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Download full textHeppen, Jessica; Jones, Wehmah; Faria, Ann-Marie; Sawyer, Katherine; Lewis, Sharon; Horwitz, Amanda; Simon, Candace; Uzzell, Renata; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2011
A key lever for improvement in instruction and student support is the data that are available in urban districts. A considerable amount of information now exists about students' academic strengths and weaknesses, and the momentum to build and improve data systems is increasing at a rapid pace. In fall 2008, the Council of the Great City Schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Decision Making, Best Practices
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1976
Although many agree that institutional research in higher education has come of age and is accepted as a part of institutional management, great variations exist in the extent to which institutional research findings are synthesized and utilized in management decision-making. A number of reasons can be identified as accounting for this phenomenon,…
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Institutional Research, Postsecondary Education
Dillman, Duane H.; Cook, Desmond L. – 1969
Simulation is defined as a training exercise for administrators to develop decision-making skills in applying management processes and concepts in the areas of educational program and project management. A simulation exercise, comprising about half of a 1-week training program, was tested with almost 200 participants over a period of 15 months.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Decision Making, Educational Research
COOK, DESMOND L. – 1966
THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE CONCEPTS OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, THE PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT), AND THE POTENTIAL VALUE THAT PERT HAS FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING. THE DISCUSSION OF PLANNING IS LIMITED TO SHORT-RUN EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. THE NATURE OF PERT IS DISCUSSED AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO PLANNING IS ESTABLISHED. SEVERAL BENEFITS…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Critical Path Method, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Saupe, Joe L. – 1981
The nature and purpose of institutional research (IR), forms of research, and the function of IR in the organizational structures of colleges and universities are examined. Institutional research is defined as research conducted within a higher education institution to provide information that supports institutional planning, policy formulation,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Higher Education
Marcussen, Jack I.; Calendine, Jerry – 1970
The purpose of this evaluation-research training program was to involve local program evaluators in training activities that would increase evaluation competencies for the consequent improvement of instructional programs at the local level. Superintendents and school board members met to discuss the roles of research and evaluation and their…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Lohmann, David – 1998
This paper reports on a project to create and integrate an institutional research function into the executive-level policy decision making process at a private university. The paper identifies ten problems that needed to be overcome; they include: timeliness, consideration of qualitative factors, the limited scope of institutional research…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Governance, Governing Boards
Van Ausdle, Steven L. – 1980
A survey of 35 two-year colleges with exemplary institutional planning systems was conducted to determine the present status of institutional planning and to develop a conceptually sound planning process model. The 35 colleges were asked to complete a survey instrument focusing on over 250 variables; 32 colleges responded. Survey results indicated…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, College Administration, College Planning
SHAW, ALVIE L. – 1967
THIS STUDY'S PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE (1) THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION OF RESEARCH DIRECTOR IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE FIFTY STATES, (2) DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR'S POSITION, AND (3) THE NATURE OF THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR'S JOB. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Behavioral Sciences
Matsen, Marie E. – 1993
This study builds on an earlier one in which the role of institutional researchers in providing computer information systems (CIS) data to administrators was investigated. To examine the relationship between college culture and the role of institutional researchers as either providers of information or interpreters of data, a study was conducted…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Hamberg, Ron L. – 1978
While rapid shifts in the composition of student populations and increased governmental demands for accountability have underscored the importance of institutional research (IR) in community college management, most adminstrative literature still conceptualizes IR as a cybernetic, neutral, data collection function initiated in response to the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Frost, Jacqueline; Dalrymple, Margaret; Wang, Mindy – 1998
Institutional researchers play a key role in an environment where data warehouses are used to store and retrieve vast amounts of data. Along with the benefits of increased access for more users, improved reporting capabilities, and less reliance on centralized information, come questions of appropriate data usage, data access and security,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Management Systems
