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From Complex Data to Actionable Information: Institutional Research Supporting Enrollment Management
Direct linkAnderson, Douglas K.; Milner, Bridgett J.; Foley, Chris J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
Producing analyses that are accurate, timely, and simple is a constant challenge for institutional researchers. The stakes are high: when the analysis is incomplete, arrives too late, does not adequately address the question, or is simply too much to comprehend, decision makers fall back on anecdotal thinking or gut-level reactions that can lead…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Enrollment Management, Decision Making, Researchers
Download full textCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2008
This document is intended for leaders and decision makers who work with community colleges at the classroom, college, and system level. Readers will find an overview of the purpose, activities, findings, and recommendations from a three-year project involving 11 California community colleges, undertaken as a partnership between The Carnegie…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Instructional Leadership, Decision Making
Peer reviewedCameron, Kim S.; Tschirhart, Mary – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
This survey of 331 institutions of higher education found that attributes of the postindustrial environment--scarcity of resources, competitiveness, and turbulence--are negatively associated with the effectiveness of four-year colleges and universities. Participative decision making, domain offense strategies, and political decision processes…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Environmental Influences, Higher Education, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedGreen, Janice S. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1990
Bradford College (Massachusetts), a small liberal arts college, used creative planning to revitalize the institution despite fiscal constraints. Decisions and actions since 1981 are reviewed in terms of first steps (revitalizing faculty affairs), finding a new president, reorganizing the curriculum, planning noncurricular changes, and developing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Higher Education
Conrad, Clifton F.; Wilson, Richard F. – 1985
Purposes for academic program review and diverse institutional approaches to college program review are considered, along with possible outcomes and ways to improve program review. Attention is directed to program review practices at 30 representatives institutions. As background, predominant types of program review over the past 15 years levels…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Decision Making, Educational Change
