caa a22 4500 477138446 CHVBK 20180405111725.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1024907527884 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1024907527884 Delaney Anne aut The Role of Institutional Research in Higher Education: Enabling Researchers to Meet New Challenges [Elektronische Daten] [Anne Delaney] Based on a survey of 243 New England colleges and universities, this article is designed to contribute to an understanding of the current and projected roles of institutional research and to discuss the implications of these roles for the education and training of future institutional researchers. Results from this study reveal the strongest relationships between the institution's size and the scope of the institutional research function, the reporting relationship, and the size and the qualifications of the institutional research staff. Multivariate analysis identifies the size of the institutional staff and the qualifications of the institutional director as significant predictors of involvement in planning and policy studies. These data indicate the need to enhance the presence, qualifications, and level of activity of institutional researchers in order to enhance the contribution to institutional decision making particularly among small institutions. Recommendations are offered to achieve these goals and prepare the institutional research profession for the challenges confronting higher education now and in the 21st century. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1997 Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/1(1997-02-01), 1-16 0361-0365 38:1<1 1997 38 11162 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024907527884 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024907527884 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Delaney Anne aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 38/1(1997-02-01), 1-16 0361-0365 38:1<1 1997 38 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer