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Outsourcing Student Success: The History of Institutional Research and the Future of Higher Education
Joseph H. Wycoff
Historiaresearch Press
2017
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American scholars of higher education-the faculty who study the intellectual, social and economic activity of colleges in the United States-have raised impediments to the scientific study of higher education and frustrated the accumulation of knowledge about what works for college student success for over fifty years.At its inception in the early twentieth century, the field of institutional research aspired to apply scientific principles to the study of higher education and its administration. During the first fifty years of its practice, the field developed on a trajectory similar to other social sciences during the twentieth century, fostering more complex and rigorous studies of college success while also guiding statewide research on student access.By the mid-1960s, when system-wide improvements gained traction across the nation, a growing body of academic literature on higher education decried institutional research as a threat to traditional prerogatives of faculty at the local institutions.Prominent scholars of higher education called for "an academic orientation...bolstering the point of view of the faculty." By the mid-1970s, this group gained control of the national associations for the study of higher education and the organizations subsequently dismissed institutional research-the scientific study of higher education-as an obsolete or misguided line of inquiry.Over the next forty years, scholars associated with the national organizations argued that higher education institutions are intractably unique and, therefore, studies of colleges and universities do not lead to generalizations that support the accumulation of knowledge or the advancement of a social science.Higher education scholarship, they claimed, "should not be expected to produce knowledge of pervasive and lasting significance" and research on higher education "is more an art than a science."As Clark Kerr famously declared, "the essential conservatism of faculty members about their own affairs" dominates the governance of American college campuses.Faculty's financial well-being, institutional stature, academic freedom, and influence on state policies are inextricably connected to how much American families, students, citizens, politicians, and policymakers support higher education. Conversely, Americans' understanding of higher education unavoidably depends on the faculty who study and publish academic works on student learning and university administration. Thus, faculty has a vested interest in the areas of investigation and conclusions drawn from academic research on the nature of higher education.Outsourcing Student Success asks important questions about the future of higher education in light of this interdependency: How have scholars of higher education coped with the inherent conflict of interest in their scholarship? How have faculty in higher education used and abused the entitlement to write the scholarship about their own affairs?Today, the "essential conservatism of faculty" and the conflict of interests in higher education scholarship threaten to force university administrators to outsource a fundamental mission of higher learning-college student success-to private sector vendors of data science. As one recent study of the nation's public higher education systems concluded, "The overall ability of colleges]...to use data to look at issues affecting many of the cross-cutting issues of the day-such as the connections between resource use and student success-is nascent at best." Outsourcing Student Success brings to light the troubled history of institutional research over the past one hundred years, providing a lens through which to examine how the conservatism and conflicts of interest among faculty scholars has diverted the course of knowledge accumulation for what works for American higher education and its administration.
Arcane Cage: Being a Historical Narrative of Fantastic Events during the Decline and Fall of The Provenance
Joseph H. Wycoff
Historia-Research Press
2018
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An untested, urban cleric who is charged with the investigation of a missing merchant at a remote outpost on the border of a draconic wilderness. A half-elf ranger who senses a growing threat to the peaceful co-existence of the diverse communities in the region. A "half-grown" druid who can take the shape of ferocious beasts in battle or birds of prey to surveil the land. A mercenary rogue who plays both sides of an impending conflict for personal enrichment. A long-lived elf whose knowledge of magic and arcane cultures has been accumulated over centuries. A half-gnoll barbarian who becomes the champion of an ancient and free world.These are just a handful of the extraordinary characters found in this sweeping history of the decline and fall of the Provenance, the ancient "empire for liberty" that dominated the known world during the Arcane Age.Siddrah and her fascinating companions come alive in the stories captured by her official reports and personal notes regarding the investigation of the missing merchant. Suspicious events at the treacherous outpost soon force the cleric to go underground in order to complete her mission with the help of a small but powerful group of arcanists who conjure fantastic abilities. These late heroes of the Arcane Age discover dark secrets hidden since the earliest origins of world civilization.An epic fantasy novel that re-imagines magical realism and pushes the limits of worldbuilding, the narrative enlarges the monumental historical plot to include events unfolding over two thousands years and offers insightful context that engenders greater apprehension for the growing threat to peace and prosperity during the cleric's lifetime.A cross- or hybrid genre historical fantasy, Arcane Cage exposes the renegade forces at large that to this day devise the return of humankind to a preternatural dark age of captivity and self-tutelage.
Honors of Inequality is a historical analysis of the origins and key contributions to the scholarship about American higher education authored by tenured faculty and professional scholars during the last half of the twentieth century. Higher education--as an organized discipline or field of study--is a relatively recent invention in the history of colleges and universities. Historians trace the origins of the modern university to the medieval era in Europe about 1,000 years ago. The professional associations of the modern disciplines for historians, economists, sociologists, and other social scientists first organized in the late 1800s, or about 150 years ago. By comparison, the academic study of higher education as an institutional or cultural phenomenon is much more recent, arguably the 1950s. More exactly, the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) formed less than fifty years ago, 1976.Simply put, the origins of the university and the modern professional associations for the social sciences differ markedly from the origins of higher education as a field of study and an area of scholarly expertise.The historical dating alone suggests that the formal organization of higher education as a field of study has little to do with the general principles of higher learning cultivated by universities over centuries and the investigation of the human condition advanced by social science paradigms over the one-and-one-half centuries. Why, for instance, did universities neglect to study the nature of higher learning as a distinct branch of the liberal arts or as a discipline akin to medicine, law, or theology during the first several centuries of their existences? How did the social scientists and scholars who first organized professional academic organizations in the late 1800s overlook higher learning as a foundational social and cultural phenomenon akin to history, economics, political science, and sociology in the human condition?It is no accident that higher education as a field of study emerged in the decade following the professional organization of administrative researchers, the implementation of the 1960 California Master Plan, and the student unrest on American campuses during the 1960s. The power to define what is and is not scholarship about higher education as a field of study presented a welcomed opportunity for faculty to exercise their profound influence over the direction of college and university administration after 1970. Honors of Inequality offers a critical history of this new field of study, uncovering the ideological, political, social, and cultural values motivating early scholars. Its historical account of campus politics offers insights--to college-goers, parents, faculty, administrators, policymakers, legislators, and the many other stakeholders in higher education--into the reasons that colleges remain powerful instruments for shaping social and economic inequality in the twenty-first century.
Why can it be so difficult to be around someone with a serious illness? Something lurks deep within us, urging us to avoid someone seriously ill. A Sick Prejudice explores our innermost fears, primal emotions, and biases when we get into illness situations. It reveals the flawed reasoning and escape tactics that naturally arise in us. Joseph McNolty weaves together research with heartfelt stories that span over 15 years of his wife's cancer and his own. He uncovers why there is a "sick prejudice," how it affects us, and how it can make an illness worse. McNolty offers us easy ways to overcome the distressed and exaggerated feelings we can have. We then can create a healing environment for the sick one and an enriching experience for ourselves. More than just a look at the stereo-types and aversions people can have to illness, A Sick Prejudice explores the essential role of sickness in our lives and the personal growth that can come from the experience.
Excavations at Pueblo Pardo, Central New Mexico
Joseph H. Toulouse; Robert L. (Robert Lloyd) Stephenson
Hassell Street Press
2021
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excavations at Pueblo Pardo, Central New Mexico
Joseph H. Toulouse; Robert L. (Robert Lloyd) Stephenson
Hassell Street Press
2021
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Rapid Determination of the Order of Chemical Reactions From Time-ratio Tables; NBS Technical Note 62
Joseph H. Flynn
Hassell Street Press
2021
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
