Self-Study at Montgomery College - Bibliography & References

Bibliography & References


Mission, Goals, and Objectives Measuring Student knowledge and Skills The KnowledgeNet: A report of the New Expeditions Initiative The American Community College Bottom Lines Directing General Education Outcomes Measuring What Matters Competency-Based Learning Models in Higher Education Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional Renewal The American Community College Bottom Lines The KnowledgeNet: A report of the New Expeditions Initiative Alternative Funding Sources Containing Costs and Improving Productivity in Higher Education Strategic Management in the Community College In Pursuit of Excellence: The Community College of Denver Institutional Resources The American Community College Bottom Lines Alternative Funding Sources Containing Costs and Improving Productivity in Higher Education Community Colleges and the Future of Pennsylvania: An Agenda for Public Policy Analyzing Costs in Higher Education: What Institutional Researchers Need to Know Strategic Management in the Community College Managing Money in Higher Education Leadership and Governance Rhetoric to Reality Effectiveness in Community Colleges The American Community College Bottom Lines Enduring Effective Governance Leadership Abstracts Learning Abstracts Administration The American Community College Bottom Lines Enduring Effective Governance Containing Costs and Improving Productivity in Higher Education Analyzing Costs in Higher Education: What Institutional Researchers Need to Know Strategic Management in the Community College Integrity The American Community College Bottom Lines Maintaining Institutional Integrity Institutional Assessment The American Community College Bottom Lines Rhetoric to Reality Effectiveness in Community Colleges Implementing Outcomes Assessment: Promise and Perils Using Student Tracking Systems Effectively Alternative Funding Sources Enduring Effective Governance Assessment Case Studies: Common Issues In Implementation With Various Approaches to Resolution Student Admissions The American Community College Bottom Lines Student Support Services The American Community College Bottom Lines Faculty The American Community College Bottom Lines Active Learning, Creating Excitement in the Classroom Collaborative Peer Review: The Role of Faculty in Improving College Teaching Teaching & Learning in the Community College Educational Offerings The American Community College Bottom Lines General Education The American Community College Bottom Lines Assessing Student Learning and Development Writing Across the Curriculum in Community Colleges Related Educational Activities The American Community College Bottom Lines Active Learning, Creating Excitement in the Classroom Customized Job Training for Business and Industry No One to Waste: A Report to Public Decision-Makers and Community College Leaders In Pursuit of Excellence: The Community College of Denver Assessment of Student Learning The American Community College Bottom Lines Measuring Student knowledge and Skills Implementing Outcomes Assessment: Promise and Perils Making a Difference Using Student Tracking Systems Effectively Assessing Student Learning and Development Assessment Case Studies: Common Issues In Implementation With Various Approaches to Resolution Teaching & Learning in the Community College Directing General Education Outcomes In Pursuit of Excellence: The Community College of Denver Writing Across the Curriculum in Community Colleges The Virtual Campus, Technology and Reorm in Higher Education Assessment and Outcomes Readings Measuring What Matters Competency-Based Learning Models in
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Reference Materials
Title	Measuring Student knowledge and Skills
Author	Raymond Adams
Source	Organization for the Economic Co-Operation and Devlopment
Type	Book
Date	1999
Pages	79
Location	PIR Library, College Office
Abstract	Defines the domain of Reading, Science, and Mathematics literacy forming the core of PISA in terms of the content that students need to acquire, the process that need to be performed , and the contexts in which knowledge and skills are applied. The book describes the methods developed to ensure that the assessment tasks are valid across countries, are strong at measuring relevant skills and are based on authentic life solutions.
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Title	Rhetoric to Reality Effectiveness in Community Colleges
Author	Richard L Alfred & Vincent Linder
Source	Community College Consortium and the Center for the Study of Higher Education and Postsecondary Education
Type	Report
Date	1990
Pages	15
Location	PIR Library, College Office
Abstract	This report analyzes and defines institutional effectiveness by summarizing the findings of a survey of 130 responding community colleges in the U.S. AccOording to this document "this is a time for community colleges to build and operationalize meaningful interpretations of effectiveness and to communicate them to the public." The report touches on some of the following issues: leadership, planning, budgeting, learning and assessment.
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Title	The Knowledge Net: A report of the New Expeditions Initiative
Author	Robert Atwell et al
Source	American Association of Community Colleges and Association of Community College Trustees
Type	Book. Also available online.
Date	2000
Pages	52
Location	PIR Library, College Office http://www.theknowledgenet.org

Abstract: The report is the successor to the 1988 report Building Communities. In effect, the report serves a benchmark for what communities ought to strive for in the first ten years of the 21st century. The report makes approximately sixty recommendations about what community colleges should be doing the recommendations are made under the following headings: Community connections, learner connections and college connections.