Using Performance Indicators to Guide Strategic Decision Making: New Directions for Institutional Research #82 (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research) - Softcover

Borden, Victor M. H.; Trudy W. Banta And Associates

 
9780787999643: Using Performance Indicators to Guide Strategic Decision Making: New Directions for Institutional Research #82 (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research)

Synopsis

In this issue the authors examine the international movement toward the development of performance indicator systems for accountability and improvement in higher education. The goal of this issue is threefold: to provide the reader with an understanding of what has led to the current popularity of indicator systems; to illustrate several possible methods for developing performance indicators; and to synthesize theory and practice into a formulation for a proactive, institution-based approach of indicator development. This is the 82nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research.

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About the Author

VICTOR M. H. BORDEN is director of information management and institutional research and assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

TRUDY W. BANTA is vice chancellor for planning and institutional improvement and professor of higher education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

From the Back Cover

In this issue of New Directions for Institutional Research, the authors examine the international movement toward the development of performance indicator systems for accountability and improvement in higher education. The goal of this volume is threefold: to provide the reader with an understanding of what has led to the current popularity of indicator systems; to illustrate several possible methods for developing performance indicators; and to synthesize theory and practice into a formulation for a proactive, institution-based approach ot indicator development. This is the 82nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

From the Inside Flap

In this issue of New Directions for Institutional Research, the authors examine the international movement toward the development of performance indicator systems for accountability and improvement in higher education. The goal of this volume is threefold: to provide the reader with an understanding of what has led to the current popularity of indicator systems; to illustrate several possible methods for developing performance indicators; and to synthesize theory and practice into a formulation for a proactive, institution-based approach ot indicator development. This is the 82nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Institutional Research. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

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