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Orderly thinking about a chaotic system
Author(s) -
Cohen Arthur M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.36819969605
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , community college , public relations , sociology , institutional research , public administration , political science , higher education , law , medical education , medicine , anthropology
This chapter examines the ways in which community college policy makers at all levels can come to understand the diversity of statistical information available to them. It suggests that all information must be contextualized at the local, institutional level.