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Direct linkBadillo-Vega, Rosalba; Krücken, Georg; Pineda, Pedro – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
We conducted a systematic literature review of 111 empirical studies published between 1969 and 2018. We found that research does not exponentially grow in comparison to research on higher education or leadership; empirical research emerging in the 1980s does not completely replace non-empirical inquiry. Studies from English-speaking authors…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Leadership, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis
Deacon, Roger; van Vuuren, Rex; Augustyn, Dave – Perspectives in Education, 2014
Very little is known about whether and what kinds of research are being undertaken at private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in South Africa. This article draws on a recent survey of all registered PHEIs undertaken by a group of interested private higher education providers. This survey was facilitated by the Council on Higher Education…
Descriptors: Private Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Surveys
Stage, Frances K. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2007
Drawing on the work of several prominent scholars, the author describes the evolution of quantitative critical inquiry and compares this perspective to traditional research paradigms. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Institutional Research, Statistical Analysis, Research Methodology
Besley, A. C.; Peters, Michael A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
This article provides a critical discussion of the neoliberal reforms of higher education focusing on new managerialism and New Public Management. It also distinguishes between democratic and market accountability regimes, examining how the former arise from classical liberalism and the latter from neoliberalism. The article then examines…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Change, Political Attitudes, Accountability
Download full textAgne, Russell M. – 1988
A report is given of the results of four surveys of education faculties between 1981 and 1986, with particular emphasis on findings applicable to the reform issues addressed by "A Nation at Risk" and "Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy." Study subjects at 32 institutions completed a questionnaire requiring information…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Research
Beatty-Guenter, Patricia – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2003
This paper identifies a need to study the success of students taking college course offerings using distance education. Measurement issues are discussed, including a proposal for definition of some key variables involved in studying distance delivery by institutional researchers. Concerns about student outcomes are identified using data from two…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Research
Barr, Robert – 1990
Research may be divided into two types, "empowering" research and "academic" research. Empowering research seeks to determine how a particular individual or organization can produce a desired result, while academic research is concerned with why a particular condition exists. While academic research might ask "Why do students drop out of school?"…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Action Research, College Role, Community Colleges
Miami-Dade Junior Coll., FL. Dept. of Educational Research. – 1971
Sixty-six students were enrolled in a combined Social Science-English experimental section which permitted them their choice of learning method. Options available were lecture, small group, programmed instruction, directed study and community involvement, and students were encouraged to try a variety of approaches. Six questions relating to…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Clark, David L.; Guba, Egon G. – 1976
A report is made on the results of seven studies of KPU (Knowledge Production/Utilization) productivity by SCDEs (Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education) in which the productivity measure was available through sources independent of the SCDEs themselves. Sources investigated included (1) publications in educational journals, (2) documents…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Swinburne Inst. of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia). – 1991
The Australasian Association for Institutional Research (AAIR) conference provided a comprehensive coverage of issues, concepts, and techniques in the areas of planning, data analysis and research, and related aspects of management support in tertiary education. Refereed papers from the conference include: (1) "Changes in Student Approaches…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Cashin, William E.; Slawson, Hugh M. – 1977
The data and computational procedures used by the IDEA system at Kansas State University (during the 1976-77 academic year) to interpret ratings of teacher performance are described in this technical report. The computations for each of the seven parts (evaluation, course description, students' self ratings, methods, additional questions,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Cashin, William E.; Slawson, Hugh M. – 1977
The data and computational procedures used by the IDEA System during the 1977-78 academic year at Kansas State University to interpret ratings of teacher performance are described in this technical report. The computations for each of the seven parts (evaluation, course description, students' self-ratings, methods, additional questions, diagnostic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Cashin, William E.; Perrin, Bruce M. – 1978
The data and computational procedures used by the IDEA System to generate IDEA Reports from information collected on the Standard Form of the IDEA Survey Form are described in this technical report. The computations for each of the seven parts of the IDEA Report are explained. The data base used for this 1978-79 Kansas State University study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
