As part of the institutional assessment plan at Florida's Pensacola Junior College (PJC), unit supervisors complete reports on one or more indicators of effectiveness related to 51 goals in 16 functional areas. This handbook provides a guide for completing unit reports for the 1996-97 assessment cycle. Following an introduction describing the…

This strategic plan for Tennessee's Chattanooga State Technical Community College (CSTCC) presents background information on the college and specific strategies to be implemented between 1994 and 1998. Following a message from the president, the history and purpose of CSTCC is described and vision and values statements are presented. Next,…

Each year since 1994, the 52 community colleges in Illinois prepare priority statements detailing specific college objectives for the current fiscal year (FY). This report provides the third update of the colleges' statements, covering FY 1998. Brief statements, from one to four pages, are provided for the following colleges: Belleville Area…

Organized around eight institutional standards, this report describes outcomes of a self-study conducted at California's Los Angeles City College (LACC) between 1994 and 1997. Introductory materials present a summary of outcomes for each standard, a description of the self-study process, lists of committee members, descriptions of survey…

The North Carolina Mathematics and Science Coalition is a statewide organization comprised of education, public policy, civic, community, and business leaders. Coalition members work together in a forum to stimulate and promote efforts to implement systemic reforms in mathematics and science education in North Carolina. The Coalition's overall…

Focusing on five priority areas for 1996-98 identified by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), this report describes outcomes for the areas as of January 1997. Following the mission and vision statements of the ICCB, outcomes are described for the following goal areas: (1) ensuring a focus on teaching and learning, including objectives…

Submitted to the State Legislature by the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN), this 4-year planning report reviews System outcomes for the past decade and funding priorities for 1997 to 2001. The first part provides the UCCSN mission statement, a description of strategic directions, and campus academic plans for the System's…

This study evaluated the stated and real goals of the freshman seminar course at Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The stated goals for the course, as presented to parents and prospective students, were the enhancement of study skills, strategies for improving grades, and students' overall survival of the college experience,…

This book presents an approach that organizes the principles and processes of an emerging human resource development (HRD) paradigm requiring training to be everyone's business. Chapter 1 describes the paradigm and presents a practical approach for applying it. Chapter 2 draws a picture of highly effective training (HET), focusing particularly on…

Traditionally, teacher compensation has been viewed in isolation from other components of organizational reform. This paper examines changes in dominant models of schooling over time using an organizational lens. The six models include scientific management, humanistic/specialization, effective schools, content-driven, high standards/high…

This document contains the 1991-92 annual report of the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Foundation. The group previously was known as the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) Foundation. Throughout the report, the foundation is referred to as ANPA when referring to past activities, and NAA when referring to the present and…

This booklet lists the interim performance objectives of the Office of Student Financial Assistance (Department of Education) as required by the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998. These interim objectives are intended to guide the office until the end of the September 1999 fiscal year. The first objective is to improve customer satisfaction.…

Economic and demographic changes have affected Cooperative Extension programing. At its inception, extension's primary clientele were rural community members in production agriculture. Although extension has been urbanized, it remains agricultural. Recent declines in farm numbers are due to economic distress, environmental concern, the energy…

One of a series of reports documenting efforts at educational restructuring nationwide, this paper focuses on the achievements and ideas of James Comer, founder and director of the School Development Program (SDP) of the Child Study Center at Yale University. The first part of the report presents remarks made by Dr. Comer on the history and…

This manual is intended for use primarily by depository librarians in Wisconsin in order to help depository libraries comply with the state documents depository law. The manual opens with a description of the Wisconsin Document Depository Program. The history of the program is outlined, and the following general responsibilities and procedures for…