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Download full textLuna, Andrew L.; Kendrick, Sherry; Johnson, Melissa – Association for Institutional Research, 2021
Although many institutions and government agencies count degrees as the sole measure of determining departmental or program viability, this method fails to consider other factors such as how many students who are within programs are present to replace students who graduated from those programs or how many credit hours were generated in the area.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Departments, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Fulcher, Keston H.; Smith, Kristen L.; Sanchez, Elizabeth R. H.; Sanders, Courtney B. – Association for Institutional Research, 2017
Higher education insiders trumpet the use of results for improvement as the most important part of the assessment cycle. Yet, at the same time, we acknowledge the rarity of improvement, especially at a program level. What are some reasons the most important phase of assessment occurs so infrequently? To seek answers, we investigated the "Use…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Nelson, Kristi A.; Nicholas, Mark C. – Association for Institutional Research, 2012
The President of the University of Cincinnati charged the Academic Coordinating Committee (ACC), a universitywide governance body, to conduct a comprehensive review of degree programs by designing a process with multiple outcomes: building an academically stronger university; ensuring consistency with the institution's capacity and academic…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Academic Degrees
Bers, Trudy H. – Association for Institutional Research, 1987
The special nature of remedial programs and the variance in definitions, components, purposes, and structures are discussed to help institutional researchers design program evaluations. The term "remedial program" is used to refer to any combination of courses, support services, testing, placement practices, and institutional policies…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing
Belanger, Charles H.; Tremblay, Lise – Association for Institutional Research, 1983
Universite de Montreal has implemented a program review formula that is a standardized approach to relating program offerings, faculty resources, and institutional budgetary reduction requirements. The methodology was based on normalization of the number of credits that a unit is authorized to offer. For a typical degree program structure, the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Programs, Departments, Evaluation Methods
Johnson, F. Craig; Christal, Melodie E. – Association for Institutional Research, 1985
The way that a college can transform its periodic self-study process into an ongoing program is addressed, with a focus on the contribution of the institutional research office. Also considered are data elements that self-studies most often require and the way that data elements relate to judgments and interpretations made through the self-study.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Programs, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods
