Institutional Research Law and Legal Definition
The sum total of all activities describing the full range of functions at a college or university comes under institutional research. All the educational and administrative functions as well as all internal and external environments are integrated in institutional research. In a broader sense, institutional research is an extensive kind of activity performed at colleges and universities to inform campus decision-making and planning in the areas of: admissions, financial aid, curriculum, enrollment management, staffing, student life, finance, facilities, alumni relations, and athletics.
Institutional researchers collect, analyze, report data on the institution's students, faculty, staff, curriculum, and course offerings. The information is usually submitted to government bodies, public, and college book publishers. Additionally, institutional researchers engage in data analysis. The qualities of an institutional researcher include knowledge of statistical research methods and computer based reporting tools.
Legal Definition list
- Institutional Practitioner
- Institutional Payment [Education]
- Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications [IMPS]
- Institutional Investor
- Institutional Grant [Education]
- Institutional Research
- Institutional Review Board [Food and Drugs]
- Institutional Student Information Record .ISIR. [Education]
- Institutional Third Party
- Institutional Waste
- Institutionalization
Related Legal Terms
- 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
- Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Aging Research
- Agricultural Research Advisory Board
- Agricultural Research Service
- Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
- American Educational Research Association [AERA]
- Animal Health Research Capacity
- Applied Research
