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Institutional research

About: Institutional research is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3346 publications have been published within this topic receiving 50882 citations.


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TL;DR: Gurin et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the relationship between students' experiences with diverse peers in the college or university setting and their educational outcomes and presented a framework for understanding how diversity introduces the relational discontinuities critical to identity construction and its subsequent role in fostering cognitive growth.
Abstract: In the current context of legal challenges to affirmative action and race-based considerations in college admissions, educators have been challenged to articulate clearly the educational purposes and benefits of diversity. In this article, Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin explore the relationship between students' experiences with diverse peers in the college or university setting and their educational outcomes. Rooted in theories of cognitive development and social psychology, the authors present a framework for understanding how diversity introduces the relational discontinuities critical to identity construction and its subsequent role in fostering cognitive growth. Using both single- and multi-institutional data from the University of Michigan and the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, the authors go on to examine the effects of classroom diversity and informal interaction among African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and White students on learning and democracy ...

1,802 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine practice diffusion in an environment where competing logics exist, focusing on how organizational and practice variations are institutionally shaped, and how trustee and performance logics in the mutual fund industry that were rooted in different geographic locations (Boston and New York) led to variation in how mutual funds established contracts with independent professional money management firms.
Abstract: This paper examines practice diffusion in an environment where competing logics exist, focusing on how organizational and practice variations are institutionally shaped. Empirically, I study how trustee and performance logics in the mutual fund industry that were rooted in different geographic locations (Boston and New York) led to variation in how mutual funds established contracts with independent professional money management firms. This focus on competing logics redirects institutional research away from isomorphism and the segregation of institutional and technical forces, and towards an appreciation of how multiple forms of rationality provide a foundation for ongoing struggle and change in organizational fields. Implications for the dominant two-stage institutional model of diffusion as well as research on institutions, organizations, and professions are discussed.

1,094 citations

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George D. Kuh1
TL;DR: The role and contributions of scholarship and institutional research about student engagement and its relevance for student development professionals and others committed to enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience are summarized in this paper.
Abstract: In a 1992 Calvin and Hobbs cartoon (Watterson), 6-year-old Calvin asks his teacher whether he is being adequately prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. He wants to know if he will have the skills and competencies that will allow him to succeed in a tough, global economy. In response, the teacher suggests he start working harder because what he will get out of school depends on how much effort he puts into it. Calvin ponders this advice for a moment and says, “Then forget it.” The exchange between Calvin and his teacher gets right to the point about what matters to student learning and personal development. Indeed, one of the few unequivocal conclusions from How College Affects Students (Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005) is that the amount of time and energy students put forth—student engagement—is positively linked with the desired outcomes of undergraduate education. Unfortunately, Calvin’s response is all too common, if not according to what students say, then by what they do or do not do. In this paper, I summarize the role and contributions of the scholarship and institutional research about student engagement and its relevance for student development professionals and others committed to enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience. The presentation is organized into four major sections. First, I briefly describe the evolution of the student engagement concept and explain its importance to student development. Then, I summarize findings from research studies about the relationships between student engagement and selected activities including participation in high-impact practices, employment, and some other experiences of relevant a relevance to the current generation of undergraduates. Next, I discuss some topics that warrant additional investigation to better understand how to further potential and utility of student engagement research and institutional policies and practices that the findings suggest. I close with some observations about the implications of student engagement research for student affairs professionals and others on campus committed to improving the quality of undergraduate education.

1,046 citations

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TL;DR: This paper argued that colleges and universities would be best served by reorganizing themselves in ways that promote greater educational community among students, faculty, and staff, and used the findings on the impacts on college on students' persistence as a guide for their thinking.
Abstract: What would our colleges and universities look like if we took seriously the research on student persistence? What reforms in organization and pedagogy would we pursue if we used the findings on the impacts on college on students' persistence as a guide for our thinking? This paper argues that colleges and universities would be best served by reorganizing themselves in ways that promote greater educational community among students, faculty, and staff.

1,033 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine practice diffusion in an environment where competing logics exist, specifically investigating how trustee and performance logics that were rooted in different locations (Boston and New York) led to variation in how mutual funds established contracts with independent professional money management firms.
Abstract: This article examines practice diffusion in an environment where competing logics exist, specifically investigating how trustee and performance logics that were rooted in different locations (Boston and New York) led to variation in how mutual funds established contracts with independent professional money management firms. This focus on competing logics redirects institutional research away from isomorphism and the segregation of institutional and technical forces and toward an appreciation of how multiple forms of rationality underlie change in organizational fields. Implications for the dominant two-stage institutional model of diffusion and for research on institutions, organizations, and professions are discussed.

956 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20233
20226
202142
202053
201967
201877