Center for Higher Education

The Center for Higher Education is a research and policy analysis center focused on higher education issues in Ohio, the Appalachian region, and the nation at large. The Center is located within the College of Education at Ohio University. Viewing the challenges facing higher education today through a multidisciplinary lens, the Center engages faculty, students, and practitioners in examining campus, state, regional, national, and international concerns. The Center is involved in a myriad of activities which include contracted or externally funded research projects, independent research projects, consultation, technical assistance, and other service activities.

Research Fellow

T.J. Duda

The Center for Higher Education is pleased to welcome T.J. Duda as a Research Fellow during Winter quarter 2010. T.J. is a member of Ohio University's Executive Ph.D. program in Higher Education (Cycle IX) and serves on the Mathematics faculty of Columbus State Community College. T.J. received a sabbatical from CSCC to complete his dissertation research, which will focus on Learning Strategies as Predictors of Student Success in Web-Based Developmental Mathematics in Community Colleges.

Publications
Working Paper Series

The Center for Higher Education publishes research papers and essays that reflect multidisciplinary fields, contribute to research on higher education, and enhance dialogue among educators, policy makers, practitioners, and the public.

The Center's Working Paper Series includes papers, original research studies, reflective essays, and major reports generated by Center related research projects. Authors are responsible for the content, and the views and interpretations expressed are not necessarily those of the Center for Higher Education research staff and other affiliated researchers. Questions regarding the content of individual contributions and Center research reports should be directed to the authors. For details about each paper, please click on its title below.

If you would like to receive announcements of new Center for Higher Education papers when they are posted, please contact James Archibald at ja337207@ohio.edu

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2009
Institutional Research in Support of Student and Institutional Success by A. Michael Williford. CHEWP.1.2009 (August 2009).

Abstract: This paper explores the role of institutional researchers in support of student and institutional success. Specifically, Williford addresses the question of whether institutional researchers should advocate for student success. Prior literature in the field of institutional research is largely silent on the subject of advocacy. With the help of several case studies undertaken by the Office of Institutional Research at Ohio University, Williford argues that institutional researchers should be practically-oriented action researchers, active participants in helping their colleges and universities achieve their goals and objectives. Furthermore, as educators, institutional researchers need to be advocates for institutional and student success. They often participate in student assessment, in which the overall goal is improving teaching, learning, and student services.

For more information, please contact:
Center for Higher Education
College of Education
Ohio University
McCracken Hall 138
Athens, OH 45701
Telephone: 740.597.1862
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