Public and tribal community college institutional review boards: A national descriptive analysis

• Published in: Community college journal of research and practice Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 254 - 268
• Main Authors: Ocean, Mia, Hirschi, Melissa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Routledge 02.04.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic degrees; Accountability; Articulation (Education); Bachelors Degrees; Community Colleges; Community Relations; Comparative Analysis; Data Analysis; Ethics; Evaluators; Experiments; Higher Education; Native North Americans; Public Colleges; Research Methodology; Review boards; Statistical Significance; Tribally Controlled Education; Tribes; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; United States; United States; United States > US

It is currently unknown how many Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) exist at community colleges. This study investigates the percentage of public and Tribal community colleges that have active IRBs. It also examines the potential relationships between states that allow community colleges to confer b...