Collaboration between student affairs and institutional researchers to improve institutional effectiveness
By: J. Worth Pickering, Gary R. Hanson, editors.
Contributors: Pickering, James Worth.; Hanson, Gary R.
Series: New directions for institutional research -- no. 108; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Student affairs services; Education, Higher -- Research
Other titles: Collaboration to improve institutional effectiveness
Description: "The purpose of this volume is to inform institutional researchers about the nature of research in student affairs and encourage collaboration among them to enhance our research efforts and provide more thorough information on institutional effectiveness to institutional decision makers. Chapters in this volume focus on defining the field of student affairs research, reviewing the major groups of theories that guide student affairs research, debating the merits of qualitative versus quantitative methods, identifying creative methods for disseminating results, exploring examples of the best practices in student affairs research, and presenting a discussion between a student affairs researcher and an institutional researcher as to how they approach research in their office. The concluding chapter examines the question of whether institutional research, student affairs research, and assessment offices would be more efficient and effective if merged into an office of institutional effectiveness."--Jacket.
Notes: "Winter 2000."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Student affairs research : the work we do -- Gary R. Hanson, Gypsy M. Denzine; title: Using student development theory to inform institutional research -- Patricia M. King, Mary F. Howard-Hamilton; title: Overview of student affairs research methods : qualitative and quantitative -- Emily J. Perl, Denise F. Noldon; title: Making things happen in higher education : dissemination of student affairs research results -- S. Leellen Brigman, Gary R. Hanson; title: Best practices in student affairs research -- Kris M Smith, Peter C. Mather; title: Slicing the pie : institutional research, assessment, and student affairs research-- J. Worth Pickering, Martha Smith Sharpe-- Conclusion /-- J. Worth Pickering, Gary R. Hanson.