Community Colleges and Quality: A New Approach to an Old Subject

Community Colleges and Quality: A New Approach to an Old Subject

Defines "quality" in terms of community college mission and discusses approaches to institutional assessment. Reports on a study of two-year college publications on quality, indicating that key variables in the colleges' definitions of quality included accessibility, faculty, curricul...

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Published in:Community college journal Vol. 65; no. 3; p. 37
Main Authors: Smith, Edwin R, Baxter, Beth
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Accountability
Community Colleges
Educational Quality
Evaluation
Evaluation Research
Institutional Evaluation
National Surveys
Organizational Effectiveness
Self Evaluation (Groups)
Two Year Colleges
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Summary:Defines "quality" in terms of community college mission and discusses approaches to institutional assessment. Reports on a study of two-year college publications on quality, indicating that key variables in the colleges' definitions of quality included accessibility, faculty, curriculum, student support services, transferability of credit, and job placement rates. (MAB)
ISSN:1067-1803