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Volkwein, J. Fredericks; Carbone, David – 1990
A variety of departmental and student outcomes data was obtained and analyzed from faculty and graduating seniors in 27 academic departments located at a university classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research II institution. The purpose of the study was to determine: (1) whether strong research orientation by an academic department…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Background
Download full textFund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
Information on fiscal year 1983-1984 awards made through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education is provided. A list of recipients of new and continuation comprehensive program awards and final year dissemination awards is presented, along with new Mina Shaughnessy Scholars. For each new and continuation recipient, a statement of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Faculty Development
PDF pending restorationTinto, Vincent; Goodsell, Anne – 1993
This paper reports on two studies, one quantitative and the other qualitative, on the effectiveness and influence of Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) at the University of Washington. A quantitative panel study compared 442 freshmen participating in 21 FIGs with 1818 non-participating freshmen. Findings indicated that the FIG program provided a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Peer reviewedErekson, O. Homer – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A four-equation simultaneous equations model was developed to analyze whether college student effort and achievement are jointly determined. Testing with 544 undergraduate students indicated that increased student efforts in working with faculty improved their grades, but course effort and library effort had no significant effect on grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Instruction, Grade Point Average
Amos, Arthur K., Jr. – 1990
A study was done to examine the effort put into their undergraduate study by University of California Davis students and their estimates of what they think they have gotten out of their study. The study used data collected from a stratified random sample of 300 Black students, 300 Chicanos, and 886 other students all of whom received a survey in…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Students
Jutras, Phillip F. – 1994
Regis College (Massachusetts) has expanded student learning skills through through changes in the management program toward increasing integration of management and liberal arts disciplines and increased opportunities for cooperative and experiential learning. The program stresses making conceptual connections and part/whole relations in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Cross, K. Patricia; Steadman, Mimi Harris – 1996
The centerpiece of this book are four cases which illustrate classroom research in the context of various learning issues in college classrooms. The cases are intended for discussion by readers of: (1) how the students in the hypothesized situation perceive what is going on; (2) possible hypotheses about what is interfering with student learning;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
