This book provides readers with the theoretical foundations and innovative perspectives for undertaking qualitative research to influence policy and practice discussions. Well-known chapter authors discuss strategies for investigating complex problems, helping readers understand how research can take into account the culture of the institution, administrative hierarchy, students, faculty, and external constituencies. This book 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.

Vicente M. Lechuga is Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development.Penny A. Pasque is Brian E. & Sandra O’Brien Presidential Professor and Program Area Coordinator of Adult and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is also an affiliate faculty with Women's and Gender Studies and the Center for Social Justice at the University of Oklahoma. Penny serves as the associate editor for The Journal of Higher Education.

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