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The Role of Institutional Research: From Improvement to Redesign

✍ Scribed by Marvin W. Peterson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Weight: 99 KB
Volume: 1999
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-0579
DOI: 10.1002/ir.10408

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✦ Synopsis

Any discussion of the historical evolution and future direction of institutional research inevitably reflects the unique perspective each author brings to the task. The authors of the previous chapters have each provided theirs. In this chapter, I incorporate three perspectives: professional self-reflection, institutional adaptation, and higher education as an industry.

First, professional self-reflection, examining the role and function of institutional research (IR), has been a major preoccupation of this field ever since the first national forum in 1961. What is IR? What is its institutional role? How is it defined? What are its primary functions and activities? How is it organized? What skills and expertise does it require? Is it a profession? These have all been the focus of continual debate in our forums, our workshops, and our publications. Our literature reflects the endless debate over the nature and role of institutional research. The role has been variously described as a management service function (Brumbaugh

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