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| new directions for institutional research: Benchmarking in Institutional Research Gary D. Levy, Nicolas A. Valcik, 2012-12-21 While the term benchmarking is commonplace nowadays in institutional research and higher education, less common, is a solid understanding of what it really means and how it has been, and can be, used effectively. This volume begins by defining benchmarking as “a strategic and structured approach whereby an organization compares aspects of its processes and/or outcomes to those of another organization or set of organizations to identify opportunities for improvement.” Building on this definition, the chapters provide a brief history of the evolution and emergence of benchmarking in general and in higher education in particular. The authors apply benchmarking to: Enrollment management and student success Institutional effectiveness The potential economic impact of higher education institutions on their host communities. They look at the use of national external survey data in institutional benchmarking and selection of peer institutions, introduce multivariate statistical methodologies for guiding that selection, and consider a novel application of baseball sabermetric methods. The volume offers a solid starting point for those new to benchmarking in higher education and provides examples of current best practices and prospective new directions. This is the 156th volume of this Jossey-Bass series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1976 |
| new directions for institutional research: Preparing for the Information Needs of the Twenty-First Century Timothy R. Sanford, 1995-08-31 |
| new directions for institutional research: Studying Diversity in Higher Education Daryl G. Smith, Lisa E. Wolf, 1994-04-14 |
| new directions for institutional research: Inter-Institutional Data Exchange When to Do It, What to Look for, and How to Make it Work James F. Trainer, 1996-09-13 |
| new directions for institutional research: Successful Strategic Planning Douglas W. Steeples, 1988 This sourcebook is about successful strategic planning. Grounded in practice and experience, rather than theory and research, it presents firsthand accounts of strategic planning as effectively employed by presidents who used that approach as a potent device for shaping the futures of their colleges and universities in a time of uncertainties and challenges. The purpose of this volume of New Directions for Higher Education is to provides ideas, examples, and illustrations of strategic planning--a method by which institutions can creatively respond to threats and opportunities in the incresingly competitive environment confronting them, and at the same time, continue to serve the ideals that define their missions. This is the 64th issue of New Directions for Higher Education. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page. |
| new directions for institutional research: The Handbook of Institutional Research Richard D. Howard, Gerald W. McLaughlin, William E. Knight, 2012-06-28 Institutional research is more relevant today than ever before as growing pressures for improved student learning and increased institutional accountability motivate higher education to effectively use ever-expanding data and information resources. As the most current and comprehensive volume on the topic, the Handbook describes the fundamental knowledge, techniques, and strategies that define institutional research. The book contains an overview of the profession and its history, examines how institutional research supports executive and academic leadership and governance, and discusses the varied ways data from federal, state, and campus sources are used by research professionals. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this important resource reviews the analytic tools, techniques, and methodologies used by institutional researchers in their professional practice and covers a wide range of topics such as: conducting institutional research; statistical applications; comparative analyses; quality control systems; measuring student, faculty, and staff opinions; and management activities designed to improve organizational effectiveness. |
| new directions for institutional research: Applying Methods and Techniques of Futures Research James L. Morrison, William L. Renfro, Wayne I. Boucher, 1983-10-14 |
| new directions for institutional research: A New Era of Alumni Research: Improving Institutional Performance and Better Serving Alumni Joseph Pettit, Larry H. Litten, 1999-03-29 |
| new directions for institutional research: Using Performance Indicators to Guide Strategic Decision Making Victor M. H. Borden, Trudy W. Banta and Associates, 1994-10-28 |
| new directions for institutional research: Monitoring and Assessing Intercollegiate Athletics Richard P. Howard, Richard D. Howard, 1992-08-21 |
| new directions for institutional research: Campus Climate: Understanding the Critical Components of Today's Colleges and Universities Karen W. Bauer, 1998-10-13 |
| new directions for institutional research: Researching Student Aid: Creating an Action Agenda Richard A. Voorhees, 1997-12-01 This issue seeks to provide researchers with the tools they need to make sense of the complex interplay of politics, students, and institutions that constitutes our current system of student aid. The ultimate goal is to provide institutional researchers with a research agenda for student aid that can be integrated within their work. In each chapter, the authors suggest a research agenda, which flows from their presentations. Reports of three empirical studies within this issue provide concrete examples of the types of research institutional researchers can execute on behalf of their campuses. This is the 95th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Campus Fact Books: Keeping Pace with New Institutional Needs and Challenges Larry G. Jones, 1996-12-24 Campus fact books have become an integral part of the institutional research effort at many colleges and universities. In many respects, the development of the fact book has paralleled the development of institutional research; so too may the future of the fact book reflect the future of institutional research. As institutional research and researchers have become more sophisticated, so have institutional fact books. To some observers, however, among them the chapter authors of this volume, there is a concern that over time the changes made in fact books have been more cosmetic than substantive. The expressed purpose of this volume is to explore ways in which the campus fact book can remain and grow as a significant institutional research report, both in light of new reporting demands and opportunities and in response to new and increased demands and uses for institutional data and information from and by internal and external constituencies. The assumption is that the fact book can and perhaps should be an institution's most valuable publication. This is the 91st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Using Teams in Higher Education: Cultural Foundations for Productive Change Susan H. Frost, 1999-01-11 In both conceptual and practical ways, the teams universities and colleges use, the cultures in which these teams succeed or fail, and the quality and value of the work they accomplish intersect both to provide opportunities for and take advantage of strategic change. This issue of New Directions for Institutional Research explores those intersections, with particular emphasis on the margins for mutual gain. Drawing on research and practice from higher education, where teams are used with varying degrees of effectiveness, and from business, where teams are linked to survival, the authors address questions of culture, especially as they can affect significant aspects of teamwork. The authors also explore the theory and practice related to different types of teams and the dynamics that influence their success. They then present ideas and resources practitioners might use, from examining case studies to using applied models from other settings. Designed to be both provocative and helpful, this volume provides guidance for useful change. This is the 100th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Information Technology in Higher Education: Assessing Its Impact and Planning for the Future Richard N. Katz, Julia A. Rudy, 1999-07-14 Just as information technology is changing the ways traditional colleges and universities deliver instruction and services, it also is changing how we organize, fund, and evaluate our institutions. This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research--a collaborative effort of the Association for Institutional Research and EDUCAUSE--provides campus leaders, institutional researchers, and information technologists much-needed guidance for determining how IT investments should be made, measured, and assessed. The authors offer practical, effective models for integrating IT planning into institutional planning and goals; assessing the impact of IT investments on teaching, learning, and administrative operations; and promoting efficient information management practices. This is the 102nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directiond for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Enhancing Information Use in Decision Making Ewell, 1990-01-09 The idea that information is valuable for decision making constitutes a core value of institutional research. But research on information utilization as well as accumulated practioner wisdom continually raise questions about the validity of this assumption. What preconditions the use of information in decision making in higher education and how might its utilization be improved? The authors of this volume of New Directions for Institutional Research revisit an old topic in some new ways, reviewing what is known about infomation utilization on conceptual grounds, then critically evaluating some common mechanisms for communicating information to decision makers. This volume provides a foundation for the application of broad lesons about information utilization to some actual predicaments that practicing institutional researchers face. The is the 64th issue of New Directions for Institutional Research. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page. |
| new directions for institutional research: Organizing Effective Institutional Research Offices Jennifer B. Presley, 1990-09-26 This volume is designed to assist both those who are establishing an institutional research function for the first time and those who are invigorating an existing unit. The authors write from their own experiences as institutional researchers involved with development activites. They provide maror guidelines for how to approach tasks and avoid major pitfalls. Seasned institutional researchers will find that many of the chapters provide a useful upddate on such issues as computing tools, data administration, the establishment of an assessment capacity, and interpersonal communications. This is the 66th issue of New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Global Issues in Institutional Research Angel Calderone, Karen L. Webber, 2013-05-17 All around the world, postsecondary institutions are facing competitive environments, declining resources, and changing societal needs. Institutions are affected by globalization, state and local government needs, economic restructuring, information technology, and student and staff mobility. Institutional researchers have a critical role to play in addressing these issues. In this volume, we have embedded the practice of IR as experienced globally. We brought together a discussion that is delivered from multiple perspectives, but fundamentally one that draws from the collaborative efforts of practitioners across borders. By embedding notions of globalization that affect IR, we can engage readers in broad discussions on where we are coming from and where we are heading. This is the 157th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: Our Underachieving Colleges Derek Bok, 2006 Drawing on a body of empirical evidence, this book examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. It describes the changes that faculties and academic leaders can make to help students accomplish more. |
| new directions for institutional research: Developing Effective Policy Analysis in Higher Education Judith I. Gill, Laura Saunders, 1993-02-03 What is policy analysis? What are the intellectual and theoretical roots for policy analysis? How is it done? How is policy analysis in higher education different from public administration policy analysis? Does policy analysis differ from institutional research? From planning? What contribution can an institutional researcher make to educational policy analysis? What kind of training is needed in order to do policy analysis? This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research has three goals: (1) to acquaint the institutional researcher with the field of policy analysis; what it is, where it came from, and how it is carried out; (2) to identify the contributions that institutional research makes to policy analysis in terms of comparative institutional information, methodological rigor, and statistical refinement; and (3) to provide examples of policy analysis studies. This is the 76th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page. |
| new directions for institutional research: Providing Useful Information for Deans and Department Chairs Mary K. Kinnick, 1995-01-03 The major purpose of this volume is to increase the attention institutional researchers give to the information needs of deans and department chairs. Higher education in the United States is in the midst of a major transformation. This process will reshape and reposition in fundamental ways higher education's role in the society. Deans and department chairs are pivotal change agents in this process. To survive, indeed to thrive, postsecondary education institutions must become more learner-centered and must redefine the nature and balance of valued faculty work. Institutional researchers can provide useful information to deans and chairs that will help them to understand changing student needs; facilitate and assess student learning; assess and understand faculty culture; and redefine, assign, and assess faculty work. This is the 84th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Analyzing Faculty Workload Jon F. Wergin, 1994-12-07 The question being asked with increasing regularity is, Just what do faculty members do? Studies of faculty workload have been commisioned in state after state. Taken together, the studies indicate that college faculty members are working harder than ever but are probably teaching less and are almost certainly having less contact with students, particularly undergraduates. This issue explores how the public discourse about faculty work might be improved and suggests how colleges and universities might document that work in a fashion that not only more faithfully describes what faculty do but also allows for reports that are more comprehensive and useful. This is the 83rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research |
| new directions for institutional research: Data Use in the Community College Christopher M. Mullin, Trudy H. Bers, Linda Serra Hagedorn, 2012-05-07 American community colleges represent a true success story. With their multiple missions, they have provided access and opportunity to millions of students. But community colleges are held accountable for their services and must be able to show that they are indeed serving their variety of students appropriately. This volume speaks of the multiplicity of data required to tell the community college story. The authors explore and detail how various sources—workforce data, market data, state-level data, federal data, and, of course, institutional data such as transcript files—all have something to say about the life of a community college. Much like an orchestral score, where the different parts played by individual instruments become music under the hands of a conductor, these data can be coordinated and assembled into a message that answers questions of student success and institutional effectiveness. This is the 153rd volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1986 |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1982 |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1991 |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1983 |
| new directions for institutional research: Space: The Final Frontier for Institutional Research Nicolas A. Valcik, 2007-10-12 Providing adequate floor space in today's educational institutions to accommodate future growth has been facilitated by twenty-first century technology such as GIS data systems. |
| new directions for institutional research: Quality Assurance in Higher Education: An International Perspective Gerald H. Gaither, 1998-12-04 Quality has become a major international issue for the academy as higher education finds itself under increasing scrutiny from governments, the media, and consumers concerned about receiving greater value for their investments. This volume presents some of the best quality assurance policies, practices, and procedures found in five progressive countries. It offers an international set of resources-including Web sites and other electronic resources-to assist practitioners in achieving the goals of their own quality assurance frameworks. The contributors emphasize that the key to successful quality assurance programs lies in the professional commitment of the faculty to these efforts, and shows how this is being accomplished in the countries under review. This is the 99th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: The Effect of Assessment on Minority Student Participation IR (Institutional Research), 1990-08-09 Research results and insightful discussion to start a larger conversation It has long been established that minority students face disadvantages in testing, and testing agencies have addressed this issue with careful analysis and revamping of questions. But what about inside the classroom? The Effect of Assessment on Minority Student Participation reports the results of the research and analyzes the data to gain insight and suggest a new direction. Rigorous analysis backs thoughtful discussion in an effort to begin the conversation and make the necessary steps toward an equal playing field. |
| new directions for institutional research: System Offices for Community College Institutional Research Hom, 2010-11-16 This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research examines a professional niche that tends to operate with a low profile while playing a major role in state policies--the system office for community college institutional research. As states, regions, and the federal government seek ways to evaluate and improve the performance of community colleges, this office has grown in importance. The chapter authors, all institutional researchers in this area, draw a timely state-of-the-art portrait by showing how this office varies across states, how it varies from other institutional research offices within states, and the implications its history and prospects have for the future. This volume will be particularly useful for those who deal with higher education policy at the state, regional, or federal level; on-campus institutional researchers; and individuals who currently work in or with these system offices. This is the 147th volume of New Directions for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research. provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: Benchmarking in Institutional Research Gary D. Levy, Nicolas A. Valcik, 2013-01-09 While the term benchmarking is commonplace nowadays in institutional research and higher education, less common, is a solid understanding of what it really means and how it has been, and can be, used effectively. This volume begins by defining benchmarking as “a strategic and structured approach whereby an organization compares aspects of its processes and/or outcomes to those of another organization or set of organizations to identify opportunities for improvement.” Building on this definition, the chapters provide a brief history of the evolution and emergence of benchmarking in general and in higher education in particular. The authors apply benchmarking to: Enrollment management and student success Institutional effectiveness The potential economic impact of higher education institutions on their host communities. They look at the use of national external survey data in institutional benchmarking and selection of peer institutions, introduce multivariate statistical methodologies for guiding that selection, and consider a novel application of baseball sabermetric methods. The volume offers a solid starting point for those new to benchmarking in higher education and provides examples of current best practices and prospective new directions. This is the 156th volume of this Jossey-Bass series. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: Imagining the Future of Institutional Research Christina Leimer, 2009-10-12 In this volume, the editor and authors take a proactive, strategic stance by proposing a roadmap for the reinvention of institutional research. A decade ago, in volume 104 of New Directions for Institutional Research, M. W. Peterson proposed that the future would challenge institutional research not only to help improve institutions but also to help facilitate their redesign and transformation. It appears that Peterson?s future has arrived. With the increasing demands placed on colleges and universities?requirements for continuous improvement, evidence-based decision-making, and accountability?institutional research offices must now do more than report and fill data requests. Moreover, with budgets shrinking, institutions must search for more efficient and effective ways of working, make decisions about which work will continue to be performed and how, and perhaps reorganize their existing programs, structures, and patterns. These needs may also demand more of institutional research. At most schools, however, for institutional research to play this new, substantive role, the field will first need to redesign and transform itself. This is the 143rd volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report series New Directions for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management. |
| new directions for institutional research: New Directions for Institutional Research , 1986 |
| new directions for institutional research: Assessing Graduate and Professional Education: Current Realities, Future Prospects Jennifer Grant Haworth, 1996-12-31 In the past decade or so, the assessment movement has taken American higher education by storm. Legislative initiatives in many states have required public colleges and universities to implement programs that document institutional effectiveness and student development. Accrediting agencies have applied similar expectations to both public and private institutions. Despite its burgeoning popularity, the assessment movement has focused largely on undergraduate education, leaving institutional researchers, administrators, and faculty with scant information on methods for conducting assessments of graduate and professional education and a dearth of the results of such assessments. This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research is a step toward remedying the lack of attention given to the assessment of advanced-degree programs. It should be of value not only to professionals who are directly involved with such programs but also to inividuals who set policies that affect them. Many of the methodological issues and principles that the authors discuss will also be of value to professionals who work with assessment at the undergraduate level, as will the discussion of demand for advanced degrees. This is the 92nd issue of the quarterly journalNew Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Using Academic Program Review Robert J. Barak, Lisa A. Mets, 1995-12-19 Much has been written about proper implementation of program review. Extensive advise is available to help those implementing or revitalizing program review processes to avoid common pitfalls and build strengths into the processes. A factor for gauging the effectiveness of program review is the extent to which results of program reveiws are used for other meaningful purposes. Literature on the use of review results is less prevalent. Institutional researchers and others need to know more about program review's role in program improvement and institutional decision-making. Questions that need to be answered include the following: Are the program review reports and recommAndations an integral part of the institution's budget process? What is the role of academic program review in strategic planning? Can the program review process be linked to the institution's outcomes assessment process? The purpose of this volume is to provide planners and institutional researchers with information on the uses of program review results in colleges and universities. This is the 86th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Forecasting and Managing Enrollment and Revenue: An Overview of Current Trends, Issues, and Methods Daniel T. Layzell, 1997-07-17 The new realities faced by institutions of higher education indicate a need for a more sophisticated approach to dealing with the demographic and economic uncertainties faced by these institutions. No longer will laissez-faire approaches to planning be adequate. This volume provides an overview of the contextual, practical, and technical aspects of enrollment and revenue forecasting and management. The major areas covered are the demographic, economic, and financial trAnds affecting enrollment and revenue management and forecasting in higher education; practical examples and issues in enrollment and revenue management and forecasting (for both public and private institutions); current methods and techniques of enrollment and revenue forecasting in higher education; and an evaluation of lessons learned in these areas. This is the 93rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Pursuit of Quality in Higher Education: Case Studies in Total Quality Management Deborah J. Teeter, G. Gregory Lozier, 1993-07-14 Through a series of vignettes, this volume provides valuable insights into the experiences of colleges and universities that are applying the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) to higher education. Each vignette presents a different aspect of TQM regarding issues of organization, training, use of tools or methodologies, the language of TQM, or the challenges in transforming organizational cultures. Many vignettes conclude with a synopsis of the lessons learned. This is the 78th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. |
| new directions for institutional research: Studying Diversity in Higher Education Daryl G. Smith, Lisa E. Wolf, 1994-04-14 |
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