the next five years of a set of institutional variables reflecting institutional vital signs. It is intended to provide a sensitization to the fact that a time perspective is important, that the degree of fit between institutional goals and their fulfillment is a…

Codification of basic conditions of administrative freedom in a modern university setting. (Editor)

Universities that base their priorities on the availability of government funds rather than on carefully designed institutional goals and realistic calculations of their resources often overextend their financial resources. Since participation in federal programs requires a commitment of institutional funds, the reduction or curtailment of federal…

Claims that many problems in higher chemical education are institutional in nature, and should be treated as such. For example, each institution should define its goals clearly, then devise a structure and curriculum to achieve them. (MLH)

Three problems currently facing education are: reduced public confidence and reduced willingness to support budgets for all government agencies; unnecessarily expensive public education; and no recognized way to determine if an educational program is cost effective. A realistic system of management by objectives may be the best defense against all…

Five guidelines to increase significance and avoid simplistic solutions and reacting to enrollment and budgetary declines are suggested: develop system for alerting policy-makers to dangers, remember that quality attracts, look outside higher education for guidance, maintain a "pruning" mentality, and realize the need to work for significant…

The university which has had the temerity to change the world has not had the nerve to change itself to live in that world. The result is that the university's grading system, curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophies are in conflict with the world beyond the campus gates, and higher education does not meet the intellectual and social needs…