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Building Capacity in Institutional Research: Collaboration and Complementarity?
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Jan Botha; Karen Webber; James Williams; Steve Woodfield – Tertiary Education and Management, 2024
Institutional Research associations across the world are re-imagining and redesigning their professional development and capacity building activities. This paper outlines the professional development activities of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) in the United States (est. 1966), the European Association for Institutional Research…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Institutional Research, Cooperation, Organizations (Groups)
Challenges in Developing Data Collection Systems in a Rapidly Evolving Higher Education Environment
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Borden, Victor M. H.; Calderon, Angel; Fourie, Neels; Lepori, Benedetto; Bonaccorsi, Andrea – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2013
Efforts to develop common higher education data standards are expanding both within and across countries. The institutional research (IR) community plays a critical role in assuring that these efforts capture the diverse manifestations of the postsecondary and tertiary education systems and promote responsible comparisons. This chapter provides…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Data Collection, School Statistics
Institutional Research: What Problems Are We Trying to Solve?
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Longden, Bernard; Yorke, Mantz – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2009
Institutional research in UK higher education is rarely consolidated into a central office function. This is in marked comparison to the position of IR in the USA where most universities accord it a high status which is absent from the UK context. The collection, analysis and interpretation of data in the USA appears, on the whole, more systematic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Foreign Countries, Intelligence
Tuition Discounting to Optimize Enrollment and Revenue
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Parrott, Sarah A. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2008
As the borders between higher education systems continue to erode and competition for qualified students increases, many institutions are exploring variable pricing options, known in the USA as "tuition discounting." The goal of tuition discounting is to use institutional funds to attract and retain desired students while maximizing net…
Descriptors: Tuition, Higher Education, Enrollment, Income
The Role of Institutional Research in College Management.
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Seybert, Jeffrey A. – School Organisation, 1991
Institutional research as a tool for supporting management decision making has a relatively short history in the United States and is much less prevalent in the United Kingdom, especially in colleges. This paper outlines the principal roles and functions of an institutional research office, discusses staffing issues, and suggests practical roles…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Administration, Decision Making, Educational Research
Case Studies of Educational Innovation: I. At the Central Level.
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1973
This publication is aimed at assisting countries as they respond to the problem of organizing a continuing process of change in the schools. The seven case studies contributed to this volume illustrate ways of balancing organizational processes and the free initiative of individual schools and teachers, within the varying traditions of each…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research