Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research

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.

This volume provides higher education scholars with valuable insight. Through their contributions, chapter authors challenge readers to seriously consider the many ways in which qualitative inquiry can enhance our collective understanding of inequities that are embedded in our institutions and how we can facilitate meaningful changes. This is an important contribution to our field. -Jeffrey F. Milem, Professor and Dean, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa BarbaraThis edited volume provides several perspectives on qualitative methodology and its application to educational policy. The chapter authors provide a unique methodological perspective because they focus on higher education and on policy and organizational contexts. This volume will greatly benefit classes on higher education policy and organization as well as a general methods course.-Deborah Faye Carter, Associate Professor, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University

• Table of ContentsSeries Editor IntroductionMARYBETH GASMANPreface: Examining Higher Education Policy and Organizations through Qualitative Research MethodsPENNY A. PASQUE AND VICENTE M. LECHUGAAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Refocusing Policy and Organization Scholarship on Inequality in American Higher Education: Legacy LostEDWARD P. ST. JOHNPart IEthnography in Higher Education Organization and Policy ResearchChapter 2 The Utility of Qualitative Research to Inform Public PolicyRANDALL F. CLEMENS AND WILLIAM G. TIERNEYChapter 3 The Ethnographic organization: (Critical) Ethnography and the Organizational Analysis of Higher EducationRYAN EVELY GILDERSLEEVE AND BRENDA SIFUENTEZPart IICase Study in Higher Education Organization and Policy ResearchChapter 4 Translating Qualitative Data into Policy Recommendations: Meta-analyses for Qualitative ResearchersYVONNA S. LINCOLNChapter 5 Critical Case Study as an Imperative for Organizational Activism and Institutional Change: Critical Methodologies in Higher Education Organization ResearchPENNY A. PASQUE, LENA M. KHADER, AND COREY STILLPart III"Grit" in Higher Education Organization and Policy ResearchChapter 6 An Overview of Paradigms and the Introduction of Methodological Grit: Using Qualitative Methods to Inform Higher Education Policy and PracticeDANIEL J. ALMEIDA Chapter 7 Revising the Grounds for the Study of Grit: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in Post-Secondary Education Organizational ResearchLESLIE D. GONZALESPart IVNational and Institutional Higher Education Organization and Policy ResearchChapter 8 Qualitative Research and Public Policy: Reconsidering Actionable IntelligenceJAMES T. MINOR AND CHARLENE MUTAMBAChapter 9 Transforming Higher Education Institutions through Critical Qualitative Leadership InquiryROZANA CARDUCCIPart VThe Imperative Nature of Qualitative InquiryChapter 10 The Imperative Nature of Qualitative Inquiry for the Future of Higher Education Organization and Policy ResearchPENNY A. PASQUE AND VINCE M. LECHUGA Biographies of ContributorsIndex