Author ORCID Identifier
Name: Cristo Leon, PhD in Organizational Leadership
Position: Director of Research, Jordan Hu College of Science & Liberal Arts. Office of Research & Development
Institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Address: 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.Newark, NJ, USA, 07102-1982
Email: leonc@njit.edu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-0179
Role: First author and corresponding author
Name: James Lipuma, PhD, Environmental Science
Position: Director of Collaborative for Leadership, Education, and Assessment Research, Jordan Hu College of Science & Liberal Arts. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Address: 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.Newark, NJ, USA, 07102-1982
Email: lipuma@njit.edu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-3843
Role: Coauthor
Name: Michelle Kudelka, MSI., Library and Information Science
Position: Student Success Librarian, Van Houten Library at
Institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Address: 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.Newark, NJ, USA, 07102-1982
Email: michelle.kudelka@njit.edu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-6161
Role: Coauthor
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Description
A qualitatively driven mixed methods study on decision-making in higher education administration. The article integrates Constructivist Grounded Theory, thematic analysis, participatory design, and quantitative dashboard analytics to examine interdisciplinary collaboration, institutional research management, and user-centered data visualization. It offers a practical framework for designing accessible and context-sensitive academic dashboards that support evidence-informed governance, resource allocation, and research strategy in universities
Publication/Submission Date
4-2-2026
Keywords
constructivist grounded theory, data visualization, institutional research, interdisciplinary collaboration, mixed-methods design, Power BI
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Leon, Cristo Ph.D.; Lipuma, James Ph.D.; and Kudelka, Michelle, "A Qualitatively Driven Approach Integrated With Quantitative Analysis Applied to Decision Making in Institutional Administration of Higher Education" (2026). STEM for Success Resources. 132.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/stemresources/132
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors acknowledge the support of Mtra. Beatriz Arellano Bautista, Dr. Víctor Hugo Guzmán Zarate, Dra. Sandra Elizabeth Ojeda Ornelas, Lic. Marcos O. Cabobianco, Dr. John Wolf, Dr. Bruce Bukiet, Dr. Kevin Belfield, Dr. Migel J. Obregon, Dra. Patricia Lavin, Lic. Jimena Serret, Lic. Rosalia Leon Sanchez, Lic. Adan Rramirez Serret, and Cynthia Shafer for all their support and mentoring during this process.
A Disclosure of Support Statement (DSS) of Contributions is shared under supplementary materials.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
All data supporting the findings of this study are openly available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) at the following DOI: https://osf.io/nzamr/.
The dataset includes the doctoral dissertation "Colaboración Interdisciplinaria: Tablero de Control para una Institución Politécnica R01 en los EE. UU." (León, 2025) along with its structured components:
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol is available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author. All shared materials are distributed under a Creative Commons license.
FUNDING DECLARATION
The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other research support were received during the preparation of this manuscript. The author acknowledges tuition reimbursement received as part of standard employee benefits from the State of New Jersey.