A study of community college faculty and administrators' preferences for possible college directions and institutional images, their congruence, and their relationship to certain demographic variables, is reported. Support of the comprehensiveness of community colleges was found to be high. (MSE)

New job listings show the market demand for economists between 1975 and 1984 led the supply and was far more volatile than the number of doctorates awarded. Although graduate economic specialties have remained stable and the specialists ranked by employers have been constant, they show no comparative agreement. (Author/MSE)

A discussion of administrative program evaluation addresses the problem and opportunity of evaluation from the perspective of the administrator or institutional researcher by suggesting criteria for deciding on the need for formal evaluation, examining several evaluation design strategies, and looking at how evaluation can enhance organizational…

Academic support systems are characterized as those activities that center around a dean's office--office automation/information systems, institutional research and electronic communication. The basic and design and implementation issues that are encountered in providing these support systems are examined. (Author/MLW)

Describes a study of the nature and extent of community colleges' involvement in needs assessment practices. Presents findings with respect to institutional characteristics and settings, extent of involvement, need assessment projects' characteristics and impacts, and the relationship between institutional characteristics and the extent of…

While microcomputers may be easy to acquire and put into use, advance consideration of some pertinent issues will ensure that they are used successfully for planning and management support. (Author/MLW)

Microcomputer technology is direct, personal, and well suited for the task of decision support. Learning to use it constructively and effectively to improve higher education management is the challenge of the immediate future. (Author/MLW)

The increasing data about institutions of higher education and the availability of this data are described and evaluated. The data bases need further development and coordination of standards, exchange guidelines, and accessing procedures to be most beneficial. (Author/LBH)

Much research in higher education being done outside the United States is of considerable interest to American scholars, planners, and institutional researchers. A list of organizations dealing with institutional research is included. (Author/LBH)

Interinstitutional researchers face a variety of complex issues that need to be understood and dealt with to ensure the benefits of their involvement. Some issues are reviewed and future concerns are addressed. (Author/LBH)

Empirical data about 31 college/university mergers are gathered and analyzed on an exploratory basis. Much of the analysis included developing descriptive statistics about the characteristics of the institutions and the merger process. (LBH)

This biography presents the life of John Andrew Rice, who founded Black Mountain College (North Carolina) in 1933 to implement his philosophy of education, including the centrality of artistic experience and emotional development to learning in all disciplines and the need for democratic governance shared between faculty and students. Born in…

Several learning communities and first-year programs have been developed at Bowling Green State University, a public doctoral-research intensive university in the midwest, over the last few years. Such programs include the Bowling Green Effect Mentoring Program, the Literacy Serve and Learn program, the Honors Program, the Center for Multicultural…

This document presents key institutional facts and figures for the 2001-2002 academic year. Information outlined in the report includes: (1) fall enrollment history from 1977-2001; (2) student characteristics; (3) full-time and part-time enrollments; (4) demographic data on incoming students; (5) enrollment by program of study; (6) degrees and…

Author calls upon all principals to change existing curriculum and programs in the direction of individualized, continuous progress education. (GB)