Editors Menon, Terkla, and Gibbs present students, academics, researchers, administrators, and policy-makers with a collection of essays and academic articles focused on the reporting, interpreting, and usage of data to assess institutional performance in higher education. The main body of the text is organized in four parts covering the use of data in the planning and management of higher education, marketing and stakeholder data, economics and policy data, and the ethical and correct use of data in higher education. Menon is a faculty member of the University of Cyprus. Terkla is a faculty member of Tufts University, Massachusetts. Paul Gibbs is a faculty member of Middlesex University, UK. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This book provides insights into the use of data as an input in planning and improvement initiatives in higher education. It focuses on uses (and potential abuses) of data in educational planning and policy formulation, examining several practices and perspectives relating to different types of data. The book is intended to address the need for the collection and utilization of data in the attempt to improve higher education both at the systemic and the institutional level.
