A Focus on IR and Decision Support in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and The Netherlands

James J. Williams; David Kane

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71162-1_10

A Focus on IR and Decision Support in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and The Netherlands

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Institutional research takes place in Ireland, the UK, Netherlands, and Germany and is a significant activity because decision making by institution leaders is informed by data collection; certainly teaching and learning is evidence-based rather than what academics think ?ought to be the case?; services and facilities are changed on the basis of evidence; even (at least in theory) staff and student satisfaction is taken into account during improvement processes. However, IR is currently not recognized as a discrete activity, resulting in institutional research being done by lots of different groups, internal and external; rather than by a centralized office. Knowledge-building with senior administrators about IR, additional professional development for practitioners, and coordinated thinking will strengthen IR and decision support in the region.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Capacity in Institutional Research and Decision Support in Higher Education
Editors	K.L. Webber
Place of Publication	Rotterdam
Publisher	Springer
ISBN (Print)	9783319711614
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71162-1_10
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 2 Feb 2018

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