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Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity: Conceptual Framework and Data Needs Teresa A. Sullivan, Christopher Mackie, William F. Massy, and Esha Sinha, Editors Committee on National Statistics Board on Testing and Assessment Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS • 500 Fifth Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by grant number 5793 between the National Academy of Sci- ences and Lumina Foundation. Support for the work of the Committee on National Sta- tistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (award number SES-1024012). Any opinions, fndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily refect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. 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Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education PANEL ON MEASURING HIGHER EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND DATA NEEDS TERESA A. SULLIVAN (Chair), Offce of the President, University of Virginia THOMAS R. BAILEY, Institute on Education and the Economy and Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University BARRY P. BOSWORTH, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC DAVID W. BRENEMAN, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia RONALD G. EHRENBERG, Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, Cornell University PETER T. EWELL, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, CO IRWIN FELLER, Department of Economics (emeritus), Pennsylvania State University BARBARA FRAUMENI, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine JULIET V. GARCIA, Offce of the President, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College MICHAEL HOUT, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley NATE JOHNSON, HCM Strategists, Washington, DC GEORGE D. KUH, Center for Postsecondary Research (emeritus), Indiana University WILLIAM F. MASSY, Independent Consultant, Florence, MA CAROL A. TWIGG, National Center for Academic Transformation, Saratoga Springs, NY DAVID J. ZIMMERMAN, Department of Economics, Williams College CHRISTOPHER D. MACKIE, Study Director STUART ELLIOTT, Senior Program Offcer ESHA SINHA, Associate Program Offcer MICHAEL SIRI, Program Associate v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS 2011-2012 LAWRENCE BROWN (Chair), Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania JOHN M. ABOWD, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University ALICIA CARRIQUIRY, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University WILLIAM DuMOUCHEL, Oracle Health Sciences, Waltham, MA V. JOSEPH HOTZ, Department of Economics, Duke University MICHAEL HOUT, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley KAREN KAFADAR, Department of Statistics, Indiana University SALLIE KELLER, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada LISA LYNCH, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University SALLY MORTON, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh JOSEPH NEWHOUSE, Division of Health Policy Research and Education, Harvard University RUTH PETERSON, Criminal Justice Research Center, The Ohio State University HAL STERN, Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine JOHN H. THOMPSON, NORC at the University of Chicago ROGER TOURANGEAU, Statistical Group, Westat, Rockville, MD ALAN ZASLAVSKY, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School CONSTANCE F. CITRO, Director vi Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education BOARD ON TESTING AND ASSESSMENT EDWARD HAERTEL (Chair), Jacks Family Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Stanford University GARY CHAMBERLAIN, Louis Berkman Professor of Economics, Harvard University MARK DYNARSKI, Researcher, Pemberton Research, LLC DAVID J. FRANCIS, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor, and Director, Texas Institute for Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, University of Houston JOAN HERMAN, Director, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, University of California, Los Angeles MICHAEL KANE, Messick Chair in Validity, Educational Testing Service SHARON LEWIS, Director of Research, Council of Great City Schools ROBERT MARE, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles DIANA C. PULLIN, Professor, Boston College ANN MARIE RYAN, Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University BRIAN STECHER, Senior Social Scientist, Education Program, RAND Corporation JOHN ROBERT WARREN, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota MARK WILSON, Professor of Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation Cognition and Development, University of California, Berkeley REBECCA ZWICK, Distinguished Presidential Appointee, Research and Development, Educational Testing Service STUART ELLIOTT, Director vii Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education Acknowledgments The work of this panel has been immeasurably assisted by the insight and counsel of numerous colleagues. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the reviewers. This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with pro- cedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confdential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Julian Betts, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego; William G. Bowen, President’s Offce, Andrew W. Mellon Foun- dation; Pat Callan, President’s Offce, Higher Education Policy Institute, San Jose, California; Charles T. Clotfelter, Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Duke University; Don E. Detmer, University of Virginia School of Medicine; David N. Figlio, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern Univer- sity; Brent R. Hickman, Economics Department, University of Chicago; Michael McPherson, President’s Offce, The Spencer Foundation; B. Don Russell, Jr., Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University; and Burton A. Weisbrod, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. The review of this report was overseen by Greg Duncan, distinguished pro- fessor of education, University of California, Irvine, and Charles Manski, Board of Trustees professor in economics, Northwestern University. Appointed by the NRC’s Report Review Committee, they were responsible for making certain that ix Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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