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Ethnography: An Alternative Evaluation.

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Tierney, William G. – Review of Higher Education, 1985

Ethnography, which records and describes culturally significant behavior of a particular group, is suggested as a method for college self-evaluation. The potential and limitations of the method are outlined, and current uses in education are discussed. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Role, Ethnography, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods

Qualitative Methods in a Team Approach to Multiple-Institution Studies.

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Whitt, Elizabeth J.; Kuh, George D. – Review of Higher Education, 1991

Examples of qualitative investigations of traditionally hard-to-measure college and university characteristics using multiple investigators are rare, despite their potential for in-depth understanding and broad comparisons of institutional contexts. A team approach to qualitative multisite research was found useful and effective in a 9-researcher…

Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Research