"IMHE-Info" is a newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme of OECD. This issue includes: (1) Breaking Ranks: Assessing Quality in Higher Education (Lyndon Thompson); (2) How to Improve Quality in Higher Education: A Study of Institutional Strategies; and (3) No More Ivory Towers: New Phase…

This paper discusses the development and design of an analysis model for governance of teacher centers organized in consortium form. A consortium is descirbed as "an organization of autonomous bodies or individuals which bond together by some relatively formal agreement to secure some benefit." The consortium generally functions in a collaborative…

These guidelines are designed to make research a more effective instrument in the management and improvement of the correctional sub-system of criminal justice. The Guide emphasizes that: (1) the correctional administrator has several responsibilities to fulfill if he is to benefit from research, and, (2) the researcher must command a variety of…

"IMHE-Info" is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme of OECD. This issue includes: (1) Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society; (2) The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO); and (3) City-Regions in Focus. Publications of interest, IMHE News, and a calendar…

The Delphi technique's short history in higher education is reported together with a brief introduction to the origins and principal characteristics of the method. The extent of recent attention to Delphi and its recent use in higher education in the U.S. is discussed. (Author/LBH)

The office of the Los Angeles Superintendent of schools has provided program audit consultation service within the county school and community college districts. A procedure, "Audit Dress Rehearsal," which lowers anxiety and raises awareness of concern for program success by allowing program personnel to practice the evaluation/audit…

The ninth part of a 10-part series, this report was compiled by the Educational Development Center at Wilkes College. The series deals with various aspects of the treatment of delinquents and is intended as a summary of research findings in each of the areas treated. Each report was prepared by a scholar-practitioner and is presented in a way that…

The methods of management science have been increasingly helpful to colleges and universities in evaluating alternatives, both instructional and administrative, and in determining the most efficient allocation of their resources. This article discusses ways in which systems techniques can be used to support the humanistic efforts so highly valued…

The assertion that evaluation has become institutionalized at state and local levels to a much greater degree than is commonly understood is supported by a discussion of trends in evaluation. Evidence is presented that evaluation plays an increasingly important informational role as the level of evaluation becomes more local. (SLD)

Emphasizes the need for maintaining managerial authority based on subordinates' belief in the relevant expertness, power or normativeness of management. Organizational evaluation data can enhance or diminish these bases of managerial authority in a variety of ways, making management dependent for its authority on evaluation. (Author/WAS)

Historically, the college administration was the president alone, and the essential, if not only, qualification for the position was that he be a scholar. To meet the multifarious demands of running today's institution of higher learning, the president has been joined by an administrative team, each member specializing in a particular aspect of…

The types of written information that the largest foundations in the United States voluntarily make available to the public were studied. Of the 208 foundations contacted, 150 were the largest grant-making foundations, 30 were the largest community foundations, and 28 were the largest corporate foundations. The response rate to written and…

Originally presented at the November 1979 Association for Communication Administration (ACA) seminar, the articles in this journal issue discuss the assessment and accreditation of graduate programs in communication. The 14 articles examine the following topics: a proposed instrument for program quality assessment; the status of program evaluation…

This is a practical guide for those academic communities that are developing programs to evaluate faculty and administrators. The guide relates principles of organizational development to tested measurement techniques. A group charged with faculty or administrator evaluation can follow a step-by-step process to develop and carry out a plan…

An introduction to the subject of federal support to academic research is presented. It is noted that total federal support to academic research in fiscal 1976 came to roughly $4.5 billion, close to a third of all federal dollars spent on higher education. Top universities receive 25 percent or more of their operating budgets from federal research…