Modalities of Institutional Research in Volkswein's Golden Triangle and the Types of Scientific Research Questions

Institutional Effectiveness Today One is not trained to be an institutional researcher, but rather becomes an institutional researcher. The Wikipedia page for Institutional Research suggests, in the section labeled, “Becoming an Institutional Researcher,” that “[t]here is no single academic degree that qualifies one to be an institutional researcher….”[1] Although mostContinue Reading

Facts and Myths Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than institutional reporting in higher education: in its repetitious cycle, the forms annually emptied, the blank cells filled routinely, year after year, submission by submission. In response to what many regard as the irredeemable chore of external submissions,Continue Reading

The Fundamental Nature of Tuition-Dependent Institutions “Colleges and universities, whether public or private,” Gabriel E. Kaplan stresses, “are embedded within market and political environments that place certain [external] demands and expectations” on higher education executives and internal constituents.[1] In that respect, the fundamental nature of tuition-dependent colleges and universities reflectsContinue Reading