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Linking the LRC with student assessment
Authors: Terwilliger Gloria
Published: October 2006

Relationships between library research and critical‐thinking skills are related to goals in student assessment. When teams of librarians and faculty develop assignments that require students to use library resources, learning is strengthened and enriched.
Vital connections: Composition and bibliographic instruction theory in the LRC
Authors: Arp Lori , Kenny Kathleen
Published: October 2006

Library skills instruction is being integrated into writing classes in response to new developments in literacy and technology, which call for teaching both subjects as a process that emphasizes problem solving and critical thinking.
LRC support for off‐campus education
Authors: Hisle W. Lee
Published: October 2006

LRCs must be creative in providing support for the increasing numbers of off‐campus, distance‐education classes made possible by new technology for nontraditional students.
Self‐study methods for the library and the LRC
Authors: Kania Antoinette M.
Published: October 2006

The LRC must evaluate its role in the institution's instructional program with respect to accreditation criteria, public calls for program assessment, and professional concerns about standards and performance/outcomes measures.
The centralized research model in a multicampus district
Authors: Losak John
Published: October 2006

This chapter examines a centralized research model in a multicampus district and the model's role in policy formation and decision making.
t‐test for two: A state‐local research partnership
Authors: McConochie Daniel D. , Tschechtelin James D.
Published: October 2006

States and colleges can cooperate to develop and conduct institutional research. When certain prerequisites are in place, this model can lift the effectiveness of research across the whole state.
On using writing
Authors: Odell Lee
Published: October 2006

Instructors in vocational/technical courses should consider using writing (as opposed to teaching writing) as a means of helping students think about and come to their own understanding of the subject matter of particular courses.
Model programs in minority access
Authors: Phillips Roy G.
Published: October 2006

In addition to its traditional junction, a higher education system should be judged by its ability to increase the pool of well‐prepared minority students.
Minority student retention: The Prince George's community college program
Authors: James David P.
Published: October 2006

Effective retention programs must be designed to overcome minority attrition.
Exporting the community college concept: Worldwide variations
Authors: Greenberg Joseph Arthur
Published: October 2006

The American community college concept has been exported to several countries, although the basic concept has originated independently in various forms worldwide. Now we are seeing opportunities to import these conceptual variations from other countries, allowing us to improve our own system.
Scholarship and the community college professional: Focusing the debate
Authors: Vaughan George B.
Published: October 2006

One issue facing the community college is the need for both faculty and administrators to change their existing attitudes toward scholarship and to view it from the perspective of the community college mission.
False dichotomies
Authors: Block Jonathan
Published: October 2006

Community colleges have developed a culture that is increasingly out of step with the orientation of their faculties, and this dissonance has limited their ability to respond to the changing needs of their communities, students, faculties, and society as a whole.
Scholarship in the community college: A president's perspective
Authors: Parilla Robert E.
Published: October 2006

It is time for community college presidents to affirm the concept of “scholar‐professor” on their campuses.
Presidential scholarship and educational leadership in the community college
Authors: Templin Robert G.
Published: October 2006

Presidents who engage in scholarly pursuits are more effective educational leaders.
Teaching critical thinking in the social sciences
Authors: Knight Curd Lynn H.
Published: October 2006

The time has come to consider practical strategies for incorporating the teaching of thinking skills into social science courses in community colleges.
Forced to think: The title v mandate in california
Authors: Feare John
Published: October 2006

It is important that we learn to create and evolve effective critical thinking programs in community colleges and to maintain teacher accountability.
Toward a second wave of reform
Authors: Gaff Jerry G.
Published: October 2006

Much has been accomplished in general education reform, yet much more is left to be done. Specific steps to lead community colleges into the next reform wave are considered.
General education in the community college: Developing habits of thought
Authors: Eaton Judith S.
Published: October 2006

Success in relation to general education tasks will occur in schools willing to modify institutional thinking to account for the part‐time, nondegree nature of the student population, investment in student choice, and the community college approach to occupational education.
Broadening our conception of general education: The self‐regulated learner
Authors: Weinstein Claire E. , van Mater Stone Gretchen
Published: October 2006

Today's community college students need more than instruction in particular disciplines as part of general education. They need to learn how to learn in order to become expert self‐regulated learners ready to enter into lifelong learning.
Teaching values through general education
Authors: Thomas R. Murray
Published: October 2006

Students acquire values from general education courses, with the values determined, at least partly, by the instructor's teaching methods. Four methods for teaching values are described in this chapter: direct indoctrination, rationalized indoctrination, delineated options, and student values clarification.
Globalizing general education: Changing world, changing needs
Authors: Sjoquist Douglas P.
Published: October 2006

For general education to succeed in providing the knowledge and understanding that students need now and will need in the future, it must provide a basis for global understanding and thinking. Practical approaches to achieve this goal are suggested.
General and developmental education: Finding common ground
Authors: Franke Thomas L.
Published: October 2006

The history, goals, and values of general and developmental education point to a common purpose. The two are so closely related, in fact, that both stand to benefit from a renewed and expanded cooperation.
Vocational education and general education: New relationship or shotgun marriage?
Authors: Jacobs James
Published: October 2006

Changes in the workplace are occurring at a pace that will force vocational education and general education to create new approaches and a new integration of efforts where enmity had previously existed. If this integration is to be successful, six specific general education demands must be met.
Sources and additional information: Academic advising in the community college
Authors: Hsiao Karin Petersen
Published: October 2006

An annotated bibliography is provided on academic advising in community colleges. It includes sources concerned with the philosophy of advising, the organization of counseling programs and departments, advising personnel, and intrusive academic advising.
Managing uncertainty: Thinking and planning strategically
Authors: Lorenzo Albert L.
Published: October 2006

If managing effectively in an age of uncertainty will require planning and leading fundamental change, then change should begin with the development of a new planning model.
Quality‐focused management
Authors: Needham Robbie Lee
Published: October 2006

The system of quality‐focused management (QFM) is presented, followed by an explanation of the departure it makes from established community college management practices. The utility of QFM for faculty, staff, and administrators is described.
An overview of the total credit curriculum
Authors: Cohen Arthur M. , Ignash Jan M.
Published: October 2006

How much of the total community college curriculum is devoted to the liberal arts? What are the “non‐liberal arts” and how much of the community college curriculum is devoted to each of the non‐liberal arts? How much of the non‐liberal arts curriculum is transferable to four‐year colleges?
Stability and change in the liberal arts curriculum
Authors: Vanderkelen Barry
Published: October 2006

Which liberal arts subjects in the community college curriculum have remained relatively stable over the past sixteen years and which have increased or decreased?
Compelling numbers: English as a second language
Authors: Ignash Jan M.
Published: October 2006

Why has there been a tremendous surge in the need for English as a Second Language courses, and what policy implications does this have for community colleges?
Analyzing community college student transfer rates
Authors: Cohen Arthur M.
Published: October 2006

What considerations are involved in deriving a valid, consistent method of estimating community college to four‐year college transfer rates nationwide?
Examining the relationship between the liberal arts, course levels, and transfer rates
Authors: Armstrong William B. , Mellissinos Melissa
Published: October 2006

Is there a relationship between the curriculum and student transfer rates? Does offering more liberal arts courses or more advanced‐level courses promote higher student transfer rates?
Assessment and diversity: Outcome and climate measurements
Authors: Kerlin Scott P. , Britt Patricia B.
Published: October 2006

The growing diversity of student populations presents community colleges with special assessment challenges.
Changes in mission, governance, and funding of proprietary postsecondary institutions
Authors: Hittman Jon A.
Published: October 2006

The author describes the forces operating on proprietary schools and their transition into career colleges. The ways in which these institutions are becoming more like community colleges are also discussed.
State oversight of the proprietary sector
Authors: Chaloux Bruce N.
Published: October 2006

State oversight is a response to demands for accountability for student achievement and for the use of student financial aid; the overall effect may be aforced convergence.
General education at Broome community college: Coherence and purpose
Authors: Romano Richard M.
Published: October 2006

In New York State, community colleges have considerable freedom in framing their own general education program. After eight years of debate and a full campus vote, Broome Community College
adopted a program incorporating core requirements and course infusion focusing on seven key areas.
General education at Jefferson community college: Acountability and integrity
Authors: Ecker Patrick , Calhoun‐French Diane
Published: October 2006

In implementing the general education program at Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Kentucky, the faculty confronted the difficulties of ensuring the teaching of competencies across the curnculum, assessing the effects of general education, and maintaining a balance between integrity to the ideals of general education and account ability for specific requirements.
Understanding faculty needs: An institutional imperative
Authors: O'Hara Leonard F.
Published: October 2006

To get faculty to welcome and adopt change, colleges must first show that they understand what faculty value most.
Incorporating civic literacy into technician education: Why? how?
Authors: Mathias Elizabeth A.
Published: October 2006

This chapter focuses on issues related to a new “civic literacy” work force competency by examining some underlying social and technological changes that influenced the creation of the standard. It concludes with a description of a national‐level curriculum development and implementation project.
Community college‐community relationships and civic accountability
Authors: Gillett‐Karam Rosemary
Published: October 2006

College‐community relationships and their civic responsibilities are the focus of this chapter. Examples of collaboration currently in practice will be discussed to demonstrate college‐community civic accountability.
From the projects to the presidency: An African American odyssey
Authors: Bowen Raymond C.
Published: October 2006

The writer's personal passage from the projects of New Haven to two college presidencies provides insight into more than a half century of the African American experience and a guideline for minority educators seeking administrative positions.
Increasing the latino leadership pipeline: Institutional and organizational strategies
Authors: Santiago Isaura Santiago
Published: October 2006

Increasing the Latino leadership pipeline will require a commitment to diversity by the entire higher education enterprise through the implementation of effective institutional and organizational strategies.
The community college presidency: An Asian Pacific American perspective
Authors: Fujimoto M. Jack
Published: October 2006

Less than twenty years ago, there was one community college president from the Asian Pacific American community. Now there is optimism that several community college presidents will emerge from the fastest growing population in the United States.
Gateways to Success: Urban community colleges and administrative diversity
Authors: Muller Gilbert H.
Published: October 2006

The nation's urban community colleges offer models for achieving administrative diversity; in the urban arena, considerations of gender, race, and ethnic background are positive factors for individuals seeking administrative positions.
Affirmative action as an equal opportunity opportunity
Authors: Phelps Donald G. , Taber Lynn Sullivan
Published: October 2006

To increase administrative diversity, community colleges must identify and target gatekeepers, implement facilitative practices, and reward desired behaviors.
The unfinished agenda
Authors: Wilson Reginald
Published: October 2006

U.S. community colleges in the twenty‐first century will be led increasingly by administrations committed to exemplary programs designed to boost minority graduation and administrative representation.
The door that never closes: Continuing education needs of community college leaders
Authors: Hankin Joseph N.
Published: October 2006

The problems posed by the ever‐changing environments in which community college leaders work place great demands on their capacity to understand and analyze problems related to personnel management, organizational development, adult learning, technology, community relations, facilities, finance, and (not least) personal development.
A historical and futuristic perspective of articulation and transfer in the United States
Authors: Kintzer Frederick C.
Published: October 2006

The author presents a history of articulation and transfer by highlighting the important research works for each period and speculating on the policy trends and practices in these areas as they have been shaped by history.
Orderly thinking about a chaotic system
Authors: Cohen Arthur M.
Published: October 2006

This chapter examines the ways in which community college policy makers at all levels can come to understand the diversity of statistical information available to them. It suggests that all information must be contextualized at the local, institutional level.
New ways of conceptualizing transfer rate definitions
Authors: Laanan Frankie Santos , Sanchez Jorge R.
Published: October 2006

This chapter examines the discussion surrounding a reliable transfer rate measure by outlining the major arguments advanced by scholars and researchers in the field. Several traditional methods of calculating transfer rates are discussed and new ways of conceptualizing transfer rate definitions are introduced.
Development of a reexpandable covered stent for children
Authors: Horita Norihisa , Tomita Hideshi , Takamuro Motoki , Fuse Shigeto , Tsutsumi Hiroyuki
Published: October 2006

The use of covered stents in children is limited by the need for a large long sheath for delivery and the impossibility of redilation once implanted. The authors developed a reexpandable covered stent implantable in children through a small sheath and evaluated its clinical feasibility in mini piglets. An original Palmaz stent was covered with a polyurethane membrane that could be stretched up to 700%. Under general anesthesia, the authors implanted the covered stents in six mini piglets using a long sheath with a diameter approximately 1 French larger than the recommended size required to deliver an uncovered Palmaz stent. The implantation technique was similar to conventional stent implantation. In six piglets, the stent could be redilated from 7.5 to 8.7 mm 28–70 days after implantation. Macroscopic and microscopic examination showed intimal coverage of the coating with minimal inflammatory reaction around the stent. Our newly designed reexpandable stent covered with a polyurethane membrane is promising for use in children. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Transcatheter closure of aortic sinus to left atrial fistula caused by erosion of amplatzer septal occluder
Authors: Mahadevan Vaikom S. , Horlick Eric M. , Benson Lee N. , McLaughlin Peter R.
Published: October 2006

One year after Amplatzer™ device closure of an atrial septal defect, an aortic to left atrial fistula was diagnosed in a patient who developed a new onset murmur with no other symptoms. The fistula was closed with a 4‐mm Amplatzer Septal Occluder™ during a transcatheter procedure, avoiding the need for cardiac surgical repair. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Diagnostic utility of the two methods of ankle brachial index in the detection of peripheral arterial disease of lower extremities
Authors: Niazi Khusrow , Khan Tahir H. , Easley Kirk A.
Published: October 2006

Background:

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common disease that is diagnosed with a screening test called the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI). Different methods of ABI have been described in the literature. We wanted to estimate and compare the sensitivity and specificity of an alternative method of calculating the ABI (LAP ABI, low ankle pressure ABI) with the current method (named high ankle pressure (HAP)), using digital subtraction angiography (DSA) as the gold standard.

Methods:

We reviewed the records of all patients who had undergone DSA at a major academic center between August 2003 and October 2005.The study includes 107 patients/208 limbs. Inclusion criteria included patients with an ABI performed within 30 days prior to the DSA. Patients with noncompressible vessels and ABI >1.40 were excluded. Abnormal ABI was defined as ≤0.9 for both methods. Disease on angiogram was defined as the presence of 50% or more stenosis of any lower extremity artery from the aorto–illiac bifurcation to the ankle arteries.

Results:

The sensitivity of the HAP and LAP ABI for the diagnosis of PAD was 69 and 84%, respectively (P < 0.001). The specificity of the HAP and the LAP method was 83 and 64% respectively (P < 0.01). The overall accuracy of LAP ABI and HAP ABI was 80 and 72%, respectively.

Conclusions:

The LAP ABI has better sensitivity and overall accuracy in comparison to the HAP ABI to diagnose PAD. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Highly Efficient Syntheses of Hyaluronic Acid Oligosaccharides
Authors: Huang Lijun , Huang Xuefei
Published: October 2006

Highly efficient syntheses of hyaluronic acid oligosaccharides have been accomplished through the pre‐activation based iterative one‐pot strategy. A series of oligosaccharides ranging from di‐ to hexasaccharides were rapidly assembled using only near stoichiometric amounts of the building blocks without aglycon adjustment or purifications of intermediate oligosaccharides. Deprotection and oxidation protocols were developed for protective group removal and oxidation‐state adjustment. The availability of such structurally well defined synthetic hyaluronic acid oligosaccharides will greatly facilitate the establishment of detailed structure–function relationships.
Reentry programs
Authors: Howard Toni A.
Published: October 2006

How continuing education centers and specially designed counseling programs can ease the reentry of mature women into the academic mainstream.
College of saint benedict: A planning model that works
Authors: Escher Sister Firmin
Published: October 2006

In St. Joseph, Minnesota, a vibrant Catholic college for women is adopting components of systematic institutional development in its planning and budgeting.
Not can, but will college teaching be improved?
Authors: Cross K. Patricia
Published: October 2006

When more than 90 percent of faulty members rate themselves as above‐average teachers, and two‐thirds rate themselves among the top qwzrter, the outlook for much improvement in teaching seems less than promising.
Learning and the instructional system
Authors: Kozma Robert B.
Published: October 2006

Faculty members can use information about six components of the learning situation to increase student learning.
Challenging the assumptions of leadership: Women and men of the academy
Authors: Touchton Judith , Shavlik Donna
Published: October 2006

Higher education systems must change to include women administrators because huge pools of creative and effective talent should not be ignored. The increasing complexity of higher education requires the talents of women and men working together.
Quantifying “disadvantagement”
Authors: Astin Alexander W.
Published: October 2006

Is it possible to weigh disadvantagement in admissions? The results of preliminary research suggest that objective measures of disadvantagement can be developed so as to increase minority students' chances of being selected.
Planning for an evaluation network and institutionalization
Authors: Smock H. Richard
Published: October 2006

The network of people that decides what questions to ask, that interprets and judges the information, and that is expected to use the results must be an important consideration in any evaluation plan.
Evaluating administrators
Authors: Hoyt Donald P.
Published: October 2006

Assessing administrative performance must begin with explication of contextual factors and unique characteristics that constrain or enhance opportunities.
The financial resilience of american colleges and universities
Authors: Frances Carol
Published: October 2006

Colleges and universities have survived a decade of financial exigency because of the resilience they developed. And the number one problem they will confront in the 1980s is still inflation, not enrollment decline. But inflation in the next ten years will not be as bad as it was in the last.
Books, libraries, scholarship, and the future
Authors: Plane Robert A.
Published: October 2006

The final step in the evolution of the college library occurs when the library is no longer viewed as a place but as a service in the scholarly process.
The changing federal role in student financial aid
Authors: St. John Edward P. , Byce Charles
Published: October 2006

College and university planners should be aware that the options being considered in Washington, D. C., for further changes in the federal aid programs have highly divergent consequences.
Aphorisms and maxims for chief academic officers
Authors: Brooks Glenn E.
Published: October 2006

Quick phrases often hold deep meanings. Glenn Brooks asked thirteen chief academic officers and deans, “If you had several items of advice for our new colleagues, what would they be?”.
Taking advantage of emerging educational technologies
Authors: Kelly J. Terence , Anandam Kamala
Published: October 2006

The chief academic officer needs to decide on appropriate attitudes, issues, implementation strategies, and evaluative criteria in dealing with the new technologies.
The notre dame long‐range plan
Authors: O'Meara Timothy
Published: October 2006

The Notre Dame Long‐Range Plan indicates the range of issues comprehensive planning must address.
Marketing
Authors: Maust Robert N.
Published: October 2006

Marketing may be destined simply to be another management fad unless its proponents address the organizational and developmental issues seriously.
Corporate culture—college culture
Authors: Martin Warren Bryan
Published: October 2006

Run your college like a business. Rites and rituals, heroes and exemplars, ceremonies and convocations are important. Storytellers, spies, priests, cabals, and eccentrics will also be present.
Getting individual and organizational goals to match
Authors: Berg David J.
Published: October 2006

The ability of organizations to operate effectively is highly dependent on the dgree to which individuals' personal goals mesh with institutional aims.
Suggestions for further reading
Authors: Berg David J.
Published: October 2006

Further sources of information are provided in this chapter.
Career education: A prospective, a retrospective, and a few guesses
Authors: Levine Arthur E.
Published: October 2006

Career education has been a consistent and persistent purpose of American higher education, but that purpose has to be continually updated to respond to changes in the larger society.
Assessment and involvement: Investments to enhance learning
Authors: Krueger Darrell W. , Heisserer Margarita L.
Published: October 2006

A comprehensive assessment program informs, enlightens, and becomes a basis for action. When put to work, it involves every level and segment of the organization.
The new administrative computing
Authors: Green Kenneth C.
Published: October 2006

The new administrative computing is quite different from its predecessors. It involves different people, who are often engaged in qualitatively different tasks. And it recognizes that one type of computer does not offer a complete solution to the administrative and academic computing needs on college campuses. The changes in administrative computing–those of the past decade and those coming in the next ten years–represent challenging, dynamic, and exciting opportunities for campus administrators interested in harnessing the new technologies for institutional advancement and their own professional development.
Retirement behavior and mandatory retirement in higher education
Authors: Holden Karen C. , Lee Hansen W.
Published: October 2006

Raising the mandatory retirement age from sixty‐five to seventy is estimated to have relatively small, short‐term effects on the retirement timing of tenured faculty members.
Considering the extremes
Authors: Murray Troy Y.
Published: October 2006

The range of risks facing colleges and universities extends well beyond a modest inflationary period or a short recession.
A university model for the 1990s
Authors: Stauffer Thomas M.
Published: October 2006

Economic demands on postsecondary education in this decade will boost the formation of partnership universities for regional economic and cultural development.
Strategies for change
Authors: Farmer D. W.
Published: October 2006

The ability to understand and respond to the human dimension of change is ultimately the determining factor in implementing and sustaining successful change.
Changing the corporate culture
Authors: Kashner James B.
Published: October 2006

Changing the corporate culture of a college or university is a complex undertaking and a task that must often be accomplished to enable innovations in mission, programs, organizational structure, and ways of conducting institutional affairs.
Changing the educational program
Authors: Wood Richard J.
Published: October 2006

Fragmentation of power within colleges and universities makes educational programs the element of higher education most resistant to organized change; yet, over time, persistent and thoughtful leadership can transform these programs.
Thriving at home: Developing a career as an insider
Authors: Sagaria Mary Ann D. , Dickens Cynthia S.
Published: October 2006

The development of a career within one institution calls for conscious planning and the development of skills and strategies that may differ from those typically exhibited in an interinstitutional career.
Creating strengths out of our differences: Women and minority administrators
Authors: Moore Kathryn M.
Published: October 2006

The careers of women and minority administrators all too often depend on whether they can successfully negotiate various doublebind situations.
Administration then and now
Authors: Kauffman Joseph F.
Published: October 2006

It is imperative that those who seek academic administrative posts or advancement articulate their fidelity to the central purposes of their colleges and universities and to the values of scholars and learners.
Constant response to change: The role of the financial aid office
Authors: Hart Natala K.
Published: October 2006

The many changes that have taken place in the student aid system in recent years have necessitated a series of operational and programmatic adjustments for financial aid administrators and their offices.
The latent organizational functions of the academic senate: Why senates do not work but will not go away
Authors: Birnbaum Robert
Published: October 2006

Academic senates are criticized as ineffective, yet they remain a central component of governance on most compuses. Why do senates persist if they don't appear to work?
Participative governance bodies in higher education: Report of a national study
Authors: Gilmour Joseph E.
Published: October 2006

Data from a national survey indicate that 91 percent of colleges and universities have a participative governance body that includes faculty and that both faculty and administrative leaders find these bodies effective and useful.
Form and shadow: Recent organizational change within graduate programs
Authors: Adams Charles S.
Published: October 2006

Decline of resources, merging of higher education programs, and loss of faculty positions point to the changing structure of current graduate programs as they face an uncertain future.
Higher education doctoral programs: A demographic portrait
Authors: Nelson Glenn M.
Published: October 2006

Program demography reveals issues of ethnic, gender, and age diversity.
The problem of education
Authors: Orr David W.
Published: October 2006

Our greatest challenge lies in rethinking what kind of education is appropriate for a species whose standards of success threaten its ecological foundations.
Can brown be green? lessons from one university's quest for environmental responsibility
Authors: Corless James , Ward Harold
Published: October 2006

Colleges and universities can reduce their adverse impact on the environment, enrich the educations that they provide to students, and significantly reduce their costs of operation. Why is it so difficult to persuade them to do so?
The environmental ombudsman at the University of Kansas
Authors: Hamburg Steven P. , Ask Susan I.
Published: October 2006

Changes aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the university can be most easily implemented using financial and institutional motivations.
Hendrix college local food project
Authors: Valen Gary L.
Published: October 2006

Before the Hendrix Local Food Project started, over 90 percent of the food served on campus came from outside the state. Today, 30 percent comes from Arkansas and there are plans to reach 50 percent in three years.
Linking undergraduate education and libraries: Minnesota's approach
Authors: Jones Linda Bunnell
Published: October 2006

A vision of quality undergraduate education for the new century has led the Minnesota State University System to emphasize information literacy and to make the library of the future both the locus and the agent for acquiring it.
Transforming campus culture through resource‐based learning
Authors: Pence James L.
Published: October 2006

An increasing number of faculty are calling for a substantive transformation of education with resource‐based learning at its new core.
Keeping faith with one another
Authors: van Harn Gordon L.
Published: October 2006

The maintenance of trust, accountability, and understanding between a college and the church with which it is related requires that the mission of the college support the ministry of the church.
Using catalogues to track institutional viability and change
Authors: Amey Marilyn J.
Published: October 2006

Catalogues can be useful in tracking curriculum scope, content, and change.
Using assessment as a basis for the articulation of transfer students
Authors: Ratcliff James L.
Published: October 2006

Do community college courses with the same time and description as those offered by senior institutions really produce the same level of student learning?
How faculty promote cognitive development in their students
Authors: Jones Elizabeth A.
Published: October 2006

In the study described here, faculty discussed how they strive to improve student learning, and their course materials provide useful illustrations.
Differences among the disciplines
Authors: Adam Bronwyn E. , Roberts Alton O.
Published: October 2006

A constellation of terms is necessary to describe the work of faculty, because faculty do different things and view what they do from different perspectives.
Diversity among disciplines: The same goals for all?
Authors: Stark Joan S. , Lattuca Lisa R.
Published: October 2006

Faculty respond to suggestions for curricular change in ways that reflect their disciplinary perspectives. Faculty from varied disciplines, therefore, will need thoughtful leadership to develop support for a common curricular framework.
Part two: Who participates in liberal education and how much is enough? For whom is liberal education produced?
Authors: Breneman David W.
Published: October 2006

The decline in the number of arts and sciences candidates is due to decreases in student demand and a rise in the rate of return to college stemming from a decline in opportunities for high school graduates.
Financing liberal education in America: Public and private responsibilities
Authors: Baum Sandra R.
Published: October 2006

Focusing public subsidies on meeting the needs of low‐income students will entail that those with ample private means pay their own way.
Academic freedom and artistic expression
Authors: Stern Carol Simpson
Published: October 2006

Artistic expression merits protections of academic freedom similar to those accorded to intellectual expression.
Establishing key relationships
Authors: Martin Roger H.
Published: October 2006

This excerpt from one new president's journal identifies many of teh tasks and challenges that greet new presidents in the early days of their tenure.
Surviving and thriving
Authors: Cox Sue A.
Published: October 2006

What happens when a large, centrally administered community college reorganizes itself into a decentralized system with six new colleges? What follows is a brief history of the problems and successes of one of these colleges.
Confronting value conflicts
Authors: Risser Paul G.
Published: October 2006

A new president encounters a controversy over the name of his university's athletic teams and must decide how to approach this issue.
Assuming the bully pulpit
Authors: Bornstein Rita
Published: October 2006

Today's college presidents are often faulted for not speaking out on important public policy issues as their predecessors did in years past, yet the circumstances surrounding contemporary presidents make it difficult for them to take personal stands.
Developing a vision
Authors: Gaudiani Claire
Published: October 2006

A framework is given for setting the vision of new leadership during the first two years of the presidency, with time frames and tasks to engage the community in its future.
Afterword: Reflections on the college presidency
Authors: Riesman David
Published: October 2006

A long‐time observer of higher education offers his reflections on the college and university presidency.
Instructional technology to enhance teaching
Authors: Roth Brenda F. , Sanders Denisha
Published: October 2006

Technology in the classroom can be used to support teaching excellence, even in a time of financial constraints.
The role of environmental scanning in effective fundraising
Authors: Gibbs Annette
Published: October 2006

Information on the concerns and resources of various donor communities is vital.
Restructuring to sustain excellence
Authors: Myers Richard S.
Published: October 2006

Restructuring an institution of higher education is never easy but can be highly rewarding.
The cultural context for effective strategy
Authors: Taylor Alton L. , Koch Audrey M.
Published: October 2006

Institutional cultures must provide support for strategic thinking to sustain a community of academic excellence.
First things first: Developing a crime prevention program
Authors: Dahlem Carole B.
Published: October 2006

Everyone on campus has a role in reducing the risks of crime.
Crime liability suits and campus administrators
Authors: Smith Margaret D.
Published: October 2006

Courts hold that colleges have duties to warn, to protect, and to keep promises of security.
Setting expectations for speech communication and listening
Authors: Rubin Rebecca B. , Morreale Sherwyn P.
Published: October 2006

Speaking and listening skills are essential for college graduates. Some skills are basic and important for success in college; others are more advanced and necessary for entry into the workforce.
Improving teaching and learning effectiveness by defining expectations
Authors: Barrowman Carole E.
Published: October 2006

When educators make public their expectations for student learning and use those expectations to navigate their teaching, students are better prepared for life in and beyond the classroom.
For further information
Authors: Heist Paul , Warren Jonathan R.
Published: October 2006

Additional references to the literature on education and human resource needs.
Examining efficient joint production processes
Authors: Carlson Daryl
Published: October 2006

Better institutional productivity measures can be constructed from existing data with a multidimensional analytic technique.
Reputational ratings and undergraduate education assessment
Authors: Lawrence Judith K. , Solmon Lewis C.
Published: October 2006

A pilot study of undergraduate institutions tests the value of the reputational rating approach. This approach, which uses subjective questionnaires, may be both effective and economically feasible.
Environmental assessments for strategic planning
Authors: Cope Robert G.
Published: October 2006

Several techniques are available for matching the mission and strengths of an institution to changes in its environment.
History and qualitative methodology
Authors: Curtis Mark H.
Published: October 2006

History is not what happened but what human beings do to acquire reliable knowledge about what happened and how they convert such knowledge into an enlarged and enriched understanding of reality and their place in the world.
Variable‐selection and measurement concerns
Authors: Lenning Oscar T.
Published: October 2006

Those studying persistence/attrition behavior need to give considerable thought not only to the process by which variables are selected but also to the adequacy with which they are measured.
The future of institutional research
Authors: Lasher William F. , Firnberg James W.
Published: October 2006

Institutional researchers must be in the institutional planning process in the coming years if institutional research is to remain a viable administrative specialty.
Institutional research and planning: Is futures research the next step?
Authors: Heydinger Richard B.
Published: October 2006

Futures techniques may advance the development of institutional research and planning, but they also may change the fundamental nature of these tasks.
The second wave of campus computerization
Authors: Tetlow William L.
Published: October 2006

The eclectic acquisition of microcomputers in higher education is not unique to it but rather part of colliding waves of change that are a fundamental part of the remarkable era in which we live.
Perspectives and problems in student outcomes research
Authors: Pace C. Robert
Published: October 2006

Over the years, many tests and techniques have been developed to measure the impact of college on students. Which to use depends on the institution's educational goals and on the content of each student's educational experience.
Social issues and social remedies: The study of racism and sexism on campus
Authors: Litwin James L.
Published: October 2006

Personal and institutional racism and sexism have not been eradicated, and the policies implemented a few years ago have not necessarily changed practices and behaviors, even though they may have driven some underground.
Tactical decision making and decision support systems
Authors: Harmon Joel I.
Published: October 2006

Even with their potential barely tapped, DSS are making significant contributions to improving decision‐making effectiveness in institutions.
Using faculty research performance for academic quality rankings
Authors: Webster David S. , Conrad Clifton F.
Published: October 2006

Departent and program quality rankings could be based on such factors as how well the faculty teach, advise students, and perform service roles. In practice, though, almost all quality rankings measuring achievement in graduate departments have been based on faculty research performance of one kind or another.
Handling the unethical request
Authors: Budig Jeanne E.
Published: October 2006

A favorable operating style and appropriate strategies can ward off or resolve many ethical conflicts.
Presidential accountability for intercollegiate athletics: The essential information
Authors: Moore John W.
Published: October 2006

Ensuring the integrity of the campus's intercollegiate athletics program is a fundamental responsibility of the university president. Specific information on athletics is needed to fulfill this role adequately.
The role of the faculty athletics representative
Authors: Cooper Arthur W.
Published: October 2006

The faculty athletics representative plays a significant role in the supervision of the campus athletics program. To adequately fulfill this role, specific data and information needs must be met.
On the horizon: Institutional self‐studies of the intercollegiate athletics function
Authors: Winstead Philip C.
Published: October 2006

Scrutiny of intercollegiate athletics programs continues to increase. The next means for evaluating the athletics department appears to be the self‐study.
Assessing noninstructional costs and productivity
Authors: Maydew Mary Jo
Published: October 2006

As colleges and universities face the need for cost reduction, the noninstructional areas are the first places to look to contain costs and improve productivity.
The role of the facilitator on total quality management teams
Authors: Eakin William L. (Lindy)
Published: October 2006

Several types of facilitators emerge as teams work to improve processes: the delegator, the director, the workhorse, and the cheerleader. Different styles can affect team learning.
Using focus groups to clarify customer needs
Authors: Sapp Mary M. , Temares M. Lewis
Published: October 2006

Focus groups can supplement traditional survey research to identify customer needs and examine critical processes.
Simplifying a process with flowcharts
Authors: Williams Joann M.
Published: October 2006

Total Quality Management reduces the time spent on a complex data collection and reporting process by 40 percent.
Introduction to studying diversity: Lessons from the field
Authors: Smith Daryl G. , Wolf Lisa E. , Levitan Thomas
Published: October 2006

An overview of themes and issues that emerge when addressing the study of diversity, reflecting the complexity and the opportunities for the institutional researcher.
Institutional research as a tool for cultural democracy
Authors: Darder Antonia
Published: October 2006

This chapter considers issues related to institutional research and its potential role in the move toward an ethos of cultural democracy in higher education.
Methodological issues in the study of diversity in higher education
Authors: Hirano‐Nakanishi Marsha J.
Published: October 2006

This chapter attempts to provide practical suggestions about the special methodological issues that institutional researchers must address while studying and improving diversity in higher education.
The future of higher education finance
Authors: Brinkman Paul T. , Morgan Anthony W.
Published: October 2006

Higher education's historic and successful search for every expanding revenues and missions may be reaching its limits. If true, the agenda for the future will focus much more on the difficult and uncomfortable expenditure side of the financing equation.
Challenge and change in the federal role
Authors: Gladieux Lawrence E. , King Jacqueline E.
Published: October 2006

The unsettled federal policy environment of the 1990s will affect federal higher education policy into the next century, particularly in the areas of research support and student aid.
The international perspective: Information needs in the next century
Authors: El‐Khawas Elaine
Published: October 2006

Greater global awareness will allow informed university administrators to respond to new opportunities.
Managing in tomorrow's academic environment
Authors: Keller George
Published: October 2006

Managing colleges and universities will be different in the next decades, and so will the campus administrators.
Program review in academic departments
Authors: Mets Lisa A.
Published: October 2006

This chapter discusses the responses of academic departments in a private research university to the institution's program review process and recommendations.
Organizational factors in program review
Authors: Joseph Iv J. Hoey,
Published: October 2006

This chapter deals with organizational factors that promote the overall impact of program review at the college level and provides a theoretical framework for looking at the ways in which program review may affect community college programs.
Impact of program review on community colleges
Authors: Joseph Iv J. Hoey,
Published: October 2006

Results of a study of program review among community colleges nationwide point to the importance of key leadership support, organizational communication, a clear understanding of the purposes of program review, and frequent action on program review recommendations at all organizational levels.
Integrating program review in planning and budgeting: A systemwide perspective
Authors: Eaton Gertrude M. , Miyares Javier
Published: October 2006

The University of Maryland System designed a data‐driven program review process to reallocate resources systemwide.
Lessons learned from program review experiences
Authors: Mets Lisa A.
Published: October 2006

Findings from articles and conference presentations cited in the program review literature and from the studies reported in this issue suggest ways to maximize the impact of a program review process.
Working over time: The evolution of longitudinal student tracking data bases
Authors: Ewell Peter T.
Published: October 2006

Student tracking approaches have been shaped by changing contexts and evolving technical capabilities. Institutional researchers should know this history and be aware of the specific demands for information that future tracking systems must meet.
Amarillo college: Tracking in a two‐year college context
Authors: Adelman Stanley I.
Published: October 2006

This chapter describes the development of a two‐year college's ability to track students, with particular emphasis on applying this capability to evaluating developmental education.
Harnessing new technologies for student tracking
Authors: Borden Victor M. H.
Published: October 2006

This chapter examines several developing technologies and recommends strategies for reengineering student tracking systems.
Linkages to the world of employment
Authors: Seppanen Loretta J.
Published: October 2006

Researchers can use unemployment insurance wage and related files to describe and compare students' workplace status before, during, and after enrollment.
Some concluding thoughts
Authors: Ewell Peter T.
Published: October 2006

As they harness student tracking's new technical possibilities, institutional researchers should remain aware of time‐honored design principles for conducting longitudinal studies.