The Four Faces of Institutional Research
New Directions for Institutional ResearchPublished 1 December 1999
J. Fredericks Volkwein
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Abstract This chapter summarizes some of the conflicts faced by institutional researchers and presents a typology of four overlapping yet distinguishable types of IR purposes and roles: to describe the institution, to analyze alternatives, to present the best case, and to supply impartial evidence.
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