Institutional research: the signpost of changes of higher education in US--On the articles published on RHE(1991-2001)
Analysis of the titles of articles published on RHE(1991-2001), the official publication of AIR, shows that the research focuses in this period are "college students", "retention (persistence)", "satisfaction". The background is that the emphasis on undergraduate education and students-oriented changes followed by the decreasing of official funds. This research shows that the papers published on AIR and RHE are the effective indicators for probing the reform and development of higher education in US.