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Multilevel Modeling: Applications to Research on the Assessment of Student Learning, Engagement, and Developmental Outcomes
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Chen, Pu-Shih Daniel; Cragg, Kristina – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012
Understanding the suitability of multilevel modeling in the context of institutional research (IR) may ease the doubts of some IR professionals. However, the need for training on how to conduct and report multilevel modeling analysis remains. A major roadblock hindering the proliferation of multilevel modeling in IR is the perception that…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Models, Institutional Research, Reports
Do Expenditures Other than Instructional Expenditures Affect Graduation and Persistence Rates in American Higher Education. Revised
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Webber, Douglas A.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
Rates of tuition increases in both private and public higher education that continually exceed inflation, coupled with the fact that the United States no longer leads the world in terms of the fraction of young adults who have college degrees, have focused attention on why costs keep increasing in higher education and what categories of higher…
Descriptors: Productivity, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Full Time Equivalency
Keeping Senior Women at Your College
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Hurtado, Sylvia; DeAngelo, Linda – Academe, 2009
While women have made progress in many areas of higher education, institutions still need to focus attention on the advancement and retention of women at the highest academic ranks. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education's 2005 Fall Staff Survey, women represent only 40.6 percent of full-time faculty and 25.1 percent of full…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Women Faculty, Females
A Typology of Student Engagement for American Colleges and Universities
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Pike, Gary R.; Kuh, George D. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
The Carnegie classification system has served as a framework for research on colleges and universities for more than 30 years. Today, the system's developers are exploring criteria that more effectively differentiate among institutions. One approach being considered is classifying institutions based on students' educational experiences. This study…
Descriptors: Classification, Colleges, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics
American Universities and Colleges. Seventeenth Edition. Volume 1. ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
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Praeger, 2006
"American Universities and Colleges" includes extensive information on 1,900 accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. The institutions are arranged by state, and then alphabetically by institution. Volume 2 of the set provides four indexes, including an Institutional Index, a Subject Index, a…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Exhibits, Study Abroad, Professional Education
American Universities and Colleges, Seventeenth Edition. Volume 2. ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education
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Praeger, 2006
"American Universities and Colleges" includes extensive information on 1,900 accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. The institutions are arranged by state, and then alphabetically by institution. Volume 2 of the set provides four indexes, including an Institutional Index, a Subject Index, a…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Exhibits, Study Abroad, Professional Education