Full Description
Globalization, demographic shifts, increase in student enrollments, rapid technological transformation, and market-driven environments are altering the way higher education operates today. Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education explores the impact of these changes on decision support and the nature of institutional research in higher education. Bringing together a diverse set of global contributors, this volume covers contemporary thinking on the practices of academic planning and its impact on key issues such as access, institutional accountability, quality assurance, educational policy priorities, and the development of higher education data systems.
Contents
Foreword - Randy L Swing
Section I: Institutional Research in Context
Institutional Research, Planning and Decision Support in Higher Education Today - Angel Calderon & Karen L. Webber
Institutional and Educational Research in Higher Education: Common Origins, Diverging Practices- Victor M. H. Borden & Karen L. Webber
Transnational IR Collaborations - Charles Mathies
Section II: National and Regional Context of Institutional Research
Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education in the United States and Canada - Gerald W. McLaughlin, Richard D. Howard, and Sandra Bramblett
Institutional Research in Europe: A View from the European Association for Institutional Research - Jeroen Huisman, Peter Hoekstra, and Mantz Yorke
Decision Support Issues in Central and Eastern Europe - Manja Klemencic, Ninoslav Scukanec, and Janja Komljenovic
Institutional Research in the UK and Ireland - Steve Woodfield
Strategic Planning and Institutional Research: The Case of Australia - Marian Mahat and Hamish Coates
Institutional Research in South Africa in the Service of Strategic and Academic Decision Support - Jan Botha
Institutional Research in Latin America - Mauricio Saavedra, María Pita-Carranza, and Pablo Opazo
Institutional Research in Asia - Jang Wan Ko
Institutional Research and Planning in the Middle East - Diane Nauffal
Section III: Themes of Institutional Research Practice
Business Intelligence as a Data -based Decision Support System and its Roles in Support of Institutional Research and Planning - Henry Y. Zheng
Strategic Planning in a Global University: Big Challenges and Practical Responses - Julie Wells
In Light of Globalization, Massification, and Marketization: Some Considerations on the Uses of Data in Higher Education - Angel Calderon
Towards a Knowledge Footprint Framework: Initial Baby Steps - Anand Kulkarni, Angel Calderon, & Amber Douglas
The Evolution of Institutional Research: Maturity Models of Institutional Research and Decision Support and Possible Directions for the Future - John Taylor
Eyes to the Future: Challenges Ahead for Institutional Research and Planning - Karen L Webber
