Offers a risk assessment instrument to help colleges and universities predict whether they can find a niche to survive changes brought about by technology. The instrument's six items assess the institution's preparation to provide the virtual experience, to provide the on-campus experience, to export courseware, for funded research, its…

This report provides the findings from each University of Wisconsin (UW) System institution, requested by the Board of Regents, of efficiency-related measures undertaken and recommendations of other efficiency measures that would increase capacity in the future. Following an executive summary, description of the institutions' actions are grouped…

Describes the University of Michigan-Flint's program evaluation and planning effort, which used a thematic approach focusing on the liberal arts and sciences, the productive and technological environment, health and human services, and fine arts and cultural affairs. The effort involved external consultants, faculty surveys, and regional…

Discusses why and how Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis created its electronic institutional portfolio. Describes the process and highlights missteps and insights. Focuses on how electronic institutional portfolios can become catalysts for change and institutional improvement, while also serving as multi-media self-studies for…

Describes how, compared to 1995 strategic planning, participation by Georgia State in the Urban Universities Portfolio Project enabled more informed, wider campus participation in shaping the plan. The portfolio also supported transitions to a semester calendar, new admissions practices, and revised approaches to program review and assessment of…

Reflects on how using the electronic medium for portfolio projects can influence institutional self-examination. By viewing the portfolio project as a continuation of a campus's commitment to approaching change as scholarly work, asserts that the electronic medium can lead to new ways of knowing and understanding higher education institutions. (EV)

Summarizes the lessons learned by the institutions participating in the Urban Universities Portfolio Project regarding the functional and technological requirements for creating and sustaining Web-based institutional portfolios. The most pressing issues were those of aligning technology resources with analytical, evaluative, academic, and design…

Describes lessons learned by California State University about developing electronic institutional portfolios, discussing how the campus made progress in strengthening program review and assessment processes and in building a campus "culture of evidence," trust, and engagement. (EV)

Discusses the implications for higher education nationally of the Urban Universities Portfolio Project (UUPP), placing the UUPP within a national agenda to focus attention on student learning, and examining how portfolio development worked from both the "inside out" and the "outside in" to renew this focus. (EV)

Provides a review and critique of current institutional approaches to quality and offers suggestions for the enhancement of quality in the two-year college through self-assessment and program design encompassing inputs, outcomes, the educational process, and the integrality of these concepts. (AYC)

The Snowmass Institute for Advanced Management Studies' workshops on "Achieving Excellence through Strategic Planning" are designed to assist college personnel in developing a strategic approach to planning and managing their department, division, college/school, institution, or system. Participants in the workshop's first track: (1)…

Guidelines for formally evaluating the external environment of a university are presented. The guidelines are evaluated and refined on the basis of results of an experimental environmental assessment effort at a large research university. Eleven critical tensions associated with environmental assessment are also discussed, along with theoretical…

Reviews the strategic elements of an institutional plan: assessment of the external environment, auditing of institutional strengths and weaknesses, and matching of institutional strengths with external opportunities through the process of strategic goal setting. Urges community colleges to take action-oriented, dynamic, purposeful steps to shape…

This report analyzes the institutional characteristics of the College of DuPage (Illinois). Through a series of interviews and a review of materials in 1999-2000, a team of six objective experts identified issues affecting the college and helped establish an agenda. Based on the findings, the team recommended that the college: (1) pare its core…