Bill,

Here are a couple of ideas:

For IR master teachers:
What preparation is best for someone who would like to enter a graduate
program preparing for institutional research?
What opportunities could be offered for someone who already has a Ph.D.
in a relevant discipline (e.g., educational administration, psychology,
sociology, business/finance) and wants to move into institutional
research?

For presidents:
What external demands (e.g., accreditation, legislation, societal
shifts) do you foresee having an impact on institutional research in the
next few years?

Feel free to use them as you like.

Bill

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IR Colleagues and Friends,

At next May's San Diego AIR Forum there are going to be two special
panels
involving
1) faculty in Higher Education Administration programs who have taught
lots
of institutional researchers
(e.g., Marv Peterson, Pat Terenzini, George Kuh, Joan Stark, etc.) and
2) college and university presidents.
I've been asked to help formulate questions for the panelists and
would
like to ask for your input.
The few questions I've developed thus far are noted below.
Any thoughts you have on questions to ask these two groups that you
think
would be useful for the audiences
would be very welcome by the end of the day tomorrow (sorry for the
short
timeline).
Thanks a lot.

Bill

Questions for IR Master Teachers

What are the most important areas of knowledge and skills that
institutional researchers or prospective institutional researchers can
gain
from graduate education programs as contrasted with on-the-job
experience?

What current or emerging trends in higher education should
institutional
researchers attend to or better attend to?

Are there things that institutional research can learn from academic
research and vice versa?

Questions for Presidents

Why is institutional research important to you?

What repots, studies, or analyses from institutional research are
particularly useful to you and why?

How can institutional researchers improve their effectiveness?

What should institutional researchers understand about your experiences
and
expectations as presidents that could allow them to support you more
effectively?





Dr. William E. Knight                                   (419) 372-7816
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Dir., Planning and Inst. Research                   (419) 372-7878
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"You don't fatten the pig by weighing it."
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"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can
be
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"Change isn't about solving problems, its about living in a better
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