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Arpacioglu, Isil Tuzun; Can, Ertug; Aktas, Fatma Oya – Online Submission, 2019
With a regulation made in 2001, vocational and technical secondary education graduates were given the right to enroll to vocational colleges without taking the national central exam. However, this regulation was repealed in 2016. If the students are placed in an associate degree program in the same field, additional points are added to the points…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools, College Students
Lincoln, Yvonna S.; Tuttle, Jane – 1983
Program discontinuance at colleges and universities is often linked to issues of program demand and quality. However, neither low demand nor low quality is sufficient for program discontinuance without a judgment on the criterion of the centrality of the program to the institution's core mission. Colleges' retrenchment and survival mechanisms…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, College Role, Core Curriculum
Mason, Thomas R. – 1984
Planning issues for colleges seeking to maintain quality in institutional programs in the face of retrenchment are analyzed, based on a literature review. An extensive bibliography on the following topics is provided: quality (ratings, rankings, reform, institutional goals, and educational outcomes); retrenchment (enrollment decline, faculty,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Declining Enrollment, Economic Climate
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Dougherty, Edward A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
Most administrators approach program reduction as a budget issue; in reality, it is a governance and planning issue of major importance for the 1980s. Steps in a planning process for program discontinuance (including pitfalls) are described, based on a national study supported by the Exxon Foundation. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Planning, College Programs
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Cope, Robert; Delaney, George – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1991
Four key criteria used in academic program review (quality, centrality to institutional mission, competition, and demand) are defined and discussed. They are then applied to the process of strategic planning for an unspecified private university. Decision-making matrixes and their use are illustrated. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Competition
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1995
Each year, the Illinois community colleges conduct comprehensive reviews of their current program offerings. In fiscal year 1994, the colleges reviewed a total of 870 occupational, 176 general education or academic, 53 developmental and adult education, 90 academic and student support, and 22 other programs. Occupational programs were reviewed in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment