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Competencies for Community College Leaders
× Competencies for Community College Leaders This resource offers information on competencies leadership programs/colleges should consider when designing programs to develop tomorrow's community college ...
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Professional Preparation, Outreach:Policy Change
A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
National Research Council
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Outreach:Outreach to K12 Teachers and Students
Institutional commitment to teaching excellence: Assessing the impacts and outcomes of faculty development
Catherine Haras; Steven C. Taylor; Mary Deane Sorcinelli; Linda von Hoene
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Estimating the Return on Investment (ROI) for Instructional Improvement Efforts
Daniel Rossman; Rayane Alamuddin; Martin Kurzweil
A Tool for Estimating ROI
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Refining the Paradigm: Holistic Evaluation of Faculty to Support Faculty and Student Learning
Refining the Paradigm: Holistic Evaluation of Faculty to Support Faculty and Student Learning The authors present a holistic approach to evaluating faculty work that includes an integrated perspective on teaching, ...
Resource Type: Report
Competency-based education: A study of four new models and their implications for bending the higher education cost curve
Donna M. Desrochers; Richard L. Staisloff
In this report the authors assess CBE programs at four institutions by considering business models, costs, etc. and what is required from institutions to 'get to breakeven'. The four institutions anticipate breaking even with their programs by the fifth year, and they project that by the sixth year these programs will be operating at half the cost of the traditional academic programs. The article describes how an evaluation of the competency- based education business model must include considerations regarding price, efficiency (academic delivery structure, staff ratios, and compensation), and scale (student recruitment, enrollment, and retention).
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Instructional quality, student outcomes, and institutional finances
Jessie Brown; Martin Kurzweil
A report from the American Council on Education exploring the question of whether improving instructional quality can increase an institution's revenue. Principal Conclusions (p.22): As the cost of college grows and sources of funding of decline, college and university leaders face mounting pressure to find effective and efficient ways to improve their core business: educating and graduating students. Numerous studies show that research-based pedagogical practices and participation in faculty development can help institutions achieve these goals by increasing student learning, engagement, persistence, and degree completion. There is also evidence that improvements in retention increase revenue and have a positive return on investment. Other interventions—including remedial course redesign, increased course-taking in the first year, and more comprehensive first-year curricular and co-curricular reforms—have been shown to improve cost per degree.
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching, Strategic Planning
Career Framework for University Teaching: Background and Overview
Career Framework for University Teaching: Background and Overview This report provides a template for universities to guide and measure faculty members' teaching successes and achievements, with the goal of ...
Resource Type: Report
Matrix of institutional policy and practice innovations
Matrix of institutional policy and practice innovations This developing resource (created by working group leaders Emily Miller and Christine Broussard) maps the landscape of policies and practices that evaluate ...
Resource Type: Report
Valuing Assessment: Cost-Benefit Considerations
Randy L. Swing; Christopher S. Coogan
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning