This report includes a brief statement regarding the progress of Arizona's community colleges during the past fiscal year and provides statistical information on finances, enrollment, employment, and educational programs. The document includes progress reports from colleges in Arizona's 10 community college districts. Each progress report presents…

This report is the sixth general report from the President's Office to the Los Angeles City College (LACC) (California) community. It records new developments along with continuing progress on projects and activities included in the seven planning goals from the Educational Master Plan 1995-2001. Derived from the Vision statement, each goal…

This 2001 report presents the findings of an institutional evaluation survey conducted by South Texas Community College (STCC). The survey asked 434 community opinion leaders to respond to 13 items by providing the item's level of importance and a letter grade for the college's performance on it. There were also several open-ended questions,…

This document presents a summary of the Parkland College (Illinois) Institutional Effectiveness model, designed to provide a measure of how well Parkland's instructional support units are achieving their stated goals and document how they contribute to the College's mission. The assessment format includes the following steps: (1) evaluating the…

This report is an annual publication that provides information about Diablo Valley College (California). The report contains information from administrative reports produced by various state, district, and college officials. The following sections are included: (1) General Information, which contains data on the history of the college, general…

Scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests are used to select exemplary schools in Massachusetts, and the schools thus identified can receive awards from three different programs. This study examined the evidence about the use of MCAS scores to assess school quality. These three programs use MCAS to identify exemplary…

The seven papers in this monograph focus on defining and assessing quality. The paper are: (1) "Reflections on Design Ideals" (E. Grady Bogue), which addresses some "governing ideals" of collegiate quality; (2) "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Investment and Quality in Higher Education" (Sven Groennings), which sees…

This document describes technology usage, infrastructure and planning for Danville Community College. The Plan is divided into four sections: Introduction, Vision and Mission, Applications, and Infrastructure. The four major goals identified in Vision and Mission are: (1) to ensure the successful use of all technologies through continued training…

The document includes the history of the Community College of Rhode Island as well as other important institutional data and characteristics. The Rhode Island community college system was created in 1960 when the General Assembly sent a bill to Governor Christopher DelSesto to establish three two-year colleges to be built by 1968 for a total cost…

The charter renewal decision is one of the most significant high stakes decision in public education. It determines the continuing existence or termination of a school. It has the potential to be a celebration of the accomplishments and success of a school--and its students--that was built from the ground up a few years earlier. In some sense, the…

Emphasizes the need for maintaining managerial authority based on subordinates' belief in the relevant expertness, power or normativeness of management. Organizational evaluation data can enhance or diminish these bases of managerial authority in a variety of ways, making management dependent for its authority on evaluation. (Author/WAS)

Questions of college performance in the United States are inevitably answered in terms of numbers rather than performance. A Tennessee policy links two percent of state funding to outcomes rather than size. The policy has major implications for funding and performance in colleges and other service-oriented institutions. (Author/MLW)

This article, the last in a series dealing with deficiencies in teacher education programs, analyzes methods and criteria used in program accreditation and requirements for certifying teachers. Inconsistencies and inadequacies are pointed out, and recommendations are made for upgrading accreditation and for basing certification on demonstrated…

Problems involved in assessing the performance of universities and their subunits and the strengths and weaknesses of available evaluation techniques are examined. The Australian Williams Report recommending the extension of research into institutional and system performance is reviewed along with other literature. (MSE)

Defines an approach to the evaluation of autonomous multimedia distance learning systems which covers both the institution's overall performance and specific features within the institution. Aspects of evaluation discussed include design of evaluation systems as well as evaluating output, cost-effectiveness, curriculum, instructional resources,…