| RESEARCH |
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Lombardi
Program on Measuring University Performance (The Center)
http://thecenter.ufl.edu
Convenient compendium of data on American research
universities, including AU |
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Association
of American Universities (AAU)
http://www.aau.edu
Advocacy organization for federally-funded, university-based
research and development |
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Boyer
Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research
University
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf/
Recommendations for revitalizing undergraduate education
in a research context |
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| STUDENT
LEARNING |
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Association
of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
http://www.aacu-edu.org
Organization to promote liberal education for the 21st
century, with a special emphasis on general education |
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Collegiate
Learning Assessment (CLA) Project
http://www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate_lumina.htm
Four-year longitudinal study of college-student learning
and an attempt to establish a measurement framework for
the "value added" of college attendance |
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Greater
Expectations
http://www.greaterexpectations.org
AAC&U-sponsored project to reformulate the aims
of liberal education for contemporary circumstances |
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National
Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
http://www.highereducation.org
Non-partisan policy research center dedicated to research
that improves the accessibility and effectiveness of higher
education; home of the state-by-state report cards on
higher education (Measuring Up) |
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Standards
for Success
http://www.s4s.org
AAU-sponsored project aimed at clarifying and improving
the relationship between high-school standards and university
success; a clear presentation of what students need to
know in order to succeed in college |
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| OUTREACH |
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National
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
(NASULGC)
http://www.nasulgc.org
The nation's oldest association of public colleges
and universities and sponsor of the Kellogg Commission
on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities
See
especially, the Commission's third report on the Engaged
Institution
http://www.nasulgc.org/publications/Kellogg/Kellogg1999_
Engage.pdf
This
report is supported by a longer document containing
institutional profiles and data
http://www.nasulgc.org/publications/Kellogg/Kellogg1999_
ProfilesData.pdf
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| ACCOUNTABILITY |
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Accountability
for Better Results: A National Imperative for Higher Education
http://www.sheeo.org/account/accountability.pdf
2005 recommendations from the National Commission on
Accountability in Higher Education and the Association
of State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) |
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Futures
Project
http://www.futuresproject.org
Position papers on changes needed in higher education,
with an emphasis on renewing the compact between the states
and public colleges and universities and translating university
performance into accountability standards |
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National
Governors' Association
http://www.nga.org
Extensive commentary on public policy issues related
to higher education |
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