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D'Allegro, Mary Lou; Zhou, Kai – Association for Institutional Research, 2013
Peer selection based on the similarity of a couple of institutional parameters, by itself, is insufficient. Several other considerations, including clarity of purpose, alignment of institutional information to that purpose, identification of appropriate statistical procedures, review of preliminary peer sets, and the application of additional…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Case Studies, Mixed Methods Research, Institutional Characteristics
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Smith, Daryl G., Ed.; Wolf-Wendel, Lisa E., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2005
It is easier to talk about a desire to create a report card for higher education--to evaluate its success--than to actually do it. While some objective data are available, success also depends upon the choice of relevant criteria. This choice and the interpretation of the data vary depending upon the view one brings to the study. Moreover, it is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Criteria, Selection