Cases on Institutional Research Systems

Hansel Burley (Texas Tech University, USA)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781609608576

EISBN13: 9781609608583

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-857-6

Description:

Institutional research (IR) is a growing, applied, and interdisciplinary area that attracts people from a variety of fields, including computer programmers, statisticians, and administrators and faculty from every discipline to work in archiving, analyzing, and reporting on all aspects of higher education information systems.

Cases on Institutional Research Systems is a reference book for institutional research, appealing to novice and expert IR professionals and the administrators and policymakers that rely on their data. By presenting a variety of institutional perspectives, the book depicts the challenges and solutions to those in higher education administration, and state, federal, and even international accreditation.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Assessment of Analysis
Collegiate Administrative Systems
Data Gathering Techniques
Packaging and Framing Data
Policymakers and Decision-Making Based on Institutional Research
Statistical Analysis of Data
Systems for Accreditation
Technology and Software Used
Uses of Assessments and Analysis
Ways of Reporting Data

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I can safely say that my interest in and knowledge of the great diversity of IR increased immensely while developing this text. Not all of the contributors have terminal degrees, as is common in IR. Nevertheless, all of the contributors help expand the boundaries and rich diversity of effective IR practice. The reader will find the recounting of using enterprise resource planning systems, to using geospatial information systems, and even a discussion of moral codes and their impact on institutional culture—all of this is within the purview of IR. [...] At the end of the day, IR practitioners use everything at their disposal to solve problems.

– Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University, USA

Hansel Burley is a Professor of Educational Psychology at Texas Tech University (TTU) and Associate Dean for Academics and Data for the College of Education. He received this Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A & M University, College Station. His research focuses on the antecedents to higher education remediation and the resilience of developmental education students. He also examines diversity issues, particularly when related to college access and success. Dr. Burley also studies institutional effectiveness, particularly how this is associated with large database analysis. He has been a member of the Association for Institutional Research and associated organizations. He is a past president of the Traditionally Black Colleges and Universities-Special Interest Group (TBCU-SIG). He takes great pride in TBCU-SIG of AIR because of their mentorship of him during his formative years as a cub institutional research and as an assistant professor.

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