Laying the Foundation: Institutional Research Office Organization, Staffing, and Career Development

Autor/inn/en	Leimer, Christina; Terkla, Dawn Geronimo
Titel	Laying the Foundation: Institutional Research Office Organization, Staffing, and Career Development
Quelle	In: New Directions for Institutional Research, (2009) 143, S.43-58 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0579
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Institutional Research; Researchers; Role; Expectation; Employment Opportunities; Personnel Needs; Recruitment; Job Satisfaction; Occupational Mobility; Career Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institutionelle Forschung; Researcher; Forscher; Rollen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Personnel requirement; Personalbedarf; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	Staffing is a fundamental component of effective institutional research, yet determining and securing adequate resources can be difficult. In addition, as was noted in an AIR Forum presentation on the Achieving the Dream project (Rincones and Champion, 2008), even when colleges allocate money for positions they have difficulty finding institutional research practitioners. With new institutional research offices developing, existing offices expanding, long-time practitioners retiring, and demands on institutional research increasing, staffing issues--securing adequate funding; hiring, training, and retaining staff; and providing career development opportunities--will be acute. This chapter addresses three questions. First, what are adequate institutional research staffing levels, and how can institutions achieve them? Second, what skills do institutional researchers need to conduct cutting-edge institutional research? Finally, what do colleges and universities need to do to ensure institutional research professionals' job satisfaction and retention? In addition to answering these questions about the characteristics of the ideal institutional research office of the future, the authors propose their view of its optimal structure and organizational location. (Contains 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10