Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research [Paperback]

Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Researchprovides readers with the theoretical foundations and innovative perspectives for undertaking qualitative research to influence policy and practice discussions. Well-known chapter authors discuss innovative strategies for investigating complex problems, helping readers understand how research can consider the culture of the institution, administrative hierarchy, students, faculty, and external constituencies. From both an organizational and policy perspective, chapter pairings explore a range of methodologies, including ethnography, case study, critical qualitative inquiry, and the notion of grit. This volume explores how qualitative inquiry can advance understanding of organizational inequities in higher education, and it offers graduate students and educational researchers the tools to improve the organizational function of institutions while contributing to meaningful change.

Table of Contents

Series Editor Introduction

MARYBETH GASMAN

Preface: Examining Higher Education Policy and Organizations through Qualitative Research Methods

PENNY A. PASQUE AND VICENTE M. LECHUGA

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Refocusing Policy and Organization Scholarship on Inequality in American Higher Education: Legacy Lost

EDWARD P. ST. JOHN

Chapter 2 The Utility of Qualitative Research to Inform Public Policy

RANDALL F. CLEMENS AND WILLIAM G. TIERNEY

Chapter 3 The Ethnographic organization: (Critical) Ethnography and the Organizational Analysis of Higher Education

RYAN EVELY GILDERSLEEVE AND BRENDA SIFUENTEZ