As community colleges continue to face challenges in serving an ever-changing student population and a wave of presidential retirements, the next generation of senior community college leaders is surfacing. To prepare these top-level administrators, doctoral-level community college leadership (CCL) programs often serve as a viable mechanism for…

Informed policies must be created to support teachers' capacity for research and their involvement in it. The Mentoring Program for Research Capacity Building of Young Researchers of Regional Higher Education Institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established in order to meet this requirement. The present research aimed to investigate the…

The problem that was addressed in this qualitative case study was that student retention and graduation rates at community colleges have been affected by the lack of support provided to students during their academic careers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain an understanding of how administrators perceived they were acting in…

Purpose: Colleges and Universities have been established to provide educational services to the people. Like any other organization, the school has processes and procedures similar to business or industry that involve admissions, processing of data, and generation of reports. Those processes are made possible through a centralized system in…

This research investigates organizational change in six Canadian universities framed as "prioritization," which is a ranking method using predefined metrics for the comprehensive review and evaluation of academic and administrative programs. Our research found the following: (a) no prioritization process reached the implementation stage;…

When instruction shifted online as a result of COVID-19 in March 2020, Educational Effectiveness staff considered how best to serve our institution with available resources, skills, and services, while maintaining ongoing assessment. Administration of program-level assessment activities, such as overseeing the completion of program reviews,…

Organizational change around diversity and inclusion does not occur rapidly in higher education. As institutions strive to deliver on their espoused goals, values, and mission to reflect the social and cultural demographics representative of the state, society, and world, many argue the importance of strategic diversity plans. While recruitment…

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office is pleased to present the California Community Colleges report on College and Career Access Pathways. This report is submitted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to satisfy the requirements of Assembly Bill 288 (AB 288) and Assembly Bill 30 (AB 30). It includes an…

Academic leaders typically come into their roles directly from faculty ranks, but the transition from faculty member to leader can be challenging. The authors present the development and evaluation of a cohort-based faculty leadership program for mid-career faculty. Based on post-program focus group data, participants expressed increased…

This publication is intended for college financial aid administrators and counselors who help students begin the aid process--filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), verifying information, and making corrections and other changes to the information reported on the FAFSA. In addition to the active index, the following topics…

Good practice notes offer practical advice and examples of good practice to guide operations in regard to specific, higher education issues. The good practice notes are intended to support and promote the quality assurance approaches of providers. This Good Practice Note is intended to support higher education providers to better understand,…

This research investigated strategic management in the postgraduate program at the Islamic Education Management School. It concentrated on strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation to assess the curriculum, operation, and competition. Moreover, it used a descriptive design and content analysis to develop SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,…

This publication is intended for financial aid administrators and counselors who help students begin the aid process--filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), verifying information, and making corrections and other changes to the information reported on the FAFSA. The Federal Student Aid Handbook consists of the Application…

This publication is intended for financial aid administrators and counselors who help students begin the aid process--filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), verifying information, and making corrections and other changes to the information reported on the FAFSA. The Federal Student Aid Handbook consists of the Application…

Accreditation as a form of quality assurance has spread worldwide. As a result, the public and research interests have targeted the policies that developed agencies and procedures and the responses and effects of accreditation on higher education organizations and programs. However, studies on accreditation have not analyzed two core aspects: the…