Junior college self-appraisal techniques should involve research and should be conducted within the academic, vocational, and adult education programs of the college. This report considers appraisal of specific areas, such as admissions, counseling and student personnel services, placement in classes, and program planning and evaluation. Sixteen…

Florida colleges' own follow-up studies have been valuable to themselves, but statewide research has been needed to assess the system's success--hence this 1969 study of fall 1966 first-time freshmen. From 28,396 students of 26 colleges, a random-stratified sample of 499 was drawn according to each college's enrollment and by sex ratio, with…

This study of 416 African Education Research (AER) projects was conducted to: (a) provide information on current studies by Africans on African education; (b) provide a framework for critical analysis of research based on a classification of the issues; and (c) provide a listing and discussion of continuing research resources which would aid…

This document summarizes programs provided in the Developing Institutions Program (Title III of the 1965 Higher Education Act.) The data sources were a questionnaire yielding Title III program data and institutional characteristics from 1965-66 to 1970-71 for 325 institutions receiving Title III funds, as well as case studies for 41 institutions…

The author examines the graduate programs of developed and developing institutions across the United States and finds that the graduate school is the fastest-growing segment of higher education. (MJM)

The West Tennessee Research Develpment Consortium was formed to increase research potential in 2 developing West Tennessee colleges: Freed-Hardeman College and Lane College. The research development program sought to train in research methodology 1 person on each campus and to offer concurrently an in-service training program to 8 faculty members…

This annotated bibliography of institutional research is divided into the following sections: (1) Goals and Long-Range Planning; (2) Administration and Faculty; (3) Curriculum and Instruction; (4) Space Utilization and Scheduling; (5) Student Characteristics; (6) Recruitment and Admissions; (7) Prediction and Academic Performance; (8) Perception…

This document presents the proceedings of the 1971 Conference of Higher Education Institutional Research and Planning, sponsored by the State of Maine Higher Education Facilities Commission. The text of the main address and conference program are presented. Results of a follow-up questionnaire and a list of conference attendants are also included.…

The Virginia State Council of Higher Education presents in this report analyses of resident courses taught, student-credit-hours produced, and instructional salary costs at the state-controlled colleges and universities. Further, the data include the number of different courses taught, the number of classes taught, the semester hours of classes…

This report, which is an abstract and summary of a 450 page study, is intended to serve as a device to stimulate qualitative introspection with an end toward the improvement of the Nasson College students' undergraduate academic experiences. The contents of the report represent the results of empirical curricular research undertaken at the college…

This report describes results of gathering follow-up information from former Coast Community College District (California) students through the use of telephone interviews. The students interviewed were 5% random sample of all students enrolled as of the fourth week of the Fall 1971 semester but who were not enrolled as of the fourth week of the…

In the fall of 1971, a survey instrument calling for respondents to give basic data about themselves (race, sex, age), to indicate their educational status (class in college), to indicate their educational plans, and to give other related information was administered to entering students in selected private colleges and universities throughout…

The development of institutional research through the past two decades is reviewed briefly and its future outlook discussed, including efforts of researchers to communicate their findings. (LBH)

The author presents a methodological perspective on school and the educational process, viewing it as a dialectical phenomenon affecting both the institution and its participants, and uses the concept of "work" to illustrate the use of this perspective in educational research and evaluation. (MJB)

A National Science Foundation survey of institutions granting advanced degrees found academic research and development spending increased 12 percent in 1975, but the federal government is contributing less to that total than before. The expenditures by colleges and universities for scientific activities are detailed. (BT)