Showing papers on "Institutional research published in 1974"

How Much Change for a Dollar? A Look at Title III. ERIC/Higher Education Research Report No. 3. 1974.

Abstract: 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 cane studies for 41 institutions and four agencies detailing their use of Title III funds conducted during 1972. In this review a model of institutional development is presented and applied to the case studies of Title /XI institutions. Then a general summary of Title III programs from questionnaire data is given followed by a summary for each of the three grant categories, after which some concluding comments are made. (Author)

Potential Futures and Institutional Research

Abstract: This article focuses on some potential future trends in postsecondary education and their implications for institutional planners and researchers. The four projections are: increased enrollment of the nontraditional student, rise of alternative educational institutions, decreased undergraduate vocational preparation and certification accompanied by increased short-term preparation in skills, and diminution of compulsory education. It is becoming increasingly clear that the survival of large portions of higher education is dependent upon our ability to anticipate and deal with the future. Recently, much has been written about collegiate enrollment and its inevitable decline in the 1980s. This paper will examine five emerging directions in higher education, how they relate to enrollment, and their implications for institutional research. Our understanding of enrollment must be a dynamic process; it must take into account potential futures and suggest institutional responses to them. This paper attempts to examine one set of responses, that of institutional research.

A Study of Title III of the Higher Education Act: The Developing Institutions Program. Final Report.

Abstract: AOTNOR Bodgkinson, Harold L.; Schenkel, 'alter TITLE A Study of Title III of the Nigher Education Act: The Developing Institutions Program. Final Deport. INSTITOTION California Univ., Berkeley. Center for Research and Development in Higher Education. MIPS AGENCY Office of Education (DIM, Washington, D.C. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. POE DATE Jan 74 CONTRACT OEC-0-70-4927 NOTE 582p.

Faculty Views of the Academic Environment: Situational vs. Institutional Perspectives. Research Note.

Abstract: In an attempt to determine the relative importance of institutional vs. situational perspectives in influencing faculty perceptions of the academic environment, Institutional Functioning Inventory responses were obtained from representative samples of faculty, students and administrators at a diverse cross-section of American colleges. Though administrators tended to have more favorable views than those of the students or faculty members, the evidence strongly suggests the presence of one generally-perceived environment, rather than a series of sub-environments dependent upon group membership. Furthermore, faculty views seemed to be relatively independent of various faculty situational variables, such as academic rank, teaching load, and academic field.