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Using Institutional Data to Plan Academic Programs--A Case History.

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Freeman, Thomas M.; Simpson, William A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1980

A case history is presented that recounts the evolutionary development of a unified evaluation, budgeting, and planning system at Michigan State University. It is a system that is strongly based on the collection and analysis of department, college, and institutional data. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Budgeting, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Planning

Academic Program Planning Reconsidered.

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Heydinger, Richard B. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1980

The conditions facing postsecondary education during the 1980s, it is suggested, call for institutional planning styles that are comprehensive, systematic, public, regular, and expansive. The formal democratic style is described as a comprehensive planning process that requires all departments to submit their plans to the college. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgeting, College Planning, Data Analysis