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Download full textLong, James P.; And Others – 1983
Intended for two-year college presidents, deans, or other administrators, faculty, and board members, this publication provides an outline for guidelines for program phase-out. The decision to phase out a program is first considered, as are ways to analyze the reasons for three typical situations that form the basis for phasing out a…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Guidelines, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation
Franceschini, Louis A., III – 2002
The Memphis Restructuring Initiative (MRI) was an attempt at comprehensive school reform in Tennessee that ended with a whimper. Its downfall seems to involve some sort of "schismogenesis" or "inversion," in which many teachers violently reacted against being overworked and overwhelmed, culminating in the easy discarding of 8…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences, Program Administration
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1991
The zero-based curriculum model can help school boards and administrators make decisions about what to keep and what to cut. All instructional programs are ranked and judged in categories ranging from required to optional. (MLF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1990
This fifth edition of the Maryland Community Colleges Instructional Program Manual was designed to be used in the development, submission, review, and approval of all new instructional programs in the Maryland community colleges. The first section provides a timetable for program proposals and program evaluations. The next sections contain…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedGrosenick, Judith K.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
Results of a survey of 145 special education administrators in 27 states are presented under 4 headings: student identification practices; service delivery; student exit procedures; and program evaluation practices. Findings indicate student identification procedures are fairly well developed, whereas student exit and evaluation practices are less…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedMichael, Steve O. – Review of Higher Education, 1998
Provides models helpful to policymakers at state and institutional levels involved in academic program review and discontinuation, outlines levels of policy decisions for program discontinuation, and examines models that may be effective at each level. Concludes with program discontinuation-related recommendations. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCope, Robert; Delaney, George – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1991
Four key criteria used in academic program review (quality, centrality to institutional mission, competition, and demand) are defined and discussed. They are then applied to the process of strategic planning for an unspecified private university. Decision-making matrixes and their use are illustrated. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Competition
