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Unique Campus Contexts Insights for Research and Assessment

Author : Jason E. Lane
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Unique Campus Contexts Insights for Research and Assessment written by Jason E. Lane and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes what we know about professional schools, transnational campuses, proprietary schools, religious institutions, and corporate universities. As the fabric of higher education becomes more complex and as students take advantage of these specialized educational environments, conducting meaningful and relevant research becomes a challenge. The volume authors argue for the importance of educational context and debunk the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment and evaluation. Each chapter examines the critical areas in need of attention and the implications for institutional research and outcomes assessment. Those approaching the challenge of research and policy analysis within this collage of diverse institutions and distinctive student populations will find this volume to be a valuable guide. This is the 124th issue of the quarterly report New Directions for Institutional Research.

You Are a Data Person

Author : Amelia Parnell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000978699
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book You Are a Data Person written by Amelia Parnell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internal and external pressure continues to mount for college professionals to provide evidence of successful activities, programs, and services, which means that, going forward, nearly every campus professional will need to approach their work with a data-informed perspective.But you find yourself thinking “I am not a data person”.Yes, you are. Or can be with the help of Amelia Parnell.You Are a Data Person provides context for the levels at which you are currently comfortable using data, helps you identify both the areas where you should strengthen your knowledge and where you can use this knowledge in your particular university role.For example, the rising cost to deliver high-quality programs and services to students has pushed many institutions to reallocate resources to find efficiencies. Also, more institutions are intentionally connecting classroom and cocurricular learning experiences which, in some instances, requires an increased gathering of evidence that students have acquired certain skills and competencies. In addition to programs, services, and pedagogy, professionals are constantly monitoring the rates at which students are entering, remaining enrolled in, and leaving the institution, as those movements impact the institution’s financial position.From teaching professors to student affairs personnel and beyond, Parnell offers tangible examples of how professionals can make data contributions at their current and future knowledge level, and will even inspire readers to take the initiative to engage in data projects.The book includes a set of self-assessment questions and a companion set of action steps and available resources to help readers accept their identity as a data person. It also includes an annotated list of at least 20 indicators that any higher education professional can examine without sophisticated data analyses.

Research in the College Context

Author : Frances K. Stage
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317580109
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Research in the College Context written by Frances K. Stage and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in the College Context, 2nd Edition provides faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers in the college environment with a manual of diverse approaches and methods for researching higher education and college students. The text offers the reader a variety of qualitative and quantitative research tools including interviewing, surveys, mixed methods, focus groups, visual methods, participatory action research, policy analysis, document analysis and historical methods, secondary data analysis, and use of large national data sets. This revised edition provides readers with current and innovative methodological tools needed to research the complex issues facing higher education today. Each technique is thoroughly presented with accompanying examples, advice for designing research projects, and tips for data collection, analysis, and dissemination of results. Clearly organized and accessible, this volume is the essential guide for experienced and novice researchers.

Conducting Institutional Research in Non-Campus-Based Settings

Author : Robert K. Toutkoushian
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Conducting Institutional Research in Non-Campus-Based Settings by : Robert K. Toutkoushian

Download or read book Conducting Institutional Research in Non-Campus-Based Settings written by Robert K. Toutkoushian and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding the understanding of the nature of institutional research, this volume documents alternative ways that it is currently being carried out beyond the confines of a traditional campus-based IR office. Chapters show how institutional research is being conducted by public university system offices, state higher education coordinating boards, institutional-affiliated research offices, and higher education consultants. Chapter topics discussed include: Developing a Statewide Student Tracking Tool The Role of Consultants in Institutional Research Collaborating on State-Level Institutional Research in New Hampshire: NH Paper Using College Board Data to Examine Trends in New Hampshire's College-Bound Students Virginia Improves Teaching and Learning (VITAL): A Comprehensive Statewide Data System for Teacher Quality Confronting Ambiguity, Anarchy, and Crisis in Insitutional Research: Using Student Unit Record Databases in Extra-Institutional Research. Because these entities often do not have ready access to campus-specific data, they must be creative in finding ways to obtain data and information that enable them to provide a value-added function in the field. The chapter authors high-light ways in which these offices acquire and use information for institutional research. This is the 139th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Reframing Persistence Research to Improve Academic Success

Author : Edward P. St. John
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reframing Persistence Research to Improve Academic Success written by Edward P. St. John and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-07-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research proposes and tests new approaches to institutional research (IR) that attempt to break down barriers to academic success, particularly focusing on minority students, working students, and others in nontraditional circumstances. The chapters in this volume review prior research on best practices as well as evaluations of retention programs and persistence by students of color, then go on to propose and test new approaches to assessment, action research, action inquiry, and evaluation. Lessons learned from this volume should contribute to strategies used by administrators and faculty for collaborative projects involving IR professionals and other higher education researchers in interventions designed to improve academic success for all students. This is the 130th volume of New Directions for Institutional Research, a quarterly publication published by Jossey-Bass. Access our complete list of New Directions for Institutional Research titles for a wide variety of IR topics.

Enhancing Alumni Research

Author : David J. Weerts
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Enhancing Alumni Research written by David J. Weerts and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing globalization of higher education has made it easy to compare problems, goals and tools associated with conducting alumni research around the world. This volume draws of the perspectives of authors from the United States, German, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands to illustrate the opportunities and challenges of applying alumni research to guide public policy and institutional reform. Topics include: Making an impact with alumni surveys Alumni studies as instruments of public policy: the US experience Increasing potentials of alumni research for curriculum reforms: German Research Institute Measuring competencies of higher education graduates Using alumni research to align program improvement with institutional accountability The emerging uses of alumni research in Spain Alumni studies in the United Kingdom The chapter authors examine ways in which alumni research in the United States and Europe is becoming more relevant to key audiences outside the university and how it is being used to inform important constituencies about the impact, purposes, and successes of higher education. The goal of this volume is to help institutional leaders use alumni research to respond to the increasing demands of state officials, accrediting agencies, employers, potential students, parents, and the general public. This is the 126th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report series New Directions for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Workforce Development and Higher Education

Author : Richard A. Voorhees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Workforce Development and Higher Education written by Richard A. Voorhees and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions

Author : Frances K. Stage
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions written by Frances K. Stage and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume challenges quantitative researchers to become more critical. By providing examples from the work of several prominent researchers, and by offering concrete recommendations, the editor and authors deliver messages that are likely to cause many educational researchers to reexamine their own work. Traditional quantitative research tends to be probabilistic, and often mass the experiences of many subgroups in the population. Most models, framesworks, and findings that appy to the majority of students and faculty may not adequately apply to important subpopulations as defined by their entry status, financial condition, residential origin, sex, ethnicity, and religious orientation. The collective efforts described here will help readers become more sensitive to the nuances among various educational groups, and to pay more attention to outliers. This volume supplies both motivation and analytical support to those who might incorporate criticality into their own quantitative work, as well as to those who wish read critical perspectives with an open mind about what they might find. This is the 133rd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Institutional Research.

Analyzing Faculty Work and Rewards: Using Boyer's Four Domains of Scholarship

Author : John M. Braxton
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Analyzing Faculty Work and Rewards: Using Boyer's Four Domains of Scholarship written by John M. Braxton and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-05-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All those involved in evaluating faculty work and the concomitant faculty rewards system will find this a useful volume Known for their thoughtful scholarship on this topic the chapter authors bring their diverse perspectives to bear on Boyer s four domains the scholarship of discovery the scholarship of application the scholarship of integration and the scholarship of teaching Individual scholars engage in each of these scholarships as their professional roles career stages and research goals change over time Understanding the unique characteristics of the four domains as well as how work in one domain connects with and influences work in another will give readers a map of the broad territory of scholarly activity and recognizes the legitimacy of each different intellectual contribution.

Alternative Perspectives in Institutional Planning

Author : Terry T. Ishitani
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternative Perspectives in Institutional Planning written by Terry T. Ishitani and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional planning is coming to the fore in higher education as states, the federal government, and the public increasingly demand accountability. Institutional researchers, the data stewards for colleges and universities, are becoming involved in such strategic planning, supporting efforts to strengthen institutional efficiency and effectiveness in policymaking. Researchers find that locating, preparing, and presenting necessary data and information for planners is a challenging exercise. In this volume, administrators, consultants, researchers, and scholars provide unique, innovative approaches to that challenge. Some authors introduce program applications and statistical techniques; others share case studies. The variety of perspectives and depths of focus make this a time, useful guide for institutional researchers. This is the 137th volume in the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Institutional Research, sponsored by the Association for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Engaging University Students

Author : Hamish Coates
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9814585637
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Engaging University Students written by Hamish Coates and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides university teachers, leaders and policymakers with evidence on how researchers in several countries are monitoring and improving student engagement—the extent to which students are exposed to and participate in effective educational practices. It captures insights from international implementations of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), developed in the United States. In the last half decade NSSE has been adapted and used in several other countries, producing the largest international collaboration yet involving educationally relevant data on students’ engagement in higher education. Leaders of established national collaborations draw on their experiences with hundreds of institutions to contribute their insights. Framed by their cultural and educational contexts, they discuss issues concerning first-year learners, international students, part-time and distance learners, as well as teaching and leadership in support of student learning. Each chapter outlines strategies based on national case studies and presents perspectives supported by concrete examples of how these have played out in diverse settings. The book suggests mechanisms that can be used by institutions, ministries and quality agencies around the world.

Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education

Author : Larry H. Litten
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education written by Larry H. Litten and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume details sustainability issues in institutional research (IR) and covers: the sustainability challenges we face as institutions, individuals, and the particular need for educational institutions to embrace and address these issues, and why IR needs to be involved in these efforts the perspectives of a corporate executive on the practical benefits of pursuing a sustainability program and the importance of data in doing so sustainability from a university perspective specific resources that IR can use in collecting data relevant to sustainable prosperity.

Emerging Practices for Online Language Assessment, Exams, Evaluation, and Feedback

Author : Gokturk-Saglam, Asli Lidice
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668462281
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Practices for Online Language Assessment, Exams, Evaluation, and Feedback written by Gokturk-Saglam, Asli Lidice and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advancement of digital tools has enabled the development of online language assessments, exams, evaluations, and feedback. Nonetheless, the language assessment literacy required of a teacher today is of a completely different kind, one that is adapted to the digital environment and altered for the pedagogical approaches of our new norm. There is a scarcity of literature addressing the challenges of in-person to online assessments, exams, evaluations, and feedback, particularly in the time of the COVID-19 education crisis. Emerging Practices for Online Language Assessment, Exams, Evaluation, and Feedback investigates the main challenges of online language assessment when migrating from an in-class to an online environment due to academic integrity, adaptation to the new testing environment, technical problems, and anxiety. Covering key topics such as parental involvement, self-assessment, and language learners, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Knowing What Students Know

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309293227
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Knowing What Students Know written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what works and what doesn't work as well. Educational assessment seeks to determine just how well students are learning and is an integral part of our quest for improved education. The nation is pinning greater expectations on educational assessment than ever before. We look to these assessment tools when documenting whether students and institutions are truly meeting education goals. But we must stop and ask a crucial question: What kind of assessment is most effective? At a time when traditional testing is subject to increasing criticism, research suggests that new, exciting approaches to assessment may be on the horizon. Advances in the sciences of how people learn and how to measure such learning offer the hope of developing new kinds of assessments-assessments that help students succeed in school by making as clear as possible the nature of their accomplishments and the progress of their learning. Knowing What Students Know essentially explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment-what students know and how well they know it-as well as the methods used to make inferences about student learning can be made more valid and instructionally useful. Principles for designing and using these new kinds of assessments are presented, and examples are used to illustrate the principles. Implications for policy, practice, and research are also explored. With the promise of a productive research-based approach to assessment of student learning, Knowing What Students Know will be important to education administrators, assessment designers, teachers and teacher educators, and education advocates.

Evaluating Student Learning in Higher Education: Beyond the Public Rhetoric

Author : William H. Rickards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119316693
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Student Learning in Higher Education: Beyond the Public Rhetoric written by William H. Rickards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluation has played a fundamental role throughout the history of higher education. It has been key to institutional missions and for accountability concerns for public funding policy and fiscal oversight. In the last 30 years, there has been focused attention on the quality of education and student learning. Campuses have stepped up their initiatives to evaluate educational outcomes—and communicate these to their constituencies—just as regional, state, and national efforts have emerged regarding assessment of learning outcomes. In this context, various methods and approaches to evaluative inquiry have emerged to support efforts to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of instructional practice and curriculum for higher learning. This edition examines perspectives on evaluation studies addressing higher education learning—from program- to institution-based studies and critiques of practice—to document successes and identify significant challenges that face evaluators and the collaborating educators in the continuing development of higher education. This examination represents both an investigation into the particular insights that evaluative inquiry contributes to the scholarship and practice of higher education and a reflection on the evaluation expertise that can be applied across contexts of professional practice and program development. This is the 151st issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Contexts for Learning

Author : Bruce Keith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781581070866
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Contexts for Learning written by Bruce Keith and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to re-center the conversation on assessment from one focused on assessment-as-evidence to an alternative perspective that emphasizes assessment-as-process. Questions and discussions on assessment that surface routinely in various venues must ultimately come back to a focus on process, with a particular focus on an institution's context and culture. One of the great frustrations often encountered by assessment practitioners in higher education is the realization that published models are not easily imported into their own institutional environments. In working with assessment, they learn that their strategy must be tailored to the specific parameters -- context and culture -- of their own institutions. This realization requires them to design and implement an assessment plan within the established mechanisms (process) employed by their institution to manage change. This suggestion, although intuitively obvious, is a subject often overlooked in conversations about assessment through public dialogues and professional publications.Contexts for Learning is written for several distinct audiences. In bringing together the perspectives of faculty, administrators, and practitioners, the editor tried to balance academic rigor with practical application. Administrators will find value in learning how their counterparts at other institutions have successfully managed the implementation of assessment plans. Faculty, as scholars, will hopefully find that the essays further the professional dialogue on assessment. Faculty, as practitioners, will find value in the utility of the essays as practical suggestions worthy of consideration in their own efforts to manage assessment locally. Finally, students of higher education and organizational behavior will gain insights into the dynamics of higher educational reform through exposure to several new and relevant institutional case studies.

Planning and Assessment in Higher Education

Author : Michael F. Middaugh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118045521
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Planning and Assessment in Higher Education written by Michael F. Middaugh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness In this era of increasing pressure on higher education institutions for accountability, Planning and Assessment in Higher Education is an essential resource for college and university leaders and staff charged with the task of providing evidence of institutional effectiveness. Michael F. Middaugh, a noted expert in the field, shows how colleges and universities can successfully measure student learning and institutional effectiveness and use these results to create more efficient communications with both internal and external constituencies as well as promote institutional effectiveness to support student learning. "How can the assessment of institutional effectiveness be used to provide a solid foundation for planning? Middaugh has crafted a comprehensive, practical guide that also explains what accrediting agencies really want and need to know about these topics." Elizabeth H. Sibolski, executive vice president, Middle States Commission on Higher Education "Only Michael Middaugh, the unquestioned national leader in this field, could write such a lucid overview of how to make institutional assessment and planning really work as a tool rather than as a tedious requirement. He helped invent and shape the focus of national assessment rubrics and now offers his insights into how to make them work for your institution." John C. Cavanaugh, chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education "Middaugh provides extremely helpful and practical guidance and insights on how colleges and universities can use assessment tools and frameworks to improve both academic programs and administrative operations. A valuable and timely book for all higher education leaders." James P. Honan, senior lecturer on education, Harvard Graduate School of Education