Showing papers on "Institutional research published in 1970"

The distinctive college

Abstract: The factors contributing to the greatness of a first-rank liberal arts college are difficult to analyze. Hidden from view in the mysteries of tradition and institutional aura, the insistent questions remain: How has it been done? Can it still be done? In an intensive analysis of three highly regarded liberal arts colleges, Burton R. Clark uses a developmental approach to formal organization to seek out answers to these questions. The author begins with a presentation of the historical development of three colleges, Antioch, Reed, and Swarthmore. He describes in detail how broad institutional innovations were introduced and made to endure. He then carefully notes the unique events, special conditions, and unusual features that are the components of each institution's fabric. Each of the three narratives is guided by comparative categories, that produce analytical and theoretical insights into organizational development. From the above data Clark develops the concept of the "organizational saga" as the central ingredient in the making of the distinctive college. He explains this concept in terms of organizational role and mission, using the historical narratives of the first section to suggest the bases for the development of sagas. In its empirical findings and conceptual formulations, The Distinctive College, first published in 1970, has played an important role in the analysis and understanding of college culture in contemporary America. It is a study of leadership, as well as an examination of how values are realized in the everyday routine of participants in the life of educational organizations. It remains the premier sociological study of institution building in American higher education.

University Reform and Institutional Research

Abstract: (1970). University Reform and Institutional Research. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 85-97.

Differences Between High Ability Sophomores and Sophomores in General at the University of Maryland. Research Report No. 7-70.

Abstract: EDRS'PRICE MF-S0.83 HC-$1.67 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; *Academic Aptitude; Average Students; *College Students; Comparative Analysis; *High Achievers; Higher Education; Institutional Research; Researc4 Projects; *School Surveys; State Universities; *Student Ability; *Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Undergraduate Students IDENTIFIERS *Maryland University College Park

Differences Between Fraternity and Non-Fraternity Members at the University of Maryland. Research Report No. 12-70.

Abstract: . grades, ACT (or.conve;ted SAT) composite.scores, and responses to selected items on the'1969 University Student Census were compared. Nonstatistically significant differences were fouLd on academic or biographical variables. Fraternity members differed from independents in their opinions on only two items: thermore frequently felt they had been leaders in high school, and agreed more than independents that students had ample Opportunity to participate in university policy-making. The failure of anticipated differences to appear in -.such areas as racial attitudes and academic versus social emphases may be a-funCtion of small sample size. The expeCtation of clifferences may also be inaccurate stereotypes of individuals, based(' OR mlip.behaviors. (Author/SW)

Construindo uma proposta de avaliação de estágios curriculares na rede sus-ba

Abstract: This is a report about the institutional research project that aims to build an evaluation proposal for academic internships in the National Health System of the state of Bahia (SUS-Ba). It involves academics from the Nursing School – GERIR group, from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), from public services – State School of Public Health (EESP), and from the Health Department from the State of Bahia (SESAB) in all stages and participating collectively. The project was approved by the Research Promotion Foundation from the State of Bahia (FAPESB), for financing during first semester of 2007. This is an operational interested research. It aims to build an evaluation proposal, departing from UFBA’s health graduation courses, and elaborating a group of indicators based on theoretical referentials on the conception of multi-referential learning spaces, formation, and on official documents and on academic internship guidelines. Information from focal and nominal groups will be used. The study aims to illustrate institutional, operational, and pedagogical problems that difficult the development of these learning spaces, as well as factors that promote them, contributing to better integration between formation and work, theory and practice