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Elfin, Mel, Ed. – 1997
This career planning guide to graduate school education in the United States ranks graduate study programs and offers prospective students guidance. In articles about schools, students, life on campus, fields of study, and job prospects the guide tries to present a comprehensive view of what the best graduate schools today offer their students.…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textColorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1992
This publication is the 1992 edition of an annual report on the status and performance of Colorado college students and the higher education system in Colorado. Data are provided on students, degrees, faculty, and higher education finance. The report uses a number of measures to evaluate the system's effectiveness in four system wide educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students, Degrees (Academic)
Sutherland, Marcia E.; Williams-Myers, A. J., Ed. – 1991
This paper reports on an evaluation of the institutional processes and mechanisms which are in place at the State University of New York at Albany, Oneonta and Hudson Valley Community College to deal with the concerns of undergraduate students of African descent. The report provides (where applicable) an overview of each school's circumstances…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Attitudes, Black Students, Black Teachers
Harris, John W., Ed.; Baggett, J. Mark, Ed. – 1992
This volume contains 17 articles on the emergence and potential of "Quality Improvement" (QI) efforts in higher education. Quality Improvement is defined as continuous improvement of processes in a cycle of plan (administration of instructional processes), do/check (assess), act (on the assessment and then continue to), plan-do-check-act. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Jacobs, Neil; Lorents, Alden C.; Bosse, Malcolm – 1997
This paper describes the efforts at an American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited college as the school responded to the new mission-driven management expectations and prepared for the formal review of its accreditation status by the AACSB. Under the direction of Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty, end-user…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Business Administration Education
DiMaria, Joseph P. – 1998
This paper provides several model transfer agreements, discusses the importance of entering into transfer agreements for both two-year and four-year institutions, and stresses the necessity of an honest self-evaluation before proceeding into transfer agreement negotiations. CCRI's institutional self-assessment uncovered student attrition problems,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Administration, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
This report presents information on what changes might strengthen the Department of Education's role as the "gatekeeper" for approving schools before their students can receive federal student aid. The review focuses on the proprietary (for profit) school sector. The report shows that adequate controls are not in place within the Department of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, College Outcomes Assessment, Colleges
Djiwandono, M. Soenardi – 1991
This article reports on a study initiated by the government of Indonesia in 1987 to create foundations for a national accreditation process by establishing a set of standards for teacher education institutions. Five of Indonesia's 10 Institutes of Teacher Training and Education (ITTE) took part in this institutional self-study. A national…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), English Departments, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
This report examined the state of postsecondary education in Manitoba and offers recommendations for the improvement of university governance, scholarship, financial management, public accountability, accessibility, aboriginal peoples, and institutional linkage. It specifically examined the operation of the University of Manitoba, the University…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Role, Community Colleges
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1983
This study report summarizes the results of six follow-up surveys of Maryland community college students conducted between 1976 and 1982 to assess the success of the state's community colleges in preparing students for transfer to four-year institutions. After an introductory discussion of the transfer function of community colleges and the data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Colleges, Community Colleges
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1983
In spring 1983, a study was conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to develop a profile of students' characteristics and perceptions of the college and its programs. A random sample of 1,301 students from 70 on-campus credit classes was surveyed to obtain opinions of JCCC's characteristics and services and various academic, athletic,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Day Students, Evening Students
Academy for Educational Development, Inc., New York, NY. – 1984
Results of an external review of West Virginia University (WVU) and recommendations for strengthening WVU are presented. The review was designed by the Academy for Educational Development and involved 14 review panels and 42 senior university educators and administrators. A summary section on the observations, findings, and recommendations of the…
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, College Faculty, Continuing Education, Educational Facilities
Shaffer, Richard A. – 1990
In 1990, a needs assessment survey was conducted of residents of San Luis Obispo County to gather information regarding community members' experiences with Cuesta College (CC), opinions about what CC should be doing, assessment of how good a job the college is doing, and obstacles preventing people from attending CC. Study findings, based on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics
Murphy, John D.; And Others – 1990
Despite the fact that students over age 25 will soon comprise the majority in higher education, programming and resource allocation at many universities remain inadequate to meet adult needs. Institutions have also failed to invest in adult education research. At the same time, pressures for objective assessment of student learning in higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Independent Commission on the Future of the State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1985
The report of the Independent Commission on the Future of the State University of New York is presented, based on public hearings, review of staff studies, visits to the 18 campuses, and interviews with personnel at the State University of New York (SUNY), other colleges, and state officials. Major findings include: SUNY is the most overregulated…
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, Change Strategies, College Administration, Decision Making
