ABSTRACT
American higher education faces a challenging environment. Decreasing state appropriations, rising costs, and tightening budgets have left American colleges and universities scrambling to achieve their missions with ever more limited resources. Campus leaders have therefore increasingly relied upon institutional research and strategic planning departments to make transparent and rational decisions and to promote good stewardship of critical but finite resources. Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education illustrates the wealth of institutional research activities occurring in American higher education.
Featuring chapters by a prominent mix of authors representing community colleges, traditional undergraduate institutions, land grant institutions, research and flagship universities, and state agencies, this book provides numerous insights into the contemporary challenges, innovative programs, and best practices in institutional research. With contributors from a variety of regions and types of institutions, each chapter provides rigorous analysis of campus-based research activities in areas such as strategic planning, admissions and enrollment management, assessment and compliance, and financial planning and budgeting. Like the departments it studies, Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education is an invaluable resource for university administrators, researchers, and policymakers alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|45 pages
The Role of Institutional Research and Strategic Planning at an Institution of Higher Education
chapter 2|12 pages
Knowledge Utilization in Higher Education
part II|69 pages
Research Initiatives Contending with Recruitment, Admissions, and Enrollment
part III|68 pages
Institutional Research Supporting Assessment Activities
chapter 7|17 pages
College Skills Course Assessment at a Community College
part IV|91 pages
Research Initiatives on Budget, Tuition, Fees, and State Funding
chapter 13|21 pages
Lifeblood of a Public Flagship University
chapter 14|13 pages
Return on Investment for State’s Educational Attainment Initiatives
part V|29 pages
Trends and Technology
part VI|13 pages
Conclusion