Starting and Sustaining Meaningful Institutional Research at Small Colleges and Universities: Theory and Practice
Type of Work
Book
Files
Publication Date
8-2017
Editor
Narren J. Brown, Wei-Fang Lin, Gordon J. Hewitt, Ruth Vater
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
City
San Francisco, CA, USA
Volume
173
Series
New Directions for Institutional Research
ISBN
9781119442554
Abstract
The focus of this volume is on the work of Institutional Researchers in a small college or university (SCUs) setting. At an SCU, the goal of the IR office is to balance the bureaucratic tendencies of data-driven decision making with the need for collegiality and collaboration. Drawing on numerous examples, it illustrates how IR professionals can leverage their positionality within the institution to design data flows to answer questions by serving as convergent thinkers, connecting disjointed systems and requests.
This volume:
- identifies the challenges that small IR offices face
- reinforces the idea of collegiality as a defining feature of small IR offices
- discusses several principles for using data about teaching and learning
- explores the effects of low response rates in survey data and the effects of nonresponse bias
- demonstrates the importance of collaborative efforts in enacting change
- proposes a model of policy development focused on student success
- presents an effective model of SCU IR office development
Hamilton Office Affiliation
Institutional Research and Assessment
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