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Download full textComplete College America, 2023
Measurement systems give colleges a structure for collecting, sharing, and acting on data. The guidebook and tools presented here help faculty, staff, college leadership, and policymakers understand and use measurement systems--and specifically use data to improve completion rates, close institutional performance gaps, and facilitate economic…
Descriptors: Measurement, Guides, College Faculty, College Administration
Direct linkWebber, Karen L., Ed.; Zheng, Henry, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing operating costs, dwindling state support, limits to tuition increases, and increased competition from the for-profit sector. To navigate these challenges, savvy leaders must leverage data to make sound…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Learning Analytics, Higher Education
James, E. Alana; Leasure, David – Online Submission, 2017
Postgraduate education is poised for rapid development and if Deans and administrators will embrace lessons from industry it can actually be a smooth transition. The cost of doing nothing is greater than it has ever been before. Hit and miss development has left Postgraduate Schools (PGS) with disjointed student analytics and student experience is…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Technology Uses in Education, Graduate Students, Student Experience
Public Agenda, 2012
"Building Institutional Capacity for Data-Informed Decision Making" is the third installment of the Cutting Edge series, which aims to help colleges engage faculty, scale successful interventions, and create a strong culture of evidence through use of data to strengthen their institutional change and student success efforts. Though the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Community Colleges, Organizational Change, Decision Making
PDF pending restorationArkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Office of Institutional Research. – 1992
This report summarizes the results of a questionnaire study of administrative salaries in 139 universities in 47 states and 29 university systems representing 25 states. Salaries are reported for full-time administrators including officers whose responsibilities and functions range from the director of a single office to the university president.…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Lee, Harold E., Comp.; Snyder, Mary Beth, Comp. – 1993
This publication presents the data from a survey of salaries of Chief Student Affairs Officers at colleges and universities nation-wide in 17 tables and 11 figures. Of the 1,090 questionnaires mailed, 544 (49.9 percent) were returned. The data are presented in this report in descriptive form with minimal interpretive narrative. Tables and figures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, College Administration
Brinkman, Paul; Krakower, Jack – 1983
The preparation and use of data needed to make objective, useful comparisons in higher education are considered. The needs for comparative data in higher education, including demands for accountability and strategic planning, are reviewed. In addition, data-related problems are considered: problems of narrowness, misrepresentation, sameness,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Planning, Comparative Analysis
Lee, Harold E., Comp.; Snyder, Mary Beth, Comp. – 1993
This publication presents the data from a survey of salaries of student affairs administrators at colleges and universities nation-wide in 24 tables. Of the 1,090 questionnaires mailed, 544 (49.9 percent) were returned. The data are presented in descriptive form with negligible interpretive narrative. Section I contains demographic information by…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators
PDF pending restorationDougherty, Jennifer Dowling; And Others – 1994
Business process redesign (BPR) is a multifunctional, interdisciplinary, and strategic business improvement methodology designed to improve service, costs, and quality. This book provides a conceptual framework for institutions of higher education to shape such an improvement effort including examples of BPR activities and tools. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Change Strategies, College Administration, Costs
Sell, G. Roger – 1980
The concepts of need and needs assessment are examined in the context of information needs for college administrators. A description is included of the conceptual framework underlying the Needs Assessment Information System (NAIS), which was developed by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Attention is directed to: (1)…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Gaylord, Thomas A.; And Others – 1993
This 1993 fact book provides historical and current information concerning the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. The book provides academic and assessment data, student enrollment data, and information on faculty and staff, financial budgets, research and public services, and educational facilities. Historical data includes, beside the…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
Peer reviewedDarling, Alexander L. – College and University, 1987
A method for checking college students' completion of program and graduation requirements by computer is outlined. The procedure operates by having degree programs defined in tables and is simple enough to be achieved by junior program staff without the need for programmers and analysts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Administration, Computer Software, Degree Requirements
Campbell, Sally; Hughes, K. Scott – Business Officer, 1985
Six steps in creating a master plan for the institutional computing system include: describing a mission for computing technology, establishing program objectives, matching the technology to the objectives, prioritizing alternative approaches, developing alternative approaches, and selecting the preferred approach. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Higher Education
Brinckerhoff, Loring C.; And Others – 1988
The paper focuses on three critical programming issues in providing support services to higher education students with learning disabilities. The first issue concerns the garnering of administrative support for students with learning disabilities. Administrative support cannot be effectively achieved until college administrators determine where…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Programs, College Students
Mische, Michael A.; Hughes, K. Scott – Business Officer, 1986
Risks to institutional data processing operations include physical damage, violations of data integrity, and restrictions of physical access. Development of a responsive and effective disaster recovery program is complex, requires significant effort and the use of specialized personnel, and spans all major disciplines and organizational levels.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Processing, Emergency Programs, Higher Education
