college faculty and staff engaged incontinuous assessment and institutional improvement efforts, aswell as university faculty and graduate students studying communitycollege policy and practice. While giving an overview of benchmarking and illustrating itsgrowth within community college assessment, this volume providesfour examples of national benchmarking initiatives designedspecifically for two-year institutions; describes how the data fromthose initiatives are being used for assessment, institutionalimprovement, planning, management, and decision making; anddiscusses benchmarking's costs, benefits, and limitations.This is the 134th volume of New Directions forCommunity Colleges, a quarterly journal published byJossey-Bass.Clickhere to view the entire list of New Directions for CommunityColleges titles.

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