Intended to provide a systematic aid for planning and managing academic units (schools, colleges, departments, or divisions) within an institution, the Academic Unit Planning and Management (AUPM) manual consists of a multifaceted set of techniques and procedures that can be used by academic unit administrators. Data regarding academic unit…

The 1974-75 academic year is the first in which student credit hours have been accumulated for the entire University of Maine, utilizing uniform definitions. The purpose of this document is to summarize those data for both semesters. A total of 578,457 student credit hours were generated by all campuses of the University of Maine during the…

This study analyzed the 1974-75 freshmen academic scholarship recipients at Arkansas State University with respect to their academic potential (ACT scores and rank in high school senior class) and the size of high school from which they graduated. A further purpose was to determine the grade-point average that these students earned during the fall…

This publication contains the 37 papers presented at the sixth annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research. Previous forums had reviewed conceptual frameworks and research design and methodology used in institutional research. Subsequent programs, focusing on processes and outputs of academic institutions, will provide companion…

The American Council on Education's Office of Research has instituted a large-scale data bank for research in American higher education. This cross-sectional and longitudinal data bank is available to the general community of scholars and administrators interested in student characteristics, student development, comparative institutional effects,…

Macro-administration refers to the theory and practice in the administration of transinstitutional and trans-societal organizations. These are organizations which extend authority and control over multiple units within society. There are three directions which future research may take in the systematic study of macro-administration in American…

Long-range planning involves the establishment of educational objectives within a rational philosophy, the design of activities and programs to meet stated objectives, the organization and allocation of resources to implement programs, and the analysis of results in terms of the objectives. Current trends of educational growth and complexity…

This report describes and evaluates two 1968 workshops on institutional research held in the South and Midwest. The workshops were designed to provide short-term intensive training in the problems and techniques of selected areas of institutional research and to allow discussions of the various philosophies of operating institutional research…

A conference, sponsored by the Institute of Higher Education and the Department of Personnel Services at the University of Florida, was held for new deans of students of junior colleges. These administrators are primarily responsible for coordinating, evaluating, and upgrading the student personnel program--the main focus of this conference.…

The University Opinion Poll conducted a survey of student opinion on issues related to University-sponsored day care, the role of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) and the University's policy on buying lettuce for its food services. Four hundred fifty-two respondents, 76% of a random sample of University of Minnesota students,…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one portion of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. The research in this portion consisted of a telephone canvass of the Orange County,…

This report investigates five areas of university management and institutional research at the University of Calgary. These areas include: parameters for decisionmaking, academic program costs, space and facilities, information systems, and modeling. Statistical data are presented to substantiate the observations. (MJM)

The results of an evaluation of the Medical Assistant Program's first year are presented. Specifically, the matriculation, course enrollment, and program completions for the first year are compared with goals established at the program's inception. The evaluation findings were: (1) the program was offered as planned; (2) the discrepancy between…

Conducted as part of a continuing effort to understand the nature of persistence and withdrawal at Southwestern College, this study focused on the student who signs up for classes, is active on the census date, but completely withdraws from school before the end of the semester. The study provides the following: (1) the descriptive statistics, the…

The State University of New York College of Arts and Sciences at Geneseo initiated a 3-year baccalaureate degree program in the fall 1971 semester by enrolling 106 freshmen representing six departmental majors. At the outset of the fall 1972 semester, every department was participating, and an additional 372 freshmen entered the program. After…