Hansel Burley

Hansel Burley is a Professor of Educational Psychology at Texas Tech University (TTU) and Associate Dean for Academics and Data for the College of Education. He received this Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A & M University, College Station. His research focuses on the antecedents to higher education remediation and the resilience of developmental education students. He also examines diversity issues, particularly when related to college access and success. Dr. Burley also studies institutional effectiveness, particularly how this is associated with large database analysis. He has been a member of the Association for Institutional Research and associated organizations. He is a past president of the Traditionally Black Colleges and Universities-Special Interest Group (TBCU-SIG). He takes great pride in TBCU-SIG of AIR because of their mentorship of him during his formative years as a cub institutional research and as an assistant professor.

Publications

Social Issues and Web 2.0: A Closer Look at Culture in E-Learning
Social Issues and Web 2.0: A Closer Look at Culture in E-Learning
Bolanle A. Olaniran, Hansel Burley, Maiga Chang. © 2013. 16 pages.
Developing the foundations for intelligent applications that efficiently manage information is one goal of Web 2.0 technologies and the Semantic Web. As a result, the...
Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Assessing University-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Assessing University-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
Hansel Burley, Bolanle A. Olaniran. © 2013. 17 pages.
The researchers included 10 embedded assessments in the study for a mean gain effect size of .35. From the results of a pilot study, the authors learned that while the technique...
Cases on Institutional Research Systems
Cases on Institutional Research Systems
Hansel Burley. © 2012. 429 pages.
Institutional research (IR) is a growing, applied, and interdisciplinary area that attracts people from a variety of fields, including computer programmers, statisticians, and...
The Dean of Information: A Theoretical Framework for Institutional Research Leadership in Higher Education
The Dean of Information: A Theoretical Framework for Institutional Research Leadership in Higher Education
Hansel Burley. © 2012. 21 pages.
The author focuses on the institutional researcher as an institutional leader, over and above providing traditional reporting and support. IR practitioners hold authority over...
Principles for the Analysis of Large Complex Secondary Databases in Educational Settings
Principles for the Analysis of Large Complex Secondary Databases in Educational Settings
Yen To, Hansel Burley. © 2012. 14 pages.
A primary feature of institutional research work is prediction. When statistics are used as the primary analysis tool, much of this work depends upon ordinary least squares...
Developing an Online Course On-the-Fly with an IR State of Mind
Developing an Online Course On-the-Fly with an IR State of Mind
Kevin Gosselin, Hansel Burley. © 2012. 20 pages.
Today’s higher education professional is beginning to feel the squeeze of higher expectations and the need to deliver instruction in a variety of ways but at always one...
African Americans and Planned Resilience: In Search of Ordinary Magic
African Americans and Planned Resilience: In Search of Ordinary Magic
Hansel Burley, Lucy Barnard-Brak, Valerie McGaha-Garnett, Bolanle A. Olaniran, Aretha Marbley. © 2012. 12 pages.
The purpose of the current study is to examine secondary school factors that predict the performance and persistence of African American students at postsecondary institutions....
Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Assessing University-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Assessing University-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
Hansel Burley, Bolanle A. Olaniran. © 2012. 12 pages.
The researchers included 10 embedded assessments in the study for a mean gain effect size of .35. From the results of a pilot study, the authors learned that while the technique...
Characteristics of Good Clinical Educators from Medical Students’ Perspectives: A Qualitative Inquiry using a Web-Based Survey System
Characteristics of Good Clinical Educators from Medical Students’ Perspectives: A Qualitative Inquiry using a Web-Based Survey System
Gary Sutkin, Hansel Burley, Ke Zhang, Neetu Arora. © 2011. 17 pages.
Medical educators have a unique role in teaching students how to save lives and give comfort during illness. This article reports a qualitative inquiry into medical students...
Characteristics of Good Clinical Educators from Medical Students' Perspectives: A Qualitative Inquiry using a Web-Based Survey System
Characteristics of Good Clinical Educators from Medical Students' Perspectives: A Qualitative Inquiry using a Web-Based Survey System
Gary Sutkin, Hansel Burley, Ke Zhang, Neetu Arora. © 2008. 18 pages.
Medical educators have a unique role in teaching students how to save lives and give comfort during illness. This article reports a qualitative inquiry into medical students’...