Changes during the last year in legislation, policies, and procedures that affect the operations and quality of California's private colleges are described. Accredited in-state and out-of-state colleges, approved colleges, and authorized colleges are covered. Colleges can substitute periodic peer review through an accrediting agency for review by…

This document reports on a three-phase research study undertaken in October 1988 for the California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (ROC/P). Phase 1 was a comprehensive review of the legal and fiscal development of ROC/Ps since their inception in 1963. Phase 2 was a cost-effects study of ROC/P courses, relating such…

Several major studies have identified student commuters as being at particularly high risk for attrition from higher educational institutions. This report reviews the knowledge that exists about students-as-commuters in depth. Among the implications for educational policy makers is the need for commuter institutions to provide opportunities to…

As institutional research or outcome assessment becomes more commonplace in institutions of higher education, the issue of what opportunities this presents to researchers desiring to move past relatively routine reporting into the more creative aspects of the profession becomes more prominent. Several possible roles emerge as a result of the…

The purpose of the Evaluation Unit is to facilitate educational accountability by providing information to the District of Columbia Public Schools; to fulfill the requirements of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981; and to give technical assistance in evaluation to project coordinators. For each project that was…

The accreditation self-study provides an institution with the opportunity to identify and understand its strengths and weaknesses and use this understanding in developing plans for future institutional change. Four elements contribute to an effective planning or change process: (1) careful assessment of the environment to identify, forecast and…

This booklet describes the characteristics of 19 Chicago area schools designated as winners in a 1984-85 recognition program entitled "For Character" sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago. These public and private elementary and secondary schools were outstanding in developing student character and academic learning.…

This handbook on evaluating statewide priorities is intended for use by those community colleges undertaking accrediting self-studies during 1986-87. The handbook contains (1) the suggested format for reporting the results of institutional self-evaluations; (2) statewide priorities, adapted from the Board of Governors' December 1983 policy…

The evaluation of "institutional effectiveness" is required by many accrediting agencies and mandated by some state legislatures. It was hypothesized that the degree to which institutions have mobilized to meet these new accountability demands is related to the existence of a formal institutional research office. To test this hypothesis,…

This case study of the School of Education of the University of Louisville is intended to describe its measurement of student outcomes and its goals of quality instruction, research, and service or outreach in terms of faculty outcomes. The strengths and weaknesses of procedures are pointed out, and the use to which the data is put is discussed.…

Affirmative action implementation at 183 public and private doctorate-granting universities was studied. Based on high institutional scores on a change index, three universities were selected as case study sites. Factors and processes thought to account for the amount of change that occurred on behalf of women faculty on each campus during the…

In fall 1981, a follow-up study was conducted at the Ohio State University (OSU) at Lima to obtain information from former students regarding their personal characteristics, formal education activities since leaving OSU, and their evaluations of OSU. Survey instruments were sent to a random sample of 4,000 of the 16,000 students who had attended…

As public institutions, community colleges are dependent for their survival and continuity upon favorable evaluations by the external constituencies that finance the colleges. Underscoring the resource-dependent nature of community colleges are the revenue limitations brought about by declining enrollments, the effects of high costs, and taxpayer…

Thirty specific standards developed as guiding principles to maintain the utility, feasibility, propriety and accuracy of evaluations in educational programs, projects and materials are presented. Utility Standards include Audience Identification, Evaluator Credibility, Information Scope and Selection, Valuational Interpretation, Report Clarity,…

Prepared as part of the College of the Mainland's (COM's) accreditation reaffirmation, this six-part report reviews the societal and technological environment of the college; offers forecasts for the college district, enrollments, and budget; evaluates COM's self-study reports; and recommends a long-range planning system. After reviewing COM's…