Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education Global Contexts and Themes

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 Section I: Institutional Research in Context Institutional Research, Planning and Decision Support in Higher Education Today - Angel Calderon & Karen L. Webber Institutional and Educational Research in Higher Education: Common Origins, Diverging Practices- Victor M. H. Borden & Karen L. Webber Transnational IR Collaborations - Charles Mathies Section II: National and Regional Context of Institutional Research Institutional Research and Planning in Higher Education in the United States and Canada – Gerald W. McLaughlin, Richard D. Howard, and Sandra Bramblett Institutional Research in Europe: A View from the European Association for Institutional Research - Jeroen Huisman, Peter Hoekstra, and Mantz Yorke Decision Support Issues in Central and Eastern Europe - Manja Klemencic, Ninoslav Scukanec, and Janja Komljenovic Institutional Research in the UK and Ireland - Steve Woodfield Strategic Planning and Institutional Research: The Case of Australia - Marian Mahat and Hamish Coates Institutional Research in South Africa in the Service of Strategic and Academic Decision Support - Jan Botha Institutional Research in Latin America – Mauricio Saavedra, María Pita-Carranza, and Pablo Opazo Institutional Research in Asia - Jang Wan Ko Institutional Research and Planning in the Middle East – Diane Nauffal Section III: Themes of Institutional Research Practice Business Intelligence as a Data –based Decision Support System and its Roles in Support of Institutional Research and Planning – Henry Y. Zheng Strategic Planning in a Global University: Big Challenges and Practical Responses - Julie Wells In Light of Globalization, Massification, and Marketization: Some Considerations on the Uses of Data in Higher Education - Angel Calderon Towards a Knowledge Footprint Framework: Initial Baby Steps - Anand Kulkarni, Angel Calderon, & Amber Douglas The Evolution of Institutional Research: Maturity Models of Institutional Research and Decision Support and Possible Directions for the Future - John Taylor Eyes to the Future: Challenges Ahead for Institutional Research and Planning - Karen L Webber

Karen L. Webber is Associate Professor in the Institute of Higher Education at The University of Georgia, USA. Angel J. Calderon is the Principal Advisor of Planning and Research at RMIT University, Australia.