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Limitations of community college benchmarking and benchmarks
Author(s) -
Bers Trudy H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.240
Subject(s) - benchmarking , accountability , community college , computer science , political science , engineering management , business , engineering , medical education , marketing , medicine , law
This chapter distinguishes between benchmarks and benchmarking, describes a number of data and cultural limitations to benchmarking projects, and suggests that external demands for accountability are the dominant reason for growing interest in benchmarking among community colleges.