Goals study programs for institutions of higher education. (IR)

Five basic definitions of evaluation are identified: (1) evaluation as measurement; (2) evaluation as professional judgment; (3) evaluation as the assessment of congruence between performance and objectives (or standards of performance); (4) decision-oriented evaluation; and (5) goal-free/responsive evaluation. (Editor/LBH)

Common strategies for making public educational policy are outlined and a variety of indirect and slow as well as direct uses of policy are examined. Some suggestions are provided for policy analysts to make their work more relevant to current policy debates. (MSE)

A study of decision processes in 10 small- to medium-sized colleges examined academic program review, faculty performance evaluation and budgeting, and the use of information and analytical data. A resultant description of college decision-making and information systems and hypotheses for future research are included. (JT)

Models for university planning must adapt to the political process of decision making, and to the structures and priorities of each institution. In this regard, the limitations of conventional models are discussed, and an approach to model-building that emphasizes institution-specific devices is described and applied to the University of…

Analysis of the functions and responsibilities of faculty-dominated athletic committees indicated six dimensions of influence including: policy, autonomy, hiring, business, academic surveillance, and NCAA power. Seven predictors of degree of faculty control of athletic programs were found. (Author/MLW)

A study explored African American high school students' perceptions of barriers to participation in higher education, and explored their perceptions of effective programs to address this problem. Data were gathered in 16 structured group interviews in both private and public schools in five major cities. Identified barriers are categorized as…

State higher education policy-making processes can evoke or avoid public consideration of underlying tensions in postsecondary education. A study of imposition of out-of-state enrollment limits at the University of North Carolina, and its effects on the Chapel Hill campus, suggests contemporary dynamics of state policy-making can suppress…