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Download full textHuntington, Robin B.; Clagett, Craig A. – 1991
In 1991, a national survey was conducted of institutional research directors at 150 two- and four-year colleges to investigate practitioner perceptions of institutional research effectiveness and productivity. Randomly selected directors of institutional research were mailed a one-page questionnaire, requesting information about institution size…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Institutional Research
PDF pending restorationKohl, Peggy L.; And Others – 1980
A survey of the 51 Illinois public community colleges was conducted during February 1980, to assess the status of institutional research (IR) at the colleges and to determine how that status had changed since the completion of similar surveys in 1973 and 1976. Major findings indicated that while 67% of the colleges had offices of institutional…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration
Knapp, Michael S. – 1980
The retrospective case history is a little-used, but very valuable tool in organizational theory research. It is particularly useful in illuminating variables in an organization's development which, in controlled experimentation, would require prohibitively long periods of time to materialize. Additionally, the technique is useful for generating a…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational History
