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Puusa, Anu; Kekäle, Jouni – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
This article presents a qualitative case study based on an analysis of the outcomes and meanings attributed by university academics to an institutional merger, from the perspective of organisational identity. The change process may have broadened the "us and them" gap that exists between those responsible for university leadership and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, College Faculty, Institutional Characteristics
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Conner, Jerusha O. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
Not all research projects progress according to plan. When a project culminates in a published piece that the research participants do not support, what are the effects and for how long do they endure? Using a retrospective case study, this article explores what memory can teach us about the long-term ramifications of research conducted in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Participation, Colleges, High Schools
Pritchett, Mark S. – 1990
This paper presents a comprehensive case analysis of formal environmental scanning processes in three different institutions of higher education. The study focuses on how environmental scanning activities are organized and used to support institutional planning and decision-making. Special emphasis is placed on describing how environmental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Decision Making, Higher Education
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; Skinner, Elizabeth Fisk – 1990
This book presents a comprehensive model of how institutions adapt to improve the environments they provide African American, Hispanic, and American Indian students without relinquishing historical standards. The model is based on the experiences of ten institutions that have graduated higher numbers of minority students as compared to their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, American Indians, Black Students