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Fetterman, David M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
Internal institutional auditing can improve effectiveness and efficiency and protect an institution's assets. Many of the concepts and techniques used to analyze higher education institutions are qualitative in nature and suited to institutional research, including fiscal, operational, data-processing, investigative, management consulting,…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), College Administration, College Libraries, Consultants

McLaughlin, Josetta S.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
Concerns about published comparisons of colleges and universities are organized into a framework to guide further research. A systematic method for addressing specific issues about the guides is presented, and the environment in which the guides are used is examined. Research needed to assure that the guides make a valued contribution and are fair…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing

Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1994
The Total Quality Management approach is used as a framework for a discussion of methodological issues related to diversity in higher education, including classification of race and ethnic information, data aggregation, and use of several key indicators (access to college, persistence, and student progress). (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Classification, College Environment

Seppanen, Loretta J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
College and university institutional researchers can use unemployment insurance wage and related files to describe and compare students' workplace status before, during, and after enrollment. However, some issues must be addressed, including data delays, uncovered employment and other work status, confidentiality of records, information…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Confidential Records