In the fall of 1973, De Anza College conducted a nationwide survey of institutional research in 2-year colleges. Questionnaires were sent to every 2-year educational institution in the United States. About 45 percent were returned. Part of the purpose of this survey was to compile a directory of research personnel. This directory is the result. It…

The purpose of this study was to examine the 1973 graduates in terms of: (1) the type of degrees and curricula they completed; (2) their transfer and/or employment plans; and (3) their recommendations of the programs they completed. The value gained from this study was expected to provide additional information concerning: (1) the effectiveness of…

The published proceedings of this conference focus on basic issues in the area of institutional research and are limited to those papers presented during the general seminars. Topics discussed were: "A Conceptual Framework for Institutional Research: Three Points of View" (Samuel Baskin; Stuart Grout; Robert E. Hubbard); "The Role of Institutional…

The institutional research that has been carried out continually on many campuses and the kind of educational accounting that is being demanded of higher education are not one and the same. Neither is accountability synonymous with management information systems. This paper attempts to clarify the differences among evaluation in higher education,…

These guidelines were prepared to encourage and assist colleges and universities in giving systematic thought to the dimensions of their involvement in community and area affairs. They are intended to provide the basis for in-depth analyses to be conducted by individual institutions. Various aspects of urban involvement are defined, some of the…

This monograph sets forth a portion of the research and theory base underlying the organization development program, 1 of the 3 major components of the National Laboratory for Higher Education''s Administrative and Organizational Systems program. It depicts some of the linkages among organization development, institutional research, information…

The Commission on the Future of Wellesley College was established because of problems created out of changes in social and educational patterns that have come with the second half of the 20th Century. In the fall of 1969 the Commission discussed 5 possible directions for the future of the institution as a whole: (1) to continue with the present…

This document presents a creatively written description of Antioch College in Columbia, Maryland, written by a college consultant who was hired as a consultant to the governing council of the college to make an analysis of the college's governance system and the learning and social environment of the school. The author describes how 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 report their long-range educational plans, and to give other related information was administered to entering students throughout the Florida State University System. A…

This document presents information pertaining to the 16 universities and senior colleges and the 11 junior colleges with the Georgia University System during the 1970-71 academic year. More specifically, the report includes information concerning enrollment, graduates, research, faculties, libraries, changes in academic units, construction, and…

An anonymous survey of 70% (N=21) of Harcum Junior College's full-time faculty was conducted in the fall of 1976 in order to ascertain self-reported levels of anxiety and sources of anxiety among the faculty. Results indicated that 7.4% of the faculty felt a great deal of anxiety, 9.4% a considerable amount, 20.7% felt some, 21.1% felt little, and…

A general context for defining and using goals in institutional research is discussed, contributions of authors in this journal issue are reviewed, and implications for research are examined. (Author/LBH)

Even the application of such mainstays of the institutional researcher's statistical tool kit as the t test and ANOVA is not always as straightforward as it seems. The researcher must first check to see that the underlying methodological and statistical assumptions are being met. (Author)

The differences between evaluation of academic units and evaluation of administrative units are discussed, and the development and implementation of a procedure for administrative unit evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is described. (MSE)

The need for information services offers institutional researchers with experience in systems design, data management, and analysis an opportunity to study the key issue involved in providing this service to the campus administrative community. The case of the University of Kansas is described. (Author/MLW)