For preventing higher education institutions in America, from being burdened by tuition-dependency and “small” endowments, and for making higher education beneficial to its students. In November, 2015, Moody’s Investors Service released its latest melancholy forecast for tuition-dependent, private non-profit colleges and universities: “It’s going to be another year of lacklusterContinue Reading
Standing Next to a Mountain Vox recently published a piece in its Business and Finance section speculating on the conditions in which “online instruction could begin to overtake traditional higher education” from the perspective of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, in 2030. Alexander Holt, a policy analyst with the EducationContinue Reading
“Search for a Paradigm” draws to a conclusion a series of essays on the state of higher education and scholarship on institutional research that shape the mission and values of Historia|Research. As a more concise statement of the argument, and to suggest a reading order as an alternative to theContinue Reading
Introduction In one respect, institutional researchers have begun the process of reorganization to reshape the profession in a fashion that is more consistent with its roots in the practices of social science. The Association for Higher Education Effectiveness (AHEE) advocates for an integrated institutional effectiveness office that encompasses areas thatContinue Reading
