ERIC Number: EJ978629
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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Final Words
Bers, Trudy
New Directions for Institutional Research, n153 p89-93 Spr 2012
This final chapter provides observations about institutional research in community colleges derived from the preceding chapters and the issue editors' own experiences. Taken as a whole, the chapters in this issue, as well as the editors' experiences, suggest several observations about institutional research in community colleges. These include the accountability movement, understaffed institutional research offices, reporting versus research, fugitive literature, professional development, and commonalities with institutional research in four-year colleges and universities.
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Accountability, Resource Staff, Activism, Summative Evaluation, Educational Research, Professional Development, Research Reports, Institutional Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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