Quick Guide to Resources
 

Demographics & Student Data Rapids:  IRSC Intranet
Faculty Resources
Foundation Funding Sources
Future Trends
Grant Writing
Higher Education
Legislation
Lifelong Learning and >50 Adults
Professional Development
Teaching & Learning
Technology

 

Florida Department of Education     www.fldoe.org
Florida Community Colleges     http://www.fldoe.org/cc/

 

Demographics & Student Data:

     Indian River State College

      Annual 2006-7 reporting year data

     Unduplicated Headcount = 33,478
     FTE = 11,432.6 (Note:  Adult Ed FTE has a new calculation method which effectively
     lowered the total IRCC FTE by about 1,000 this year)

    
Fall 2007 data
     
Full-Time Employees = 671
     Part-time Employees = 1,833

     Financial Audits
     Since 1994, the State of FL Auditor General's audit of IRCC has produced no adverse findings.
     IRSC was recognized by the FL State Legislature in 1994 for its first "perfect audit".

     IRSC ranks #76 in the nation in production of Associate degrees (out of 1,200 community colleges).

     US Census Bureau     www.census.gov
     Florida Quick Facts (with county and city search)   http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html
     The 2007 Fact Book for the Florida Community College System
          http://www.fldoe.org/arm/cctcmis/pubs/factbook/fb2007/fb2007.pdf
     2007 FCAT Scores     http://fcat.fldoe.org/mediapacket/2007/
     2006-2007 School Grades     http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/
     2007 Free/Reduced-Price Lunch Eligibility     http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/frplunch.pdf

 

Faculty Resources:
     Faculty Development Associates     www.developfaculty.com
     Federal Resources for Educational Excellence     http://free.ed.gov

 

Foundation Funding Sources:
     The Atlantic Philanthropies     www.atlanticphilanthropies.org

 

Future Trends:
     The DaVinci Institute     www.davinciinstitute.com

 

Grant Writing:
     The Big Deal Book (funding resources)     www.bigdealbook.com

 

Higher Education:
     Jobs for the Future (JFF)     www.jff.org
     Educational Testing Service (ETS)     www.ets.org
     National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE)     www.nacce.com
     Community College Research Center     http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/

 

Legislation:
      OpenCongress     www.opencongress.org

 

Lifelong Learning and >50 Adults:
      CivicVentures     www.civicventures.org

 

Professional Development:
     Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)     www.podnetwork.org
     Faculty Development Associates     www.developfaculty.com

 

Teaching & Learning:
     CASTL: Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning     http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/programs/index.asp?key=21
     Gallery of Teaching & Learning     http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/gallery_of_tl/keep_toolkit.html

 

Technology:
     Center for Digital Education     www.centerdigitaled.com
     International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)     www.iste.org
     National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students 2007
          http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/students/pdf/NETS_for_Students_2007.pdf

 

ACT

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

Overview & RFP

Centers of Excellence

ATE Program Evaluation Project 

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Community College Journal Articles 

Community College Times Articles 

Research Briefs 

Project Briefs 

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)

e-Portfolios 

Institutional Portfolio Project 

American School Counselor Association (ASCA)

Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

The Network for Academic Renewal Conference

AAC&U News Room

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition

Careers & Colleges

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Knowledge Media Laboratory

eLibrary

Center for Occupation Research and Development (CORD)

Contextual Learning Resources

The Chronicle of Higher Education 

CNET News.com: Tech News First

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)  

Survey Results Archive 

Publications 

CommWeb: Where Telecom, Datacom and The Internet Converge

Educause 

Links to Education Partners 

Information Resources

National Learning Infrastructure Initiative

e-learning:  Enterprise Learning and Knowledge Management Strategies

elearnspace

Assessment & Evaluation

Integrating Technology & Learning

Florida Department of Education

Sunshine State Standards

Career and Technical Curriculum Frameworks:  2002-2003 Technology Education

Career and Technical Curriculum Frameworks and Student Performance Standards

Educational Data and Reports

Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA)

Futures Project:  Policy in Higher Education in a Changing World

Project Publications 

IDC Research: Analyze the Future

Indian River Community College (IRCC)

Teaching and Learning Support 

Adjunct Support for College Prep Math 

Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)

2003 IT Workforce Survey

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

Publications

Data

Peer Analysis

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

National Education Technology Standards

IMS Global Learning Consortium

League For Innovation

Learning College 

21st Century Learning Outcomes 

Alliance+ Internet In Education 

Publications 

League Connections Digital Newsletter 

Learning Abstracts

Leadership Abstracts 

White Papers

Microsoft Issues

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

The National Academies 

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

The National Research Council (NRC)

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 

Press Room

National Center for Education Statistics (NCSE)  

The Condition of Education: 2000-2002

The Digest of Education Statistics: 2001

Projections of Education Statistics: 2012

Survey and Program Areas

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS88)

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP)

National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL)

High School and Beyond

International Comparisons in Education

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

Library Statistics Program

Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES)

National Study of Postsecondary Faculty

Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Report (PEDAR)

Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS)

Recent College Graduates Study

Data on Vocational Education (DOVE)

National Education Data Resource Center (NEDRC)

National Forum on Education Statistics

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)  

Publications by Topic 

National Learning Infrastructure Initiatives

e-Portfolios

Faculty Engagement

Learner-Centered Practices

Learning Materials, Tools, Markets, and Standards

Learning Objects

Partnering in the Learning Marketspace

Readiness to Transform and Perform

Systematic Progress in Teaching and Learning

Strategic Planning and Alignment for Institutional Transformation

Transformative Assessment Systems

Virtual Communities

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)

Projects

Publications

National School Boards Association (NSBA)

The School Board of Tomorrow Project

Education Leadership Toolkit

Technology and the Workplace

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Proposal Guide

STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

National Technical Information Service (NTIS), US Department of Commerce

Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI)

Peterson's

Pew Charitable Trusts

Higher Education Performance

Newspaper & Magazine Articles 

Public Agenda, The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis

Education

Higher Education

Syllabus:  Technology for Higher Education 

Technology Administration (TA), US Department of Commerce

The Technology Source

Archives

Article Search

TechWeb: The Business Technology Network

University of Washington  

Student Learning Objectives (SLO) System 

Wisconsin Online Resource Center

What are Learning Objects?

Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS)

Foundation of WIDS: Learning, Teaching, and Learning Design Theories

WIDS & the Learning College 

Guest Columns: Topics on Learning

WIDS in the News

 

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Writing

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Grammar & Punctuation

Grammar Guide

The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation

Grammar Now!

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