Cases on institutional research systems

"This book is a reference book for institutional research, appealing to novice and expert IR professionals and the administrators and policymakers that rely on their data"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Burley, Hansel, 1960-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The dean of information: a theoretical framework for institutional research leadership in higher education / Hansel Burley
  • 2. Changing the grant culture of a college / James E. McLean and Alanna Rochelle King Dail
  • 3. From silos to sharing: an institutional research view of the conversion to an ERP / Dana L. Dalton
  • 4. Parsing banner downloaded data into a flat-file format for analysis / Garnett Lee Henley ... [et al.]
  • 5. Institutional research using data mining: a case study in online programs / Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea, Vasile Bodea and Radu Mogos
  • 6. Using geospatial information systems for strategic planning and institutional research / Nicolas A. Valcik
  • 7. Using machine learning techniques in student dropout prediction / Rajeev Bukralia ... [et al.]
  • 8. Principles for the analysis of large complex secondary databases in educational settings / Yen To and Hansel Burley
  • 9. Experimental design to examine the effectiveness of honor codes / Lucy Barnard-Brak and Valerie Osland Paton
  • 10. Developing a quality distance learning program in a comprehensive community college / Stephanie J. Jones
  • 11. Developing an online course on-the-fly with an ir state of mind / Kevin Gosselin and Hansel Burley
  • 12. A million ghosts: West Point's long line of moral development and character education / Aaron R. Baggett
  • 13. Measuring diversity at a historically black college of dentistry / Garnett Lee Henley ... [et al.]
  • 14. Examining university retention efforts of non-traditional students / Valerie McGaha-Garnett
  • 15. The national research university: toward becoming a Hispanic serving institution (HSI) at a responsibility centered management university / Fernando Valle, Stacy A. Jacob and Zhaomin He
  • 16. Collaboration in student assessment research: beyond data collection and reporting / Robin Capt ... [et al.]
  • 17. Developing an assessment plan for the arts and sciences division of a comprehensive community college / Annette E. Smith and Stephanie J. Jones
  • 18. A framework for examining data and taking action to increase student retention and graduation / Gita Wijesinghe Pitter and William Hudson
  • 19. The birth of a survey: developing an assessment of preservice teachers' diversity awareness / Mary Cain Fehr ... [et al.]
  • 20. African Americans and planned resilience: in search of ordinary magic / Hansel Burley ... [et al.]
  • 21. Establishing continuous readiness for specialized accreditation / Gita Wijesinghe Pitter
  • 22. A case study: closing the assessment loop with program and institutional data / Robert Elliott
  • 23. Developing best practices for value added research in a political context / Valerie Osland Patton, Gerry Dizinno and Roy Mathew
  • 24. Meta-analysis as a tool for assessing university-wide student learning outcomes / Hansel Burley and Bolanle A. Olaniran
  • 25. Using bad news to make good decisions / Margaret Johnson, Larry Hovey and Pam Tipton
  • 26. A study of the relationship between freshman composition and student performance in intensive writing courses / Thomas K. Martin.