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Innovation in a Non-Traditional Academic Unit: The Intensive English Program.
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Stoller, Fredricka L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1995
A study investigated factors that facilitate innovation in intensive English programs at 43 universities, based on administrators' perceptions. Results indicate program aspects felt to influence innovation, successfully implemented innovations, and perceived qualities of innovative policies and practices. A complex set of variables emerged. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Challenges to Successful Quality Management Implementation in Higher Education Institutions.
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Horine, Julie E.; Hailey, William A. – Innovative Higher Education, 1995
A survey of 160 colleges and universities at various stages of total quality management implementation found 5 key challenges to successful implementation: changes in organizational culture, obtaining senior leadership commitment, gaining faculty support, finding implementation time in already busy schedules, and cost and time required for staff…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty, Higher Education
Strategic Planning Approaches Used To Respond to Issues Confronting Research Universities.
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Taylor, Alton L.; Karr, Scott – Innovative Higher Education, 1999
A survey of administrators at nine research universities elicited information about the use, benefits, and problems of strategic planning, other decision-making and evaluative processes, and techniques for perpetuating the spirit of planning within the organization. Attention is given to the value of innovative approaches to planning. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education, Organizational Climate