This paper describes the year-long process of building a set of peer comparators for Oregon's seven diverse public universities to serve the analytic needs of budgeting, performance measurement, and trend analysis. Some underlying assumptions informed the development of the peer groups: because several critical political issues required…

This proceedings document is comprised of the 18 papers, panel presentations, and work shares presented at a 1996 conference on institutional research. The papers are: (1) "Using Cohort Analysis To Evaluate the Impact of a Support Program for Minority Students" (Hershel Alexander); (2) "The Institutional Researcher as Program Evaluator:…

This paper is concerned with the division of labor between and within institutions of higher education and asks the following questions: What kinds of institutions and teachers carry on research? How is research related to research interests and to academic responsibilities? How is research linked to the structure of rewards in different…

Data gathered in the development of the Institutional Functioning Inventory indicates that though administrators view the academic environment more favorably than faculty and students all three groups are responding to the same generally perceived environment, independent of subgroups to which they belong. (Author/JH)

Psychologists for Social Action showed how the American Psychological Association (APA) practices institutional racism by condoning employment practices of Lancaster Press, APA's major printer; a May 1973 postscript documents APA's continued hesitancy to influence its suppliers toward equal employment practices. (Author/JM)

What began as a hypothetical approach to educational forecasting is now gaining momentum as a workable consensus gathering technique for all phases of educational administration and planning. (Editor/HS)

Author details 6 new self-study approaches that focus on current problems and opportunities and that could mean the survival ofan institution. (HS)

Sporadic investigations of university crises will not save higher education. Institutional research must become the catalyst of our philosophical as well as our methodological approach to the university. Address delivered at Annual Forum of Association for Institutional Research, May 5, 1969, Chicago, Illinois. (Author/AD)

The results of a survey of college offices of institutional research in the United States and Canada are presented. Offices were asked about use of computers in developing management information, interaction with the computer, types of hardware available, and the languages used. (Author/MLW)

Megargee's MMPI federal prisoner classification was used to determine validity with prisoners. Similarities and differences were examined and predictive validity was tested. It was concluded that the Megargee system can be used in grouping state prisoners. (Author/RC)

With respect to student recruitment, underscores the importance of creativity, presidential commitment, institutional research to investigate the college's image and identify its constituencies, and using the best medium to reach each group. Describes Des Moines Area Community College's use of billboards, public service and television…

The history of institutional research is discussed; present and future professional development needs are examined. It is suggested that future professional development activities help institutional researchers cope with an expanded, politicized, and decreasingly technical role. (Author/SF)

An annotated bibliography intended to add to the advancement officer's understanding of the survey (its design, techniques, and uses) is provided. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the need to adopt a strategically guided model for community college research that changes the basis for assessment from institutional performance in a commoditized market to institutional advantage in a turbulent market. Focuses on how research data can be generated and used to achieve an advantage by differentiating one institution…

Asserts that the dynamic nature of virtual classrooms presents numerous challenges to assessment and interpretation. Provides an overview of these challenges and sets forth general measures to guide research. (EV)