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Hogan, Dan; Roth, Karen – 1984
The changes necessary for creating a quality school can best be made in a positive organizational climate because any real change requires the active involvement of people in the organization, who will not participate unless they are highly satisfied with their work environment. Such an open, facilitating, nurturing environment can only be…
Descriptors: Committees, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Download full textSpicer, Scot L. – 1990
In 1986, and again in 1990, faculty and classified staff opinion surveys were conducted at Glendale Community College in California. The survey consisted of 136 questions divided into 6 sections: job satisfaction, personal information, working environment, campus management, educational goals, and student services. Results from the 1990 survey…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Attitude Measures, College Administration, Community Colleges
Marinoble, Rita; Hegenauer, Judy – 1988
One of the desired outcomes of transition planning for students with disabilities is to enable the students to lead a quality adult life. This report contains a literature review which outlines recent approaches to addressing quality of life issues, including conceptualizations, methodologies, and ethical concerns. A field inquiry report…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Corcoran, Thomas B.; Hansen, Barbara J. – 1983
To provide a framework for the design and implementation of school improvement efforts, this booklet presents summaries of research on major factors influencing student achievement--school and classroom characteristics, educational expenditures, the quantity and quality of professional staff, and social environment--and conclusions based on that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedFernandez, Juan – Higher Education Management, 1997
Outlines the main components of circular evaluation, an evaluation system used in institutions of higher education in Spain. Components include student evaluation of teaching quality; faculty evaluation of relationships with students, work environment, and performance of university and ministry institutions; external evaluation of faculty teaching…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality
Bess, James L. – 1992
This paper suggests that undergraduate higher education is at a severe competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis other socializing and educating agencies in society and proposes some strategies to compensate for this disadvantage. First, the paper notes difficulties with mandated assessment as a major means of educational improvement. It then identifies…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, College Faculty, Colleges, Continuing Education
