The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in post-secondary education. HERI is housed in the
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS) at the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the Californ ...
. The Institute's research program covers a variety of topics including the outcomes of post-secondary education,
leadership development
Leadership development is the process which helps expand the capacity of individuals to perform in leadership roles within organizations. Leadership roles are those that facilitate execution of an organization's strategy through building alignmen ...
, institutional transformation, faculty performance, federal and state policy, and
educational equity.
Data
HERI provides a wealth of higher education research information. The data is freely available, but recent data is only accessible by applying for specific dataset based on research needs. Data which is over 10 years is archived and freely available on the website.
The available information comes primarily from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP).
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"About CIRP"
, Retrieved on 2010-09-02. CIRP is the largest and oldest empirical study of higher education in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
. The CIRP data comes from three main surveys, one for incoming freshmen, another given after the completion of the first year, and a final exit survey for graduating seniors. The data covered by these surveys ranges from basic demographics to the political views of students.
References
External links
Higher Education Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Research institutes in California
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