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Download full textBurrill, Dwight; And Others – 1994
In 1991, Howard Community College (HCC), in Maryland, implemented an institutional effectiveness plan that attempted to apply lessons from the previous 10 years of college planning. This paper focuses on the problems and issues encountered during implementation of the plan and is designed to provide general recommendations for others establishing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Hurd, John D.; Luan, Jing – 2001
This document is a report on the data-matching findings of former students at Cabrillo College (California). The college used data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) database and conducted data matching on 81,964 students who attended and left the community college from 1992 to 2001. Findings indicated that the transfer rates of…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Palmer, Jim – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1992
Suggests steps in planning and managing student tracking systems: build support, determine the system's purpose, inventory available student data, identify information gaps, consider a small prototype, make tracking ongoing, and use the system. Reviews potential problems during implementation. Cites further sources of information. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Institutional Research
Simpkins, Alice M. – 1993
Paine College, a four-year liberal arts institution in Augusta, Georgia, serving mostly black students recently completed an assessment and evaluation plan aimed at all units of the college. The plan was developed by members of the Committee on Institutional Effectiveness and Research over 12 months and focuses on the school's primary mission to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Grevatt, William K. – 1992
The Student Success Program (SSP) at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, in Ontario (Canada), combines institutional research, intervention strategies, and evaluation to form an effective model of student retention. The institutional research component is managed by the Retention Information System (RIS), which collects demographic,…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Early Intervention, Educational Strategies
PDF pending restorationCalhoun, Harriott D. – 1993
Providing a theoretical background behind the institutional effectiveness efforts at Jefferson State Community College (JSCC), in Birmingham, Alabama, this document describes an institutional effectiveness model devised by James O. Nichols and its application at JSCC. The Nichols Institutional Effectiveness (NIE) paradigm is a practical guide to…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges, Institutional Mission
Cowart, Susan Cooper – 1990
Background information is provided on the development and activities of Project Cooperation, a demonstration project to help institutions improve educational effectiveness by employing outcomes measures and assessment strategies. After highlighting the various activities of the project (e.g., a national survey, research on different plans and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning
Murphy, John D.; And Others – 1990
Despite the fact that students over age 25 will soon comprise the majority in higher education, programming and resource allocation at many universities remain inadequate to meet adult needs. Institutions have also failed to invest in adult education research. At the same time, pressures for objective assessment of student learning in higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Tucker, Robert W.; Murphy, John D. – 1990
The University of Phoenix has developed a comprehensive outcomes and impact assessment program to assess the effects of a university education on students, particularly adult students. The program is integrated with the existing process assessment systems. Process assessments, which the university refers to as the Academic Quality Management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Outcomes Assessment
