Download or read book Unresolved Issues in Salary Equity Studies written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters discuss the issues surrounding how to use faculty rank, seniority, and experience as control variables in salary-equity studies. Contributors review the challenges of conducting a salary-equity study for nonfaculty administrators and staff--who constitute the majority of employees, even in academic institutions - and examine the advantages and disadvantages of using hierarchical linear modeling to measure pay equity. They present a case-study approach to illustrate the political and practical challenges that researchers often face when conducting a salary-equity study for an institution. This is a companion volume to Conducting Salary-Equity Studies: Alternative Approaches to Research (IR115).
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Download or read book Conducting Salary Equity Studies Alternative Approaches to Research written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from nationally recognized experts in the development of the economics and related literature on salary equity, this volume explores some of the insights and advances made by economists and other researchers on the topic of salary equity. Chapters focus on important methodological issues that analysts should take into account when conducting a salary-equity study. This is the 115th issue of the Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Institutional Reseach.
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 Measuring Glass Ceiling Effects in Higher Education Opportunities and Challenges written by Jerlando F. L. Jackson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers readers a comprehensive means to understanding glass ceiling effects in higher education. Each chapter approaches the glass ceiling from a different perspective, providing compelling arguments that truly highlight the importance and usefulness of collecting data on this topic. Institutional decision makers will find valuable information to confront the challenge of glass ceiling effects across different institutional environments. Likewise, institutional researchers will find step-by-step protocols to collect and analyze glass ceiling data as well as a variety of rich examples. Readers will not only find this sourcebook useful for institutional planning purposes, but it will also help them truly understand how the glass ceiling impacts women and people of color in higher education.
Download or read book Wage and Hour Law written by Chester Hanvey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide offers management, psychology, and related professionals comprehensive background in—and robust methods for evaluating—frequently litigated wage and hour issues. Wage and hour compliance is impacted by numerous sources including federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, state and local laws, guidance from government enforcement agencies and court decisions. This book provides a clear and understandable overview of the legal context along with methods for data collection and analysis to measure and evaluate compliance pertaining to commonly litigated disputes, such as independent contract classification, FLSA exemptions, pay equity, and off-the-clock work. This framework for understanding and responding to such cases is suitable to both those new to the field and expert consultants while also acting as a springboard for further research in this increasingly relevant legal area. Included in the coverage: · Trends in wage and hour litigation. · Applicable data collection methods for evaluating wage and hour compliance. · Assessing employment status. · Strategies to measure and prevent off the clock work. · Factors that impact meal and rest break compliance. · Stages of a class-action lawsuit. · Statistical sampling and analyses. · Understanding and analyzing pay equity. Wage and Hour Law: Guide to Methods and Analysis fills knowledge needs for an audience that includes management and industrial/organizational psychology graduate students interested in legal issues as well as testifying experts, external consultants, HR practitioners, management professionals, and labor economists.
Download or read book Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions written by Frances K. Stage and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume challenges quantitative researchers to become more critical. By providing examples from the work of several prominent researchers, and by offering concrete recommendations, the editor and authors deliver messages that are likely to cause many educational researchers to reexamine their own work. Traditional quantitative research tends to be probabilistic, and often mass the experiences of many subgroups in the population. Most models, framesworks, and findings that appy to the majority of students and faculty may not adequately apply to important subpopulations as defined by their entry status, financial condition, residential origin, sex, ethnicity, and religious orientation. The collective efforts described here will help readers become more sensitive to the nuances among various educational groups, and to pay more attention to outliers. This volume supplies both motivation and analytical support to those who might incorporate criticality into their own quantitative work, as well as to those who wish read critical perspectives with an open mind about what they might find. This is the 133rd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Institutional Research.
Download or read book Multilevel Modeling Techniques and Applications in Institutional Research written by Joe L. Lott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multilevel modeling is an increasingly popular multivariate technique that is widely applied in the social sciences. Increasingly, practitioners are making instructional decisions based on results from their multivariate analyses, which often come from nested data that lend themselves to multilevel modeling techniques. As data-driven decision making becomes more critical to colleges and universities, multilevel modeling is a tool that will lead to more efficient estimates and enhance understanding of complex relationships. This volume illustrates both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of multilevel modeling in IR. It introduces the fundamental concepts of multilevel modeling techniques in a conceptual and technical manner. Providing a range of examples of nested models that are based on linear and categorical outcomes, it then offers important suggestions about presenting results of multilevel models through charts and graphs. This is the 154th 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 Economics of Higher Education written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the many ways in which economic concepts, theories and models can be used to examine issues in higher education. The topics explored in the book include how students make college-going decisions, the payoffs to students and society from going to college, markets for higher education services, demand and supply in markets for higher education, why and how state and federal governments intervene in higher education markets, college and university revenues and expenditures, how institutions use net-pricing strategies and non-price product-differentiation strategies to pursue their goals and to compete in higher education markets, as well as issues related to faculty labor markets. The book is written for both economists and non-economists who study higher education issues and provides readers with background information and thorough explanations and illustrations of key economic concepts. In addition to reviewing the contributions economists have made to the study of higher education, it also examines recent research in each of the major topical areas. The book is policy-focused and each chapter analyses how contemporary higher education policies affect the behaviour of students, faculty and/or institutions of higher education. "Toutkoushian and Paulsen attempted a daunting task: to write a book on the economics of higher education for non-economists that is also useful to economists. A book that could be used for reference and as a textbook for higher education classes in economics, finance, and policy. They accomplish this tough balancing act with stunning success in a large volume that will serve as the go-to place for anyone interested in the history and current thinking on the economics of higher education.” William E. Becker, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Economics, Indiana University
Download or read book Applying Economics to Institutional Research written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-02-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of the many ways that economic concepts, models, and methods have been, and can be, applied to higher education problems encountered in institutional research. The chapter authors are uniquely qualified to provide this perspective: all are higher education researchers who have received graduate training in economics and have substantial experience working directly in institutional research. The chapters in this volume focus on the economist's perspective on education costs and revenues, how economics can inform enrollment management efforts, and how institutional researchers can use economics to understand labor market issues for faculty. This is the 132nd issue of New Directions for Institutional Research, a quarterly journal published by Jossey-Bass. Click to view the entire listing of titles for New Directions for Institutional Research.
Download or read book Reframing Persistence Research to Improve Academic Success written by Edward P. St. John and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-07-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research proposes and tests new approaches to institutional research (IR) that attempt to break down barriers to academic success, particularly focusing on minority students, working students, and others in nontraditional circumstances. The chapters in this volume review prior research on best practices as well as evaluations of retention programs and persistence by students of color, then go on to propose and test new approaches to assessment, action research, action inquiry, and evaluation. Lessons learned from this volume should contribute to strategies used by administrators and faculty for collaborative projects involving IR professionals and other higher education researchers in interventions designed to improve academic success for all students. This is the 130th volume of New Directions for Institutional Research, a quarterly publication published by Jossey-Bass. Access our complete list of New Directions for Institutional Research titles for a wide variety of IR topics.
Download or read book Conducting Institutional Research in Non Campus Based Settings written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding the understanding of the nature of institutional research, this volume documents alternative ways that it is currently being carried out beyond the confines of a traditional campus-based IR office. Chapters show how institutional research is being conducted by public university system offices, state higher education coordinating boards, institutional-affiliated research offices, and higher education consultants. Chapter topics discussed include: Developing a Statewide Student Tracking Tool The Role of Consultants in Institutional Research Collaborating on State-Level Institutional Research in New Hampshire: NH Paper Using College Board Data to Examine Trends in New Hampshire's College-Bound Students Virginia Improves Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A Comprehensive Statewide Data System for Teacher Quality Confronting Ambiguity, Anarchy, and Crisis in Insitutional Research: Using Student Unit Record Databases in Extra-Institutional Research. Because these entities often do not have ready access to campus-specific data, they must be creative in finding ways to obtain data and information that enable them to provide a value-added function in the field. The chapter authors high-light ways in which these offices acquire and use information for institutional research. This is the 139th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly 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.
Download or read book Overcoming Survey Research Problems written by Stephen R. Porter and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-04-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper and electronic surveys of students and faculty have become increasingly popular in higher education research and are now used in almost all facets of assessment and planning. Yet as the demand for survey research has increased, survey response rates have been falling. Low response rates are problematic because they can call into question the validity of the results, as well as increase survey administration costs. This volume examines an array of survey research problems and best practices, with the aim of providing readers with ways to increase response rates while controlling costs. Many institutional researchers face additional demands such as administering multiple surveys over time, or administering surveys on sensitive subjects such as student alcohol or drug use. New technologies for survey administration also provide many different options. This volume discusses these issues in terms of the survey research literature as well as the experiences of practitioners in the field. This is the 121st volume of the higher education quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research.
Download or read book Unique Campus Contexts Insights for Research and Assessment written by Jason E. Lane and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes what we know about professional schools, transnational campuses, proprietary schools, religious institutions, and corporate universities. As the fabric of higher education becomes more complex and as students take advantage of these specialized educational environments, conducting meaningful and relevant research becomes a challenge. The volume authors argue for the importance of educational context and debunk the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment and evaluation. Each chapter examines the critical areas in need of attention and the implications for institutional research and outcomes assessment. Those approaching the challenge of research and policy analysis within this collage of diverse institutions and distinctive student populations will find this volume to be a valuable guide. This is the 124th issue of the quarterly report New Directions for Institutional Research.
Download or read book Maximizing Resources Universities Public Policy and Revenue Production written by F. King Alexander and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's financial and economic challenges require that higher education leaders become prudent fiscal managers and aggressive revenue generators. Maximizing and forecasting revenue has become an important item on the agenda for every strategic-planning and institutional research team. Private institutions strive to maximize public resources through tuition-based government programs while public institutions maneuver to exploit private revenues. This volume presents edited versions of some of the best papers articles from a forum on institutional revenue production sponsored by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). The chapters provide different perspectives on revenue generation and how institutions are struggling to find an appropriate balance between meeting public expectations and maximizing private market forces. The problems raised by the contributors do not have simple solutions, but we hope that the insights provided about options and alternatives will enable campus leaders, institutional researchers, and policy-makers to better understand evolving patterns in public and private revenue reliance.
Download or read book Assessing Character Outcomes in College written by Jon C. Dalton and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-10-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine several perspectives on the role of colleges and universities in developing student character and illustrate different approaches to defining and assessing character outcomes in the higher education setting. This is the 122nd volume in the Jossey-Bass higher education report New Directions for Institutional Research.
Download or read book Survey Research written by Paul D. Umbach and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New technologies have revolutionized survey research processes and how researchers and institutions of higher education college gain information from subjects. At the same time, it seems that increasing demands for accountability are forcing colleges and universities to conduct more high-quality surveys to gauge institutional effectiveness. In addition to affecting survey implementation, new technologies have improved the researcher's ability to conduct effective analyses of survey data. Data analytic software continues to become more flexible and new hardware allows greater speed and processing ability. This volume examines these emerging issues in survey research and highlights lessons learned from past research on survey methods. It serves as a useful guide to anymore conducting surveys in a rapidly changing environment.
