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Global issues in institutional research / Angel Calderon, Karen L. Webber, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions for institutional research ; number 157 (Spring 2013)
- New directions for institutional research ; no. 157
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Research.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2013.
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- All around the world, postsecondary institutions are facing competitive environments, declining resources, and changing societal needs. Institutions are affected by globalization, state and local government needs, economic restructuring, information technology, and student and staff mobility. Institutional researchers have a critical role to play in addressing these issues. In this volume, we have embedded the practice of IR as experienced globally. We brought together a discussion that is delivered from multiple perspectives, but fundamentally one that draws from the collaborative ef
- Contents:
- 1. Institutional research in light of internationalization, growth, and competition / Barrett J. Taylor, Karen L. Webber, Gerrie J. Jacobs
- 2. Institutional research in emerging countries of Southern Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa : global frameworks and local practices / Lis Lange, F. Mauricio Saavedra, Jeanine Romano
- 3. Challenges in developing data collection systems in a rapidly evolving higher education environment / Victor M.H. Borden [and four others]
- 4. The evolution and practice of institutional research / John Taylor, Martin Hanlon, Mantz Yorke
- 5. Institutional research in the future : challenges within higher education and the need for excellence in professional practice / Angel Calderon, Charles Mathies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "ISSN: 0271-0579."
- ISBN:
- 9781118714867
- 1118714865
- 9781118714812
- 1118714814
- OCLC:
- 849948629
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