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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Welsh, John F.; Nunez, William J.; Petrosko, Joseph – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
This study examines the similarities and differences in faculty and administrator perspectives on strategic planning in Kentucky, a state in the United States undergoing extensive reform of its public, postsecondary system. The findings suggest that three variables are critical to faculty and administrative support for strategic planning…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Administration, Educational Change, College Faculty
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Welsh, John F.; Metcalf, Jeff – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2003
Measured the impact of four predictor variables on faculty perceptions about the importance of institutional effectiveness activities. Found that three variables are critical to faculty support for institutional effectiveness activities: (1) institutional motivation for pursuing these activities; (2) level of involvement or participation in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, School Effectiveness
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Welsh, John F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2002
A survey revealed best practices of state higher education agencies in the organization and use of transfer student information systems. The best practices fall within the areas of: purpose of the information system, its structure, assessing the educational progress of students, interactivity of the information system, and linking information with…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Transfer Students, Data Collection, Databases
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Welsh, John F.; Alexander, Suraj; Dey, Sukhen – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2001
Discusses the notion of continuous quality measurement for outcomes assessment in higher education and describes a technology-based continuous quality measurement system (QMS) that has been developed and implemented at the University of Louisville. Discusses the role of QMS in the university's quality improvement scheme and its initial impacts on…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation