Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education: Global Contexts and Themes [Paperback]

Globalization, demographic shifts, increase in student enrollments, rapid technological transformation, and market-driven environments are altering the way higher education operates today. Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education explores the impact of these changes on decision support and the nature of institutional research in higher education. Bringing together a diverse set of global contributors, this volume covers contemporary thinking on the practices of academic planning and its impact on key issues such as access, institutional accountability, quality assurance, educational policy priorities, and the development of higher education data systems.

Foreword  Randy L Swing

1. Institutional Research, Planning and Decision Support in Higher Education Today - Angel Calderon & Karen L. Webber
2. Institutional and Educational Research in Higher Education: Common Origins, Diverging Practices- Victor M. H. Borden & Karen L. Webber
3. Transnational IR Collaborations - Charles Mathies

Section II: National and Regional Context of Institutional Research

4. Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education in the United States and Canada  Gerald W. McLaughlin, Richard D. Howard, and Sandra Bramblett
5. Institutional Research in Europe: A View from the European Association for Institutional Research - Jeroen Huisman, Peter Hoekstra, and Mantz Yorke