Improving Skills and Capabilities in the Conduct of Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions

提高高等教育机构开展机构研究的技能和能力

• 批准号: 1342448
• 负责人: Jason Lewis
• 金额: $ 62.74万
• 依托单位: Association for Institutional Research
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1342448&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Skills; Capabilities; Conduct; Institutional

This project increases the capacity of individuals to use higher education data at the institution, state, and federal levels; encourages innovative ways for studying higher education; and facilitates the dissemination of research findings to the higher education community, as well as the general public. Through grant awards and face-to-face training, AIR promotes the contribution that National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datasets make in setting higher education policy, theory, and practice; enhances understanding about methodological and technological issues relevant to large-scale national data collections; and fosters collaboration between the higher education community and government agencies. In addition, the grantee's partnership with the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) promotes research focused on increasing the understanding and knowledge of specific issue areas, selected annually by NPEC. The grant and training opportunities are targeted to institutional researchers, faculty, and doctoral students, who conduct research about American postsecondary education -- including trends in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) -- and who use national data to inform campus and national higher education practices. Faculty and practitioners are eligible for competitive research grants of up to $40,000 for one year of independent research, while doctoral students are eligible for dissertation grants of up to $20,000 for one year to support dissertation research and writing under the guidance of a faculty dissertation advisor. As part of the project award, an annual summer institute (The National Data Institute: Using Federal Data to Support Research on Science, Engineering, and Postsecondary Education) will provide an intensive introduction to NSF and NCES datasets and research methodologies using large-scale national data sources. The Institute is a hands-on face-to-face workshop with speakers from NSF, NCES, and other national higher education organizations. Both the grant program and Institute incorporate competitive, national proposal processes with previous participants and higher education experts serving as reviewers. The broader implications for these activities are in providing research based information to assist colleges and universities in improving graduation and completion rates of students, especially in STEM careers. Grant recipients are required to present their research at AIR's annual conference and these materials, as well as final reports, are made available to the general public on AIR's website. Studies funded through AIR's grant program are regularly presented at national higher education conferences and published in the most respected journals in higher education. National dissemination through conferences, publications, and the internet provides researchers, practitioners, and scholars outside higher education opportunities to review these innovative contributions to the field of education through lens of NSF and NCES data.

该项目提高了个人在机构，州和联邦一级使用高等教育数据的能力；鼓励研究高等教育的创新方式；并促进向高等教育社区以及公众传播研究结果。通过赠款奖和面对面的培训，空气促进了国家科学基金会（NSF）和国家教育统计中心（NCES）数据集在制定高等教育政策，理论和实践方面做出的贡献；增强对与大规模国家数据收集有关的方法论和技术问题的理解；并促进了高等教育社区与政府机构之间的合作。此外，受赠人与国家高等教育合作社（NPEC）的合作促进了研究的重点是增加NPEC每年选择特定问题领域的理解和知识。赠款和培训机会针对的是机构研究人员，教职员工和博士生，他们对美国的高等教育进行了研究，包括科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的趋势，并使用国家数据为校园和国家高等教育实践提供了信息。教师和从业人员有资格获得一年的独立研究的竞争性研究赠款，而博士生则有资格获得一年最高20,000美元的论文赠款，以在教师论文顾问的指导下支持论文研究和写作。作为项目奖的一部分，年度暑期研究所（国家数据研究所：使用联邦数据支持科学，工程和高等教育研究）将对NSF和NCES数据集和研究方法进行大量介绍，并使用大型国家数据来源进行研究。该研究所是一个面对面的动手面对面研讨会，由NSF，NCE和其他国家高等教育组织的演讲者进行。赠款计划和研究所都将竞争性的国家提案程序与以前的参与者和高等教育专家一起担任审核者。对这些活动的广泛含义在于提供基于研究的信息，以帮助大学和大学改善学生的毕业和完成率，尤其是在STEM职业中。赠款收件人必须在AIR的年度会议上介绍他们的研究，这些材料以及最终报告可向Air的公众提供。通过AIR的赠款计划资助的研究定期在国家高等教育会议上介绍，并在高等教育中最受尊敬的期刊上发表。通过会议，出版物和互联网传播的国家传播为研究人员，从业人员和学者提供了高等教育的机会，可以通过NSF和NCES数据来审查对教育领域的这些创新贡献。