Descriptor
Source
| International Journal of… | 1 |
Author
| Staskey, Paul J., Ed. | 2 |
| Calvert, John R. | 1 |
| Daval, Nicola, Ed. | 1 |
| Fenske, Robert H., Ed. | 1 |
| Glasscock, David G. | 1 |
| Linke, Russell D., Ed. | 1 |
| McKeown, Mary P. | 1 |
| Morris, Alfred, Ed. | 1 |
| Parden, Robert J. | 1 |
| Sizer, John, Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 13 |
| Opinion Papers | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Non-Print Media | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Administrators | 2 |
| Policymakers | 2 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
Location
| Africa | 2 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 1 |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Higher Education Act Title II | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Parden, Robert J. – 1976
This paper examines the proposition that management information systems (MIS) for colleges and universities are not achieving their original objectives of supporting better management decisions by providing more and better information in a more timely manner. As a consequence, the MIS activity should be reduced in scope, and standardized to…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Download full textAssociation of African Universities, Accra-North (Ghana). – 1992
A reflection and training workshop held in Accra (Ghana) brought together African university presidents, vice-chancellors, rectors, and top-level administrators to discuss three themes: first, the nature and functions of higher education institutions; second, leadership and organization of the higher education institution; and, third, resource…
Descriptors: College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1981
The management of research libraries and national resources for the funding of research library activities were the major topics addressed by the speakers and discussion sessions at this meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Included are transcripts of the addresses and discussions on higher education's turbulent environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, Educational Change, Federal Aid
Calvert, John R. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1981
The proceedings of the IMHE Special Topic Workshop in Institutional Performance Assessment, held in Paris, December 10-12, 1980, are summarized. The themes of the workshop (self-evaluation, government role, finance) are discussed and participants comments are outlined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Finance, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Glasscock, David G.; McKeown, Mary P. – 1976
Faced with decisions on how to most efficiently and effectively store and process information in a variety of administrative and educational areas, the educational manager is hindered by a lack of relevant literature. This paper suggests that the theory of participative management can be used to reach effective decisions in planning and allocating…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing
Research Libraries Group, Branford, CT. – 1982
A major conclusion reached by 18 university, academic and administrative officers, library directors, economists and management specialists, who met in October 1981 to explore issues related to the financial management of academic research libraries, is that current approaches to cost reduction are only short-term solutions. These approaches are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Morris, Alfred, Ed.; Sizer, John, Ed. – 1982
Resource allocation for higher education in England is addressed in 11 papers from a l982 Leverhulme seminar of the Society for Research into Higher Education. Major seminar questions include the following: whether higher education institutions should become less dependent upon public funds; the extent to which funds should flow through grants to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Economic Climate, Educational Demand
Association of African Universities, Accra-North (Ghana). – 1993
A seminar was held in Dakar (Senegal) to bring together African university presidents, vice-chancellors, rectors, and top-level administrators to discuss the following themes: policies and modalities of admissions, planning and allocation of resources, structures of postsecondary education, and new technologies and interuniversity cooperation.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Staskey, Paul J., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of the 1980 annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) on the topics of meeting the challenges of the eighties by redirecting resources for renewal are presented. Contents include the following addresses: "Planning: An Adaptive Process," by Barbara S. Uehling; "Catastrophe Models in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1977
The process for organizing and conducting a conference of finance and budgeting in higher education is described in this manual designed for use by groups interested in developing successful conferences in their regions. The manual is an outgrowth of a series of conferences sponsored by the Committee for the Concerns of Women in New England…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrators, Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1974
Papers on department management in a time of little economic growth include: education and the future (J.S. Bevan); educational change in the 1970's (G.A. Bonner); corporate planning and postsecondary education (G.M.A. Harrison); the future: the Council for National Academic Awards and the Technical Education Council (G.R. Tyler, K. Ollerenshaw);…
Descriptors: Administration, Bachelors Degrees, College Administration, Community Development
Linke, Russell D., Ed. – 1979
Papers from the 1978 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia are presented. A large part of the conference was devoted to a general symposium on accountability in higher education, while other topics were organization and administration of higher education, curriculum development and evaluation, staff…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Students, College Administration, College Students
Fenske, Robert H., Ed.; Staskey, Paul J., Ed. – 1978
Forty-four papers are collected in this volume and categorized: invited papers on research and planning for higher education; organizational analysis; finance and resource allocation; program and outcomes analysis; modeling; evaluation; and studies of faculty and students. Abstracts of additional papers are included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Administration, College Choice, College Faculty
