Exceptional institutional performance: A case study of three North Carolina community colleges' strategic responses to accountability factors: 2007-2009

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Lattimore, J. (2011). Exceptional institutional performance: A case study of three North Carolina community colleges' strategic responses to accountability factors: 2007-2009. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Accountability demands on North Carolina community colleges are examined in a qualitative case study of three institutions that met Exceptional Institutional Performance standards set by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 after not having met them in previous years. The study uses a theoretical foundation of Joseph Burke's accountability triangle to view the accountability pressures and the resulting strategic planning to successfully confront the pressures of market, political, and academic perspectives. Each college is explored using a within-case model, and a cross-case comparison is made to determine convergent themes of strategic planning. A set of best practices emerges from the common themes of the three colleges for meeting the needs of community constituents, students, and campus constituents through effective plan implementation.

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Author

Lattimore, John

Title

Exceptional institutional performance: A case study of three North Carolina community colleges' strategic responses to accountability factors: 2007-2009

Physical Description

1 online resource (282 pages) : PDF

Date

2011

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Accountability demands on North Carolina community colleges are examined in a qualitative case study of three institutions that met Exceptional Institutional Performance standards set by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 after not having met them in previous years. The study uses a theoretical foundation of Joseph Burke's accountability triangle to view the accountability pressures and the resulting strategic planning to successfully confront the pressures of market, political, and academic perspectives. Each college is explored using a within-case model, and a cross-case comparison is made to determine convergent themes of strategic planning. A set of best practices emerges from the common themes of the three colleges for meeting the needs of community constituents, students, and campus constituents through effective plan implementation.

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Educational leadership
Education, Higher--Administration
Community colleges--Study and teaching

Degree

D.Ed.

Keywords

Accountability
Case Study
Qualitative Research
Strategic Planning

Subject Area

Educational Leadership

Advisor(s)

Hancock, Dawson

Committee Members

D'Amico, Mark
Lim, Jae Hoon
McAlpin, Valorie

Degree Note

Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2011.

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