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Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 1 February 2001 Investment in Higher Education: Do Labor Market Opportunities Differ by Age of Recent College Graduates? Marcia L. Bellas The Effect of Academic Load on Success for New College Students: Is Lighter Better? Robert F. Szafran Performance Funding Programs: Assessing Their Stability Joseph C. Burke and Shahpar Modarresi...................... 51 Performance Funding in Higher Education: The Effects of Student Motivation on the Use of Outcomes Tests to Measure Institutional Effectiveness Jeff E. Hoyt Do Computers Enhance or Detract from Student Learning? George D. Kuh and Nick Vesper The Efficacy of Policy Statements on Plagiarism: Do They Change Students’ Views? Verity J. Brown and Mark E. Howell Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 2 April 2001 AIR Forum Issue On the Path to College: Three Critical Tasks Facing America’s Disadvantaged Alberto F. Cabrera and Steven M. La Nasa.................. 119 Estimating First-Year Student Attrition Rates: An Application of Multilevel Modeling Using Categorical Variables I SII 0002009) nd Do ete Pe RS, Wee ee gti ta a ae 151 Analyzing Faculty Workload Data Using Multilevel Modeling Stephen R. Porter and Paul D. Umbach...................... 171 Institutional Researchers’ Perceptions of Effectiveness i a Oy ald ve waa Dune ewal ed 197 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE—Finding Fruit on the Vines: Using Higher Education Research and Institutional Research to Guide Institutional Policies and Strategies Don Hossler, George D. Kuh, and Deborah Olsen .............. 211 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE—Finding (More) Fruit on the Vines: Using Higher Education Research and Institutional Research to Guide Institutional Policies and Strategies (Part II) Don Hossler, George D. Kuh, and Deborah Olsen............... Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 3 June 2001 News or Noise? Estimating the Noise in the U.S. News University Rankings Ilia Dichev 237 The Contribution of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the Preparation of African Americans for Faculty Careers I I a5 2 ese ow Fetes ds O40 ee ee ora caeeten 267 Mentoring African American Faculty in Predominantly White Institutions NS bar wei ne POMSE OR Re aCe ee 295 Developing Performance Indicators for Assessing Classroom Teaching Practices and Student Learning: The Case of Engineering Alberto F. Cabrera, Carol L. Colbeck, and Patrick T. Terenzini.... 327 Developing Performance-Oriented Models for University Resource Ailocation Cheryl A. Casper and Myron S. Henry Coeo1 ] we Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 4 August 2001 Generalizability of Multidimensional Student Ratings of University Instruction Across Courses and Teachers Heiner Rindermann and Neville Schofield................... State Policy and the Affordability of Public Higher Education: The Influence of State Grants on Persistence in Indiana Edward P. St. John, Shouping Hu, and Jeff Weber ............. Reported Gains in Student Learning: Do Academic Disciplines Make a Difference? Coa Ee. Fase GI TOGRD S. HAG on 5 oon ere eesenc ws Effects of Academic Discipline and Teaching Goals in Predicting Grading Beliefs Among Undergraduate Teaching Faculty Laura L. B. Barnes, Kay S. Bull, N. Jo Campbell, ED I 2h coi oyb rk ceed Sate a eh alnia sR SS aia we ee SoH Students’ Course Selection: Differential Considerations for First and Last Course te a clade ehe ee eo at UR a A ke aoe Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 5 October 2001 Organizational Contexts and University Performance Outcomes: The Limited Role of Purposive Action in the Management of Institutional Status Bruce Keith Analysis of Large-Scale Secondary Data in Higher Education Research: Potential Perils Associated with Complex Sampling Designs Scott L. Thomas and Ronald H. Heck 517 Sex and Race Differences in Faculty Tenure and Promotion Laura W. Perna 541 Normative Support for Improving Undergraduate Education in Teaching-Oriented Colleges Mardy T. Eimers, John M. Braxton, and Alan E. Bayer 569 The Role of Interracial Interaction in the Development of Leadership Skills and Cultural Knowledge and Understanding Anthony Lising Antonio RESEARCH AND PRACTICE—Managing Productivity in an Academic Institution: Rethinking the Whom, Which, What, and Whose of Productivity Gary Rhoades Research in Higher Education Journal of the Association for Institutional Research Volume 42, Number 6 December 2001 Social-Cognitive Predictors of First-Year College Persistence: The Importance of Proximal Assessment Jeffrey H. Kahn and Margaret M. Nauta Assessing the Effects of Changing Institutional Aid Policy Stephen L. Des Jardins Changes in the Demand for Public Land-Grant Universities: The Use of Panel Datasets Robert K. Toutkoushian Establishing an Early Warning System: Predicting Low Grades in College Students from Survey of Academic Orientations Scores Hall P. Beck and William D. Davidson