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Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
In its most basic form, strategic planning is a process of anticipating change, identifying new opportunities, and executing strategy. The use of mixed methods, blending quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques and data, in the process of assembling a strategic plan can help to ensure a successful outcome. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Institutions that have organized and centralized their data enjoy an obvious advantage in grappling with strategic planning and other issues. As the drumbeat for accountability, planning, and demonstrating effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders intensifies, the stature and importance of institutional research offices on most campuses…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, Institutional Role, Role Perception
Harvey, Lee; Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
This chapter describes techniques and projects that most institutions need if they are to be viable in an increasingly competitive labor market. The authors assert that institutional researchers who increase their involvement in workforce development initiatives can become more valuable to their institution.
Descriptors: Researchers, Labor Market, Institutional Research, Labor Force Development
Voorhees, Richard A.; Smith, Gregory P.; Luan, Jing – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2006
This article sketches a research agenda for the further study of community college student transitions. Specific techniques are depicted as are potential data sources that can be used to pursue that agenda. The role of student tracking systems in transition research is discussed as well as the applicability of national surveys to the study of…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Researchers, Institutional Research, Community Colleges

Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997
A discussion of the need for institutional research to address student financial aid issues in higher education outlines, first, a research agenda for use within institutions, and then presents a research agenda for emerging policy issues and the role that institutional research might play in positioning institutions to participate in national…
Descriptors: College Planning, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Policy Formation
Voorhees, Richard A.; Hart, Sharon – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1989
Provides an overview of the construction of a longitudinal tracking system that can be used to address questions of institutional effectiveness. Considers the efficacy and logistics of using data from assessment with longitudinal data to permit long-term tracking of students. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Institutional Research, Longitudinal Studies
Voorhees, Richard A.; Harvey, Lee – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
This chapter discusses how workforce development initiatives vary widely across governments and institutions, and how institutional research can help bridge the gaps between them. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Labor Force Development, Agency Cooperation, Institutional Role

Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1987
A case study of Arapahoe Community College's marketing research approach to program planning illustrates a range of techniques for heightening alertness to new markets, exploring rising opportunities, and sometimes, quantifying the attractiveness of alternatives. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
This chapter offers techniques that can help institutional researchers play a more active role in the process of creating and modifying instructional programs to meet workforce needs. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Program Development, Institutional Research, Instructional Development, Change Strategies