The purposes of this study were 1) to determine indicators for evaluating educational effectiveness of junior colleges within Parsons` theoretical framework, 2) to compute the appropriate weights for indicators by the analytic hierarchy process(AHP), and 3) to identify an application scheme for the developed indicators and their weights. This study was conducted through reviewing available literature, surveying college experts with mailed questionnaires, and holding a series of conferences with leading experts. The major findings of this study were as follows; 1) According to the result of factor analysis, indicators to evaluate educational effectiveness of junior colleges consisted of 4 divisions, 11 sub-divisions and 40 elements. 2) Regarding the divisions` weights, there was a conflicting view between two specialist groups; the faculties in college weighed high on the environmental adaptation division, while the researchers high on the goal attainment division. But both weighed relatively lower in the management function division and the college health division than the others. 3) Concerning the sub-divisions` weights, the human & physical resource sub-division and change adaptation sub-division were weighed relatively higher than the other sub-divisions in the environmental adaptation division. The weights for educational achievement was the highest in goal attainment division, and the weights for clarity of management was the highest in management function division, and the weights for job motivation was the highest in college health division. 4) Most of the faculties and researchers perceived that the evaluation of educational effectiveness was very necessary to promote competition among colleges. Indicators and their weights should be developed once every two or three years by researchers, managers in community, faculties in college, and administrator.
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