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Templates Galore: New Approaches to Public Disclosure
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Bennett, Douglas C. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2008
After almost three decades of increasing calls for greater accountability and transparency, colleges and universities in the United States are beginning to respond to the public's need for reliable information about their performance. In this article, the author examines the basic elements of two new templates to public discourse. The author…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Universities, Models, Accountability
The Constant Error of the Halo in Educational Outcomes Research. AIR 1998 Annual Forum Paper.
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Pike, Gary R. – 1998
This study examined whether halo error--the masking of college gains by general gains in intellectual development--influenced students' ratings of their learning and development during college. A total of 1,084 first-time freshmen at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) completed the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) during the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Seniors, College Students, Higher Education
The UCLA Community College Student Survey Project.
Lara, Juan Francisco – 1980
A survey was conducted of 1,343 community college students who transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in fall 1977 to determine the major factors influencing student withdrawal or persistence. In addition to requesting information on students' background, the survey questionnaire asked the students to contrast their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges