DOCUMENT RESUME ED 233 639 HE 016 427 TITLE Responding to Qualitative and Political Issues: Proceedings of the Annual Forum of the Association of Institutional Research (Denver, Colorado, May 16-19, 1982). AIR Directory, 1982-113. INSTITUTION Association for Institutional Research. PUB DATE Apr 83 NOTE 2:85p. AVATLABLE FROMAssociation for Institutional Research; 314 Stone Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee,. FL 32306. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings-.,(021) Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs (132) Legal/LegislatiVe/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE .MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Abstracts; College Administration; Computer Oriented Programs; Decision Making; Directoriesv Educational Quality; Federal Aid; Federal Government; .*Government School Relationship; *Higher Education; Information, Systems; *Institutional Research;'*Poltitals Influences; Professional Associations; *Public Policy; State Government ; TechnologyTransfer IDENTIFIERS 'AIR Forum; *Association for' Institutional. Research; Bylaws ABSTRACT Proceedings of the 1982 forum of the Association for Institutional Re4earch (AIR) and the 1982-1983 AIR Directoryare presented. Titles and authors of.g.eneral session addresses contained in section 1 are as follows :"On Quality: The Federal Connection" - (David Pierpont Gardner; "New Initiatives of State Policy in'Higher Education" (George B..Wiattersby); "Applications and Implications of Information Technology" (Louis Robinson).; "Making Informed Detisions about Computing" (Frtderick A.\Gtoss);_ and "The Political Nature of Institutional ResearCh" Tetlow). Additional contents include a list of program participants and contributors and abstracts and summaries of contributed papers, seminars, symposia, panels, workshops, and special interest/regional group meetings. In section 2, the AIR Directory lists members alphabetitally and by state, province, or country, and institutional atfiliation.4AIR committees and affiliated regional/special interest groups are also identified, and the following governance documents are presented: constitution and by-laws, guidelines for awarding distinguished. membership, emeritus membership, and outstanding service commendations. Minutes of the 1982 annual business meeting are ,includec; (SW) . *************************i************************************.********* -lc Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be.made * * - from the original document. * *********************************************************************** tiS ,tt:',.4-.:.;;.'". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization "'TS.,4=16V1:4"'- originating it. t-tt.44. ,Minor changes have been made to improve 4r; t reproduction quality. Points of view pr opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE position or policy. 4. 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS j MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTEDBY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES , INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).' Forums over the Years... Locations and Themes Chicago-71961 (First National Institutional Research Forum) Chicago-1962 (Second National Institutional Research Forum) Detroit-1963 The Role of Institutional Research in Planning Minneapolis 1964 A Conceptual Framework for Institutional Research Stony Brook-1965 Design and Methodology in Institutional Research Boston-1966 Research on Academic Input Athens. Georaia-1967 The Instructional Process and institutional Research San Francisco-1968 Institutional Research and Academic Outcomes Chicago 1969 The Challenge and Response of Institutional Research New Orleans-1970 Institutional Research and Communications in Higher Education Denver-1971 Institutional Research and Institutional Policy Formuletior, Miami Beach -1972 Reformation and Reallocation in Higher Education uancouver-1973 -Tolhorrow's Imperatives Today Washington. D C 1974 Public Policy: Issues and Analyses St Louis--1975 Information for Decisions in Postsecondary Education Los Angeles -1976 Conflicting Pressures in Postsecondary Education - Montreal--1977 Research and Planning for Higher Education Houston-1978 Balancing Needs and Resources . San Diego-1979-Issues for_the Eighties Atlanta-1980 Meeting the Challenges of the Eighties: Redirection of Resources for Renewal Minneapolis-1981 Towar4 2001: The Institutional Research Perspective Denver-1982 Responding to Qualitative and Political Issues Toronto-1983 Integrating Human Resources and Technology May 23-26 The Sheraton Centre Ft Worth-1984 May 6-9 The Hyatt Regency Fort Worth Portland. Oregon-1985 April 28-May 1The Portland Hilton Orlando-1986 Kansas City-1987 The Association for Institutional Research Executive Office , 314 Stone Building, Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Telephone: (904) 6444470 Jean C. Chulak, Executive Secretary, Annabel Dick, Office Secretary - Julia Duckwall & Donna C. Smith, Graduate Assistants - Paula J. Lumb, Part-Time Assistant Copyright c 1983 by the Association for Institutional Research a 4 ASR1982-1983 PROCEEDINGS -0 0 CI Forum 19820 Z m Responding to QualitativeM- u! and Political Issues ILI Denver Z May 16-19 C) 04,0 ESDNICi3300Eld >- DIRECTORY DIR cc I-01982-83 0 _V 0 Llai The Association XI A CC . _a initliutionfaoirieSearch e >m CC , m 0..33Elia AEI 010 4 Foreword AIR 1982,4983 is the second edition of the composite AIR Forum Proceedings/AIR Directory. It includes 1982 Forum information and 1982-83 membership/crgatizational information. The scope of the materials Included within its covers'can be seen on the facing contents page. The 1982 AIR Forum 1,0 a s held in Denver, Colorado, May 16-19, and attracted 737 registrants. A total of 350 persons contributed in one way a9 another to the development of the theme, "Responding to Qualitative and Political Issues." Daniel R. Colemanqas the Forum chair. The Proceedings begin on page 1. Information about membership and association activities for the 1982-83 year begins on page 109 and is up-to-date through March 31, 1983. It has been compiled from records iwthe AIR Executive Office; errors should be called to the attention of the executive secretary. This is the first full membership year singe the change from a calendar to a Forum-to-Forum membership year. The nearly final number of members is 1628. Although this represents a decrease from the seventeen-month transitional "year" total it is the feeling of the Executive Committee that, because that was not a: normal period, the current figQres do not indicate a downward trend. re The past couple of years have seen several transitions (officer, fiscal), in.addition tp the one mentioned above.' This-year will be-a transitional one for theyearbookin this way: IThis issue, AIR 1982-1983, includes both membership and organizational information for the year just ending (1982183) as well as information about the 1982 Forum. Therefore, while the' membership information is timely, that regarding the Forum and the organization is already somewhat out of date. 2.,A1 1983-84: to be published in late summer 1983, will include information trom the 1983 Toronto Forum and officeriorganizatiOnal information for the year ahead,ahead,_ 1983-84, but will not repeat the comp/ete roster of members, including .onIy an update new members to publication time. 3. AIR 1984-1985, to be published in late summer 1984, will include information from the 1984 Fort Worth Forumwofficer/organizational information for the year ahead, 1984-85, and mem- bership information for the year just ended, 1983-84, as well as an update of new members to publication time. The result of this adjustment will be to provide you with a'publication which is timely in all three respects. However; during the transitional year, you will have to work with two volumes A /R 1982-1983 and AIR 1983-1984. We hope you will cheerfully bear with us. Finally, we note with sadness the deaths during thet1980-83 period of the following members: A. J. Brumbaugh (1983), Eugene C. Craven (1982), Anneliese M. Grueger (1982), Chest6r Handleman (1980), take C. Oxford (1981), Roger Taylor (1982). G. Emerson Tully (1982), and Joseph V. West (1981). Tallahassee, Florida Ppril 1983 Important note: The listing of information about members of AIR is for their , personal and professional use only. Appropriation or use of the list for other purposes (such as mailings or solicitations), without the express written consent of the Association, is strictly prohibited. -15 Table of Contents Forums over the YearsLocations and Themes Inside front cover Foreword SECTION ONE: AIR FORUM PROCEEDINGS, 1982 AIR Forum '82 at a Glance 3 Invited General-Session Addresses 5 On Quality: The Federal Connection David Pierpont Gardner New Initiatives of State Policy in Higher Education George B. Weathersby 11 Applications and Implications of Information Technology 'Louis Robinson 17 Maki Informed Decisions about Computing Fred rick A. Gross 29 The Po al Nature of Inst4tional Research William L. Tetlow 33 The Sidney Suslow Outstanding Forum Paper Award 37 Abstracts and Summaries of Contributed Papers, Seminars, Symposia, Panels, Workshops, and Special Interest/Regional Group Meetings 39 Forum Program Participants and Contributors 93 Forum Registrants 99 Acknowledgements 103 Ordering Information for the ERIC Collection of "AIR Forum 1982" Papers 106 SECTION TWO: AIR DIRECTORY, 1982 -83 Governance Documents 111 Constitution and By-Laws 112 Guidelines for Awarding Distinguished