The ranking of higher education institutions in Russia is examined from two points of view: as a social phenomenon and as a multi-criteria decision-making problem. The first point of view introduces the idea of interested and involved parties; the second introduces certain principles on which a rational ranking methodology should be based.…

Discusses the accuracy (rather than the precision) of university league tables and rankings published by British newspapers, where year-to-year movements in the rankings of institutions are as much artifacts of the data and their manipulation as real changes; in addition, prospective students seem not to be strongly influenced by an institution's…

Explores the diversity of contexts faced by higher education in Latin America, and the measurement of its quality. Describes a proposal designed by the Catholic University of Argentina whereby the indicators used in developed countries are applied. (EV)

Business students (n=71) evaluated their career success thus far. Framed by social comparison theory, results showed that 68% used other-referent criteria to assess their success. Participants who believed that ability and personality are fixed attributes had greater reliance on other-referent criteria. (Contains 100 references.) (SK)

Summarizes and integrates key findings from the most widely cited research studies which have investigated children's understanding of what is "real" on television. Discusses the developmental patterns in young viewers' use of various criteria for assessing the reality status of television programs. (Author/LRW)

Discusses factors identified by educational facilities managers as critical to selecting roofing systems. Describes the recent trend toward considering energy conservation when selecting roofing materials. (EV)

This chapter examines the fundamental concepts, principles, and practices that characterize the most effective contemporary approaches to the evaluation of faculty teaching performance. (EV)

Used data from the Careers after Higher Education: A European Research Survey (CHEERS) to examine the selectivity of higher education institutions across countries and fields, particularly in Europe and Japan. The example of business studies reveals that the selection process is heterogeneous across countries. Differences between types of…

A survey investigating nonacademic admission criteria was mailed to 39 doctoral programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Twenty-five returned surveys reflected that letters of recommendation, goal statements, individual interviews, and work experiences were most frequently used. (Contains…

Examines how feminist evaluation principles and practices look from the perspectives of five different frameworks, each offering different criteria for judging evaluations. These frameworks are: (1) traditional scientific research criteria; (2) social construction and constructivist criteria; (3) artistic and evocative criteria; (4) pragmatic and…

Columbia University's acute care nurse practitioner curriculum incorporates evaluation strategies and standards to assess clinical competence and foster evidence-based practice. The curriculum consists of four core courses, supporting sciences, and specialty courses. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Many college relations and recruitment professionals calculate a few basic metrics to track and adjust their activities, or to demonstrate to senior management their success or need for additional resources and support. Suggests that there are far more telling ways for college relations and recruitment professionals to find out if they are getting…

After discussing the merits of the law school admissions process, including analyzing the racial subjectivity inherent in the administration of the Law School Admission Test and its corresponding effect on racial diversity in the law school admissions process, suggests an alternative admissions process that attempts to identify the unique merits…

Investigated extent of reliance on traditional admission criteria by counselor education programs, addressing current admissions procedures and recent and anticipated changes in procedures in counselor education programs in western United States. Surveyed 32 master's degree programs in counselor education. Found that counselor educators relied…

Argues that most currently used information retrieval models are unsuitable to describe recent techniques such as semantic based retrieval. A more general model is presented in which the basis for information retrieval is viewed as logical implication and the estimation of the correspondence between queries and documents is described in terms of…