Download or read book American Higher Education Transformed 1940 2005 written by Wilson Smith and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-04-11 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilson Smith and Thomas Bender have assembled an essential reference for policymakers, administrators, and all those interested in the history and sociology of higher education.
Download or read book Grading the College written by Scott M. Gelber and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of evaluation in American higher education. In Grading the College, Scott M. Gelber offers a comprehensive history of evaluating teaching and learning in higher education. He complicates the conventional narrative that portrays evaluation as a newfangled assault on the integrity of higher education while acknowledging that there are many compelling reasons to oppose those practices. The evaluation of teaching and learning, Gelber argues, presented genuine dilemmas that have attracted the attention of faculty members and academic leaders since the 1920s. Especially during the peak era of faculty authority that followed the end of the Second World War, significant numbers of professors and administrators believed that evaluation might improve institutional performance, reduce the bias inherent in traditional methods of supervision, strengthen communication with laypersons, and encourage a more deliberate focus on the distinctive goals of college. Gelber reveals the extent to which professors and academic interest groups participated in the development of our most common evaluation instruments, including student course questionnaires, achievement tests, surveys, rubrics, rankings, and accreditation self-studies. Although these efforts may seem distant from the present era of shortsighted scrutiny and ill-conceived comparisons, Gelber demonstrates that the evaluation of college teaching and learning has long consisted of a set of intellectually sophisticated questions that have engaged, and could continue to engage, faculty members and their advocates. By providing a deeper understanding of how evaluation operated before the dawn of high-stakes accountability, Grading the College seeks to promote productive conversations about current attempts to define and measure the purposes of American higher education.
Download or read book The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education written by Martin Cave and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of the key issues in the development of performance indicators, particularly for measurement in higher education and the public services. This edition up-dates current developments in the practice, literature and potential use of performance indicators.
Download or read book Communications in Support of Science and Engineering written by Council on Library Resources and published by Washington, D.C. : The Council. This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussion paper for conference / Martin M. Cummings -- Transactions of the Conference on Communications in Support of Science and Engineering / Eleanor W. Sacks -- Special studies resulting from the conference (The users and uses of scientific information resources : recommendations for study / Helen H. Gee -- Library resources and research productivity in science and engineering : report of a pilot study / Nancy Van House -- (In preparation) A comparison of costs of library and information services in academic and industrial libraries that support science and engineering / David Penniman and Jay Lucker).
Download or read book The Great American University written by Jonathan R Cole and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although America's universities have become the envy of the world for their creative energy and their production of transformative knowledge, few understand how and why they have become preeminent. This groundbreaking book traces the origins and the evolution of our great universities. It shows how they grew out of sleepy colleges at the turn of the twentieth century into powerful institutions that continue to generate new industries and advance our standard of living. Far from inevitable, this transformation was enabled by a highly competitive system that invested public tax dollars in university research and students while granting universities substantial autonomy. Today, America's universities face considerable threats. Even greater than foreign competition are the threats from within the United States. Under the Bush administration, government increasingly imposed ideological constraints on the freedom of academic inquiry. Restrictive visa policies instituted after 9/11 continue to discourage talented foreign graduate students from training in the United States. The international financial crisis, which has depleted university endowments and state investments in higher education, threatens the vitality of some of our greatest institutions of higher learning. In order to sustain and enhance the American tradition of excellence, we must nurture this powerful -- yet underappreciated -- national resource.
Download or read book Performance Funding in Higher Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library Assessment in Higher Education written by Joseph R. Matthews and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written specifically to address the library's role in education, this book provides guidance on performing assessment at academic institutions that will serve to improve teaching effectiveness and prove your library's impact on student learning outcomes—and thereby demonstrate your library's value. Academic libraries are increasingly being asked to demonstrate their value as one of many units on campus, but determining the outcomes of an academic library within the context of its collegiate setting is challenging. This book explains and clarifies the practice of assessment in academic institutions, enabling library managers to better understand and explain the impact of the library on student learning outcomes, teaching effectiveness, and research productivity. Providing essential information for all college and university librarians, this volume discusses and summarizes the outcomes of research that has been conducted to investigate assessment within the context of higher education. This updated second edition incorporates additional research, examines new trends, and covers groundbreaking advances in digital assessment tools as well as the changes in the amount and forms of data utilized in the assessment process. The chapters address assessment from a campus setting and present data that demonstrate the value of the library within that setting in terms of learning, research, and overall impact. In sum, the book presents librarians with up-to-date, practical guidelines for planning and conducting assessment.
Download or read book Assessment for Excellence written by Alexander W. Astin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment for Excellence introduces a philosophy of assessment based upon the talent development concept. Colleges and universities prioritize developing the talents of students and faculty, rather than gathering the most resources and status for their institutions. The Input-Environment-Outcome assessment model focuses on talent development and highlight the pitfalls of common assessment practices.
Download or read book The World of Higher Education written by Paul Leroy Dressel and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Rating of Graduate Programs written by Kenneth D. Roose and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.
Download or read book Achieving Educational Excellence written by Alexander W. Astin and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1985-04-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Dental Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Book reviews."
Download or read book Graduate Training in Vocational Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ranking Game written by W. Patrick Dolan and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ASHE Reader on Planning and Institutional Research written by Marvin W. Peterson and published by Pearson Learning Solutions. This book was released on 1999 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader is designed for higher education programs and for institutions with planning and/or institutional research offices or staff that have a need for professional training and development. The articles in the reader were selected from a diverse range of sources that represent a wealth of well-know and respected scholars and practitioners in the field. Most of the selections were chosen for their significance as research based, conceptual or synthesis literature. The reader's editors have provided a well-rounded coverage which reflects the broad current models and approaches to planning and the roles of institutional research. In addition, an extensive and up-to-date Other Resources section includes "Related Higher Education Reference Books and Related Publication," as well as descriptions of relevant "Data Base Resources," "Periodic Data Reports," and "Related Professional Associations." Features include: Offers comprehensive coverage in the field of planning and institutional research Addresses significant and substantive issues Presents a well-focused overview on planning and instructional research in the introduction Contains useful selections for in-service and professional development Selections were chosen through an extensive literature search and review - primarily from higher education literature Provides extensive information on other related resources Includes a special section on "Using the Internet"
Download or read book Licensing and Accreditation in Education written by Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report summarizes and analyzes data on accreditation and licensing in the education professions. The essays in this book evolved from the groundwork laid at a legal issues conference in December, 1975, sponsored by the Multi-State Consortium on Performance-Based Teacher Education.
