Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research

Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research provides readers with the theoretical foundations and innovative perspectives for undertaking qualitative research to influence policy and practice discussions. Well-known chapter authors discuss innovative strategies for investigating complex problems, helping readers understand how research can consider the culture of the institution, administrative hierarchy, students, faculty, and external constituencies. From both an organizational and policy perspective, chapter pairings explore a range of methodologies, including ethnography, case study, critical qualitative inquiry, and the notion of "grit." This volume explores how qualitative inquiry can advance understanding of organizational inequities in higher education, and it offers graduate students and educational researchers the tools to improve the organizational function of institutions while contributing to meaningful change.

Penny A. Pasque is the Brian E. & Sandra O'Brien Presidential Professor and Program Area Coordinator of Adult and Higher Education at the University of Oklahoma, USA. Vicente M. Lechuga is Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University, USA.

Table of Contents Series Editor Introduction MARYBETH GASMAN Preface: Examining Higher Education Policy and Organizations through Qualitative Research Methods PENNY A. PASQUE AND VICENTE M. LECHUGA Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Refocusing Policy and Organization Scholarship on Inequality in American Higher Education: Legacy Lost EDWARD P. ST. JOHN Part I Ethnography in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research Chapter 2 The Utility of Qualitative Research to Inform Public Policy RANDALL F. CLEMENS AND WILLIAM G. TIERNEY Chapter 3 The Ethnographic organization: (Critical) Ethnography and the Organizational Analysis of Higher Education RYAN EVELY GILDERSLEEVE AND BRENDA SIFUENTEZ Part II Case Study in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research Chapter 4 Translating Qualitative Data into Policy Recommendations: Meta-analyses for Qualitative Researchers YVONNA S. LINCOLN Chapter 5 Critical Case Study as an Imperative for Organizational Activism and Institutional Change: Critical Methodologies in Higher Education Organization Research PENNY A. PASQUE, LENA M. KHADER, AND COREY STILL Part III "Grit" in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research Chapter 6 An Overview of Paradigms and the Introduction of Methodological Grit: Using Qualitative Methods to Inform Higher Education Policy and Practice DANIEL J. ALMEIDA Chapter 7 Revising the Grounds for the Study of Grit: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in Post-Secondary Education Organizational Research LESLIE D. GONZALES Part IV National and Institutional Higher Education Organization and Policy Research Chapter 8 Qualitative Research and Public Policy: Reconsidering Actionable Intelligence JAMES T. MINOR AND CHARLENE MUTAMBA Chapter 9 Transforming Higher Education Institutions through Critical Qualitative Leadership Inquiry ROZANA CARDUCCI Part V The Imperative Nature of Qualitative Inquiry Chapter 10 The Imperative Nature of Qualitative Inquiry for the Future of Higher Education Organization and Policy Research PENNY A. PASQUE AND VINCE M. LECHUGA Biographies of Contributors Index