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Office of Institutional Research,
Effectiveness, and Planning
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A While Ago
(2004-2005) ... |
 This
report on
Liberal Education Outcomes provides a wide-ranging and
thought-provoking overview of student achievement in college. It
examines a set of outcomes that are highly prized both by the academy
and by employers, including critical thinking, quantitative literacy,
communication skills, ethical reasoning, and civic engagement. Drawing
together research from diverse sources and studies, this report examines
what we know—and how much we still need to find out—about student
achievement on these and other important learning outcomes across the
several years of college. |
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 OCW
is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students,
and self-learners around the world. It supports MIT's mission to advance
knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is
true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. |
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 Policy
Alert: Course Redesign Improves Learning and Reduces Cost.
A June
2005 Policy Alert by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher
Education with important findings affecting the future of higher
education. This issue offers persuasive data that show how course
redesign using information technology can reduce cost and increase
student learning. Click on logo => |
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 Accountability
for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education.
Citing increasing
global competition, low rates of college completion, and a college
access and success gap for minority students, a national commission of
political, business, and higher education leaders called for a “fresh
approach” to accountability designed to increase access and lift
graduation rates for all students. Toward these ends, the National
Commission on
Accountability in Higher Education
recommended an
ongoing vigorous dialogue targeted on meeting the educational needs of
the American people, issuing a series of recommendations designed to
improve student preparation, public investment in educational
priorities, teaching and research, cost-effectiveness, and the
availability of key data. Please click on report icon to the left. |
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 This
2004 report from the Lumina Foundation
provides an overview of the rising cost issue in US postsecondary
education and highlights potential strategies for public and private
institution to answer the resulting challenges. Please click on the
Lumina icon to access the report. In addition, please click on the
following link to access a NCHEMS newsletter for additional background
data: May 2003 NCHEMS News
(pages 2-9). |
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The most recent FTE projections by the
state, this PDF file shows 2005-05 estimates for all 28 community
colleges in Florida on page 1 and 5-year FTE projections for PCC on page
2. Click on the banner above to view the report. |
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The latest edition of CCSSE Highlights,
which features findings from the 2004 Florida consortium. In 2004, the
Florida Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education sponsored
participation of all 28 of the state’s community colleges in the
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). Please click on
the CCSSE logo to read the latest issue. |
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The National Association for
College Admission Counseling asks provocative questions in its annual "State
of College Admission Report," released in spring 2005. The Report
provides analysis of the combined results from the Admission Trends
Survey and the Counseling Trends Survey. Based on surveys of school
counselors and colleges and universities nationwide, NACAC provides this
report to highlight issues of concern to college-bound students, their
parents, and the educators who serve them. To read the reports, please
click on the report logo to the right. |
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by the US DOE Office of
Vocational and Adult Education will research indicators, policies, and
practices that support labor-market responsiveness and provide reports
and a handbook for use by community colleges to focus on what works. The
f ollowing
publications are now available:
The "Market Responsive" Community College,
a report that defines
the characteristics of a market-driven college and identify the
indicators and measures that can be used to determine the extent to
which a college is market-driven.
The 21st Century Community College: A Strategic Guide to Maximizing
Labor Market Responsiveness, a guide that will assist
colleges wishing to become more market driven, to include:
Volume 1:
Unleashing the Power of the Community College;
Volume 2:
Promising Practices and Lessons from the Field; Volume 3:
Self-Assessment Tools and Resources; and the
Research Appendices to the 21st Century
Community College, a compendium of cross-college
analyses and profiles of 30 colleges across ten labor markets examined
to produce the Strategic Guide, as well as a discussion of measures kept
by the colleges and their utility for assessing and improving labor
market responsiveness. |
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Chancellor of Community Colleges & Workforce Education:
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