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Joseph Wyckoff
Author of Outsourcing Student Success: The History of Institutional Research and the Future of Higher Education, and commentator on the history and professionalization of institutional research in higher education.
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Nov 14, 2024
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The Lost Potential of Institutional Research: Insights from 'Outsourcing Student Success'
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Joseph Wyckoff, author of 'Outsourcing Student Success', sheds light on the often-overlooked field of institutional research. He delves into its origins at the University of Illinois and its evolution amid post-WWII expansion. The conversation covers the tension between faculty and institutional researchers, administrators' hesitance to empower IR, and how a deprofessionalization in the field has stifled scholarly growth. Wyckoff also imagines a world where institutional research achieved recognition comparable to librarianship.
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