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The Big Picture: An Overview
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
The system office for community college institutional research (SOCCIR) plays a role in the drama of higher education that states must orchestrate to help community college systems operate effectively and efficiently over the long term. But how exactly does the SOCCIR enable a state to accomplish what the separate institutional research (IR)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Public Sector
A Firsthand Comparison of a System Office to a College Office
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
System offices for community college institutional research differ in many ways from campus offices for community college institutional research. The other chapters in this volume describe salient characteristics of system IR offices, but many readers may want to see a direct comparison of system IR offices to campus IR offices in the community…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Systems Approach, Comparative Analysis
We Are Not All Legislated Equally: A National Survey of System Offices for Institutional Research
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Hom, Willard C.; Fong-Batkin, LeAnn G. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
The operation of a system office for community college institutional research occurs in a majority of the fifty states, and how states handle institutional research functions can vary for a variety of reasons. In this chapter, the authors review the results of a survey of the fifty states and the District of Columbia to see which states have…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Administrative Organization, Systems Approach
Getting Focused without Cropping the Big Picture: The System Office in California
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Hom, Willard C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research in California. As the system IR office for the largest community college system in the nation, it is often looked to as a leader for other states and community college IR systems. The author notes the office's administrative environment, its staffing and…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Administrative Organization
Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize: Maintaining Priorities in Periods of Transition and Reduction
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Hughes, John – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research (SOCCIR) for the State of Florida. The Division of Florida Colleges has a long history of providing reports that contain information on issues of interest to both the individual members of the system and the public. Fact books have been produced by the office for…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Administrative Organization, Reports
The Benefits of a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Granular Data System for Community and Technical College Institutional Research
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Schoenecker, Craig – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
This chapter describes the system office for community college institutional research for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. What makes this System Offices for Community College Institutional Research (SOCCIR) somewhat different from the others reviewed in this volume is that the Minnesota system IR office has responsibilities for both…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Colleges, Administrative Organization, Governing Boards