The Lost Potential of Institutional Research: Insights from 'Outsourcing Student Success'

11/14/24 • 23 min

In this episode of the World of Higher Education podcast, host Alex Usher is joined by Joseph Wycoff, author of 'Outsourcing Student Success: The History of Institutional Research and the Future of Higher Education'. They dive into the unique and underappreciated field of institutional research within higher education institutions. Wycoff explores the origins, development, and deprofessionalization of institutional research, its struggle for recognition as a science, and its impact on higher education policy and management. The discussion also covers the tension between institutional researchers and academia, the comparison with the role of librarians, and the consequences of institutional research's path over the past century.

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