Showing papers on "Institutional research published in 1988"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe three efforts to design research on aspects of innovation in organization, along with the theoretical and empirical assumptions behind them, and each study occupies a different, progressively more macro-oriented tier in terms of level of analysis.
Abstract: This article describes three efforts to design research on aspects of innovation in organization, along with the theoretical and empirical assumptions behind them. Each study occupies a different, progressively more macro-oriented tier in terms of level of analysis—from the innovation project as the unit, to the organization, to the extraorganizational environment.
207 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deal with the effects of separately analyzing management journals whose primary audience is management practitioners and those whose main audience is academics, and demonstrate the effect of separate analysis on different audiences.
Abstract: The article deals with a study demonstrating the effects of separately analyzing management journals whose primary audience is management practitioners and those whose primary audience is academics...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors bring measurement theorists and assessment practitioners together to develop new and more suitable methods for assessing developmental changes in groups of students, and propose a method for assessing the developmental change in a group of students.
Abstract: Institutional researchers must bring measurement theorists and assessment practitioners together to develop new and more suitable methods for assessing developmental changes in groups of students.
42 citations
TL;DR: Administration should appropriately consider both sets of issues before embarking on such an effort as designing and implementing assessment programs.
Abstract: Designing assessment programs requires defining objectives and choosing techniques. Implementing assessment, however, is an organizational responsibility. Administration should appropriately consider both sets of issues before embarking on such an effort.
42 citations
TL;DR: A descriptive analysis of the authors and articles appearing in Research in Higher Education (RHI) since its inception in 1973 is given in this paper, where the authors, institutions and authors are ranked according to their "productivity" of authorship.
Abstract: A descriptive analysis is given of the authors and articles appearing inResearch in Higher Education (sponsored by the AIR), since the journal was founded in 1973. The analysis compares the 1980s with the 1970s according to subject matter, methodology, authors and institutions. The data suggest that coverage of higher education topics and research methodologies both are increasing, along with the variety of authors and the diversity of institutions. Institutions and authors are ranked according to their “productivity” of authorship.
33 citations
TL;DR: Research on alumni can meet needs in program review, curriculum planning, student assessment, resource allocation, student services, and recruiting as mentioned in this paper, and can meet need in program evaluation, assessment, and recruitment.
Abstract: Research on alumni can meet needs in program review, curriculum planning, student assessment, resource allocation, student services, and recruiting.
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TL;DR: In this paper, specific educational objectives are proposed to reduce the complexity of deciding which of a bewildering array of potential noncognitive outcomes are worth the risks and costs associated with their administration.
Abstract: Stating specific educational objectives reduces the complexity of deciding which of a bewildering array of potential noncognitive outcomes are worth the risks and costs associated with their administration.
16 citations
TL;DR: Alumni research is proposed to focus on the role of alumni as providers of services to their alma maters in such areas as volunteering, donating, networking, lobbying, and mentoring as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Alumni research is proposed to focus on the role of alumni as providers of services to their alma maters in such areas as volunteering, donating, networking, lobbying, and mentoring.
15 citations
TL;DR: In Sweden, as in many other countries, there are mounting demands for the evaluation of universities and colleges, usually on the grounds that research and higher education are playing a progressively more important part in development at progressively greater cost as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In Sweden, as in many other countries, there are mounting demands for the evaluation of universities and colleges, usually on the grounds that research and higher education are playing a progressively more important part in development at progressively greater cost. Quality and efficiency have to be guaranteed and audited. An additional reason is cited in Sweden: the ongoing decentralisation of decisionmaking powers. To this one might object that in Britain the opposite process appears to be taking place, but still with equally strong demands for evaluation. Evaluation the new watchword-now seems to be equally applicable in all situations and systems. It is often treated as a separate phenomenon, as an extraneous cure for all ills. But evaluation forms part of a complex to which its forms and functions have to be adapted if it is to have any real point. In the following pages I will try to analyse developments in Sweden during the past few years as regards evaluation in the higher education sector, and I shall do so by treating evaluation (1) as part of a steering system, (2) as a phase in an active process, and (3) as interaction within an institutional organisation.
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TL;DR: In this article, the need to use empirical research methods to segment markets, profile donors, and rank prospects will increase significantly, as development goals expand and the number of alumni grows.
Abstract: As development goals expand and the number of alumni grows, the need to use empirical research methods to segment markets, profile donors, and rank prospects will increase significantly.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that executing surveys is one of the most common activities of institutional research (IR) and that as a craft, survey research is an orphan without a home in an academic discipline and therefore without a clear articulation of standards in its own right.
Abstract: This paper concludes that it is time for institutional research to address the issue of standards for the conduct of surveys. In reaching that conclusion, it argues that executing surveys is one of the most common activities of institutional research (IR) and one of the least served in IR literature; that as a craft, survey research is an orphan without a home in an academic discipline and therefore without a clear articulation of standards in its own right; and that as practiced in IR, survey research faces special technical problems and challenges not embraced in much of the general-survey research literature. Finally, it asks, but does not answer, how such a lofty goal as the pursuit of standards might be attained.
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of organizational and administrative factors on student learning may be critical in improving educational performance, and they examine the influence and influence of these factors on the student learning.
Abstract: Institutional research that examines the influence of organizational and administrative factors on student learning may be critical in improving educational performance.
Abstract: Documentation of what students learn, instead of only their relative levels of performance, is at the heart of any effective assessment of educational quality.
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TL;DR: Coordinated planning and management are the critical ingredients of any successful alumni information system as discussed by the authors, and they are the core ingredients for any successful information system. But they are not always easy to implement.
Abstract: Coordinated planning and management are the critical ingredients of any successful alumni information system.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report that increasing demand for accurate forecasts in such areas as student enrollment, energy expenditures, and facility capacity are placing new demands on the institutional researcher, and they propose a method to forecast student enrollment and energy consumption.
Abstract: Increasing demand for accurate forecasts in such areas as student enrollment, energy expenditures, and facility capacity are placing new demands on the institutional researcher.
TL;DR: Regression analysis is one of the most frequently used statistical techniques by institutional researchers and to avoid the misuse of this family of techniques, certain guidelines should be followed.
Abstract: Regression analysis is one of the most frequently used statistical techniques by institutional researchers. To avoid the misuse of this family of techniques, certain guidelines should be followed.
TL;DR: With unprecedented national emphasis on quality and evaluation, processes and strategies for implementing and diffusing innovations and changes will receive renewed attention as mentioned in this paper. But, as mentioned before, this is not a comprehensive review of the entire literature.
Abstract: With unprecedented national emphasis on quality and evaluation, processes and strategies for implementing and diffusing innovations and changes will receive renewed attention.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a proper assessment of the net impact of federal student aid must include examination of its impact on institutional behavior as well, and they argue that the potential effects of aid on supply and on institutions are significant.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey that launches an alumni survey that requires consultation with many campus constituencies, thoughtful decisions about intent and content, careful planning of all operational procedures, and proper promotion.
Abstract: Launching an alumni survey requires consultation with many campus constituencies, thoughtful decisions about intent and content, careful planning of all operational procedures, and proper promotion.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors link costs and informational outcomes of assessment efforts in higher education to determine whether we are getting our money's worth from assessment efforts, and propose to link costs more fully and accurately with their informational outcomes.
Abstract: To determine whether we are getting our money's worth from assessment efforts in higher education, costs must be linked more fully and accurately with their informational outcomes.
TL;DR: In this paper, a different perspective of the field is obtained from a content analysis of the employment classified advertising published in theChronicle of Higher Education from 1970 through 1985, using this technique of analysis, it is possible to compare and contrast institutional research as it appears in literature with the profile of field obtained from the content analysis.
Abstract: Institutional research has been profiled several times in the literature. These profiles have typically included only an examination of the history and functions of the profession. A different perspective of the field is obtained from a content analysis of the employment classified advertising published in theChronicle of Higher Education from 1970 through 1985. Using this technique of analysis, it is possible to compare and contrast institutional research as it appears in literature with the profile of the field obtained from the content analysis. The functions of institutional research and the qualifications of the people employed to perform these functions have changed since the advent of the profession. Institutional research, its past, the qualifications of its people, and possibilities for the future are examined in this paper.
01 May 1988
TL;DR: A study of grading practices at Christopher Newport College (VA) was conducted, using as data the grades awarded from 1979 to 1986 as discussed by the authors, and the overall conclusions are that departmental and/or disciplinary differences, transcending institutional boundaries, affect grade point average elevation considerably.
Abstract: A study of grading practices at Christopher Newport College (Virginia) was conducted, using as data the grades awarded from 1979 to 1986. Differences between "in-department" and "out-of-department" grades were also analyzed, for all students enrolled in courses in more than one department. Results included the following: (1) the average grade of the semester just completed was 2.70, higher than the official designation of the average grade; (2) there were pronounced differences in grading among departments; (3) average grades increased during the period studied; and (4) analysis of departmental differences does not support the departments' claim that superior students in a given department account for the differences. An inter-institutional study, now ongoing, was then undertaken. A total of 351 peer institutions was survey' with a response rate of 35%. Preliminary results from the ongtx.ag analyses are discussed. Among the overall conclusions is that departmental and/or disciplinary differences, transcending institutional boundaries, affect grade point average elevation considerably. Data analyses are appended in tables and figures. Contains 4 references. (KM) mammoommxxxxxxxxxxxxmommx********m*;0900990099009900000000000000( Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX O GRADE INFLATION IN THE EIGHTIES: THE CASE OF URBAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Richard M. Summerville
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors view curriculum as an academic plan and develop parallel course and program planning models that are dynamic, conceptually related to student learning, and familiar to institutional planners.
Abstract: Viewing curriculum as an academic plan permits development of parallel course and program planning models that are dynamic, conceptually related to student learning, and familiar to institutional planners.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss what to know and do to keep the relationships warm, knowledgeable, and mutually supportive among alumnus, and what do they have to know about the institution's history.
Abstract: Alumni are the institution's extended family. What do you have to know and do to keep the relationships warm, knowledgeable, and mutually supportive?