Download or read book An Investigation of Institutional Research in Tennessee Community Colleges written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a decade, three issues - institutional effectiveness, competitive market forces, and demand for accountability - have indelibly impacted the governance of all institutions of higher education, not in the least the community college. In the state of Tennessee, the Tennessee Board of Regents' Defining Our Future plan, which was developed in response to state legislation requiring higher education systems to operate more efficiently and with more limited resources, positioned the office of Institutional Research as vital with regards to information processing, effective technology application, and decision-support by Tennessee community college presidents. The main purpose of this study was to gather descriptive data in order to describe the functions of the offices of institutional research and the extent of their utilization of technology in the thirteen Tennessee community colleges. This study addressed the characteristics and responsibilities of institutional research offices by means of a survey instrument completed by all thirteen chief officers of institutional research. The second main purpose was to link this descriptive data with the campus governance and leadership through the office of each college president. Person to person interviews were held with all thirteen Tennessee community college presidents regarding their perceptions of the roles of institutional research and their means of using institutional research in decision-making. The survey and the interview protocol were designed to provide answers to ten research questions on the current roles and responsibilities of institutional research offices; the types and level of utilization of technology in the offices of institutional research; and the perspectives of Tennessee's community college presidents on the institutional research function. Analysis of the data provided answers to the research questions and, among other findings, it was found that the offices of institutional research universally serve a broad range of functions including institution-wide functions, efficiency considerations, academic-centered functions, student-centered functions, information reporting, external relations, and administrative duties. However, eight of the thirteen offices were staffed by only one full time professional. The study found that while technology was deemed as a highly utilized tool by institutional research offices, the use of and training in statistical analysis software and campus information systems was not fully realized. The data collected from interviews with college presidents suggested that the offices of institutional research are most widely referenced for institution-wide activities such as strategic planning, accreditation requirements, and institutional effectiveness as well as for budgeting decisions. Other key areas of collaboration between the college president and the office of institutional research include academic performance measures, enrollment management, and community outreach endeavors. This study determined the need for further research in several areas. First, it will be beneficial to assess its institutional research resources at each campus; second, to study how community college presidents use institutional research for specific functions; third, to conduct a broader comparison study of community college institutional research offices within the SACS region or nationwide; finally, to conduct a study of how other community college campus leaders - vice presidents and deans for example - use institutional research in decision-making.
Download or read book An Investigation of Institutional Research in Two Year Public Colleges in the Southeastern United States written by Joseph T. Ray and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Investigation of Institutional Research in Small Private Colleges in the Southeastern United States written by James Michael Clyburn and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Institutional Research written by Richard D. Howard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Study of Community College Institutional Research written by Theodore Grant Van Istendal and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Tennessee Community College Leaders Regarding External Mandates Institutional Effectiveness Practices and Institutional Performance written by Gary J. Skolits and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Institutional Research and the Culture of Evidence at Community Colleges Report No 1 in the Culture of Evidence Series written by Vanessa Smith Morest and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents findings from a study conducted by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) on how well prepared today's community colleges are in moving toward the greater use of data and research to improve student success. Data for the study were drawn from two major sources: first, an e-mail survey of college administrators responsible for institutional research (IR), and, second, case studies of 28 community colleges. The study aimed to learn how much IR capacity community colleges have in terms of IR staff size and facility with research methods, how IR is utilized by different actors within colleges, and what barriers exist that impede the development of IR analysis that would benefit college decision making. The study finds that community colleges wanting to expand the role of IR face several challenges in terms of resources, data collection, and institutional priorities. It also suggests that college leadership is a key component in making the necessary investment in IR capacity and in promoting changes in organizational practice that are required to embrace a strategy for using data to improve institutional performance.
Download or read book Institutional Climate and Institutional Effectiveness at Three Community Colleges written by Connie S. Buckner and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of Annual National Institutional Research Forum written by National Institutional Research Forum and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Data Use in the Community College written by Christopher M. Mullin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Community College Outcomes written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reframing Assessment to Center Equity written by Gavin W. Henning and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes the case for assessment of student learning as a vehicle for equity in higher education. The book proceeds through a framework of “why, what, how, and now what.” The opening chapters present the case for infusing equity into assessment, arguing that assessment professionals can and should be activists in advancing equity, given the historic and systemic use of assessment as an impediment to the educational access and attainment of historically marginalized populations. The “what” chapters offer definitions of emerging terms, discuss the narratives of equity in evidence of student learning, present models and approaches to promoting equity, and explore the relationship between knowledge systems and assessment practice. The “how” chapters begin by progressively moving from the classroom to the program, then beyond the program level to share examples from student affairs. Subsequent chapters address the problem of equitable access to STEM fields; culturally responsive practices within the context of community colleges; the ongoing work of culturally situated assessment practices in Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and the role of technology-enabled assessment as a possible tool for equitable assessment. The final two chapters in the book address the “now what”, providing a way for assessment professional to develop individual awareness within their practice as a next step in the equity journey, and a conceptual framework to anchor equity in their work.
Download or read book New Directions for Institutional Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Policy written by Association for Institutional Research and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performance Funding for Higher Education written by Kevin J. Dougherty and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultimately, the authors recommend that states create new ways of helping colleges with many at-risk students, define performance indicators and measures better tailored to institutional missions, and improve the capacity of colleges to engage in organizational learning.
Download or read book Institutional Research and Creative Change written by North East Association for Institutional Research. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tennessee Community College s Services and Programs Supporting Persistence of African American Students written by Erica P. Lee and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This causal-comparative research project is a study examining a Tennessee community college’s institutional services and programs designed to support African American students compared to those students’ persistence to graduation. The results of this causal-comparative study employing mixed-methods of data collection revealed no significant differences between African American students and other minority racial/ethnic groups. Findings suggests the Tennessee community college offers services and programs supporting persistence to graduation of African American students. The results based on a sample size of 94 students indicate students feel they need more time with advisers, flexible tutoring schedules, and there are no obstacles with services and programs.
