
ERIC Number: EJ601734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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The Role of Institutional Research: From Improvement to Redesign.
Peterson, Marvin W.
New Directions for Institutional Research, v26 n4 Win 1999
Proposes that the nature of institutional research has expanded as colleges and universities adapt to new challenges and conditions and that institutional researchers need to become knowledge industry analysts. Reviews the history of institutional research and identifies 21st century challenges, such as changing patterns of diversity and academic and institutional quality reform that are molding the postsecondary knowledge industry. (DB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "What Is Institutional Research All About? A Critical and Comprehensive Assessment of the Profession," No. 104.