For example, honors students on full scholarships at regional, tuition-dependent colleges often have degree completions rates similar to all undergraduates at Ivy League institutions. At the same time, to subsidize the honors program, those tuition-dependent colleges charge non-honors students tuition that more closely approaches the list price. In addition toContinue Reading
For I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents… There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class. The natural aristocracyContinue Reading
Note: The following piece on marketing research and social media is co-written with Donnell Wright, VP Strategy & Business Development, Social Intelligence at SDL plc. The proliferation of data science or Big Data analytics presents the field of marketing research with disruptive innovations that most marketing researchers are unprepared toContinue Reading
“Search for a Paradigm” draws to a conclusion a series of essays on the state of higher education and scholarship on institutional research that shape the mission and values of Historia|Research. As a more concise statement of the argument, and to suggest a reading order as an alternative to theContinue Reading
Introduction In one respect, institutional researchers have begun the process of reorganization to reshape the profession in a fashion that is more consistent with its roots in the practices of social science. The Association for Higher Education Effectiveness (AHEE) advocates for an integrated institutional effectiveness office that encompasses areas thatContinue Reading
