1996 RP Group Awards

Category One | Institutional Research

James E. Barr and Richard A. Rasor
American River College
Institutional Effectiveness

The Institutional Effectiveness report is published every two years. It covers access, survey findings, assessment outcomes and relationship with grades, student performance in subsequent courses, student success by demography, persistence, transfer productivity, and summary evaluations.

Janis Cox Jones
Cosumnes River College
Inside Out: Accountability and Performance in the California Community Colleges

This report examines three accountability/student performance models: 1) the AB1725 legislative model; 2) the internal or "CC FAMILY" model; and 3) the external or "CC CRITICS" model, containing a "cost per outcome" analysis for transfer, occupational and remedial outcomes. Performance-based funding is discussed as an option for improvement.

Peter B. Geltner
Santa Monica College
Class Success - Class Withdrawal

 The project studied the success of students in classes and the withdrawal of students for 16 variables.

Category Two | College Planning

Janis Cox Jones and Brad Brazil
Cosumnes River College
From Accountability to Effectiveness: The Student Flow Model Ten Years Later

This paper examines the development and change over time of the Los Rios District's Student Flow Research Model and its uses at the district and college levels for strategic, academic, and facilities planning. The report includes the Enrollment Potential Projection Model (EPPM) used in developing our successful proposal for our newest college, Folsom Lake.