Applying Economics to Institutional Research

Name: Applying Economics to Institutional Research
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ISBN: 9780787995768

ISBN-10: 0787995762

ISBN-13: 9780787995768

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael B. Paulsen, Robert K. Toutkoushian, IR Staff

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From the Editors The field of economics has the potential to greatly inform our understanding of higher education, and hence institutional research. In this volume of New Directions for Institutional Research, we provide an overview of the many ways that eco-nomic concepts, models, and methods have been, and can be, applied to higher education problems encountered in institu-tional research. The chapter authors are uniquely qualified to provide this perspective: all are higher education researchers who have received graduate training in economics and have substantial experience working directly in institutional research. The chapters in this volume focus on the economists perspective on…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Notes




Overview of Economic Concepts, Models, and Methods for Institutional Research



This chapter provides an introduction to economics and how economists approach their work, and it addresses the relevance of economics for institutional research



Applying Economics to Institutional Research on Higher Education Revenues



This chapter examines the economic concepts related to how revenues are generated by institutions of higher education-and how institutional researchers can use this information in their work



Using Economic Concepts in Institutional Research on Higher Education Costs



This chapter examines how marginal and average costs, and variable and fixed costs, are interpreted for colleges and universities and how these concepts can be used to inform policymaking and institutional research applications



Using Economic Concepts to Inform Enrollment Management



This chapter illustrates how economic concepts can be used by institutional researchers who are involved in the enrollment management functions at their institutions



Economic Contributions to Institutional Research on Faculty



This chapter describes how economic theories, models, and reasoning can help shape institutional research work related to faculty



Economics and Institutional Research: Expanding the Connections and Applications



This chapter briefly reviews the key contributions of economics to IR in the past and the present and then provides examples and recommendations for expanding the connections between economics and institutional research through new and/or extended uses of public sector economics in future IR applications


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