Applied Inquiry in Higher Education

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Provides an overview of research, evaluation and assessment practices in higher education and strategies for utilizing these practices as professionals in higher education. Focuses on learning about and demystifying the process of scientific inquiry, with the intent of translating that knowledge to regular practice in a higher education professional career. It is not a highly technical methods course--no advanced knowledge of statistics or qualitative techniques is assumed--but instead gives practitioners a foundation in educational research design as well as the tools to be literate, thoughtful, critical and frequent consumers of research.