Personal information:
Associate professor
Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Gender: Male
Status: Employed
School/Department: Education
Education Level: Doctoral
Degree: Ph.D. in higher education Administration
Discipline: Educational Economics and Administration
Alma Mater: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Contact Information
Zip Code:430074
Postal Address: Office 406, School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Email: weishuguang@ hust.edu.cn
Personal Profile
Shuguang Wei, PhD in higher education administration, Postdoctoral in Management Science and Engineering. Wei’s research interests include governance and organizational change of colleges and universities, interaction mechanisms between higher education and society, institutional research in campus decision making, undergraduate learning and development.
Wei has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Association for Institutional Research, University of Georgia, and Florida State University. He has been awarded the Outstanding Young Scholarship Award by the Chinese Association for Institutional Research, the Outstanding Dissertation Award and Excellent Research Paper Award by the Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Research Focus
l governance and organizational change of colleges and universities,
l interaction mechanisms between higher education and society,
l institutional research in campus decision making,
l undergraduate learning and development
Research Group
Institutional Development Research Center
Education Experience
September, 2009–June, 2013
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration
Work Experience
December, 2016–now
Associate professor, School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
December, 2015–December, 2016
Assistant professor, School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
October, 2013–October, 2015
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Assistant professor, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Awards and Hornors
l Outstanding Young Scholarship Award, Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2017.
l Excellent Research Paper Award (with Chen, Min, Junchao Zhang and Hongde Lei), Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2016.
l Outstanding Dissertation Award, Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2014;
Social Affiliations
Chinese Association for Institutional Research
Publications
l Wei, Shuguang. 2018. The Social Service Function of American University: Historical Changes and Mechanisms.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 6.
l Wei, Shuguang, William E. Knight. 2017. “American Higher Education Effectiveness Movement: Theoretical Foundation, Historical Development and Basic Characteristics.” China Higher Education Research. No. 10.
l Wu, Jin, Min Chen, and Shuguang Wei. 2017. “An Expectation-Based Undergraduate Typology and Its Relationship to Their Engagement in College Activities.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 1: 96-101.
l Liu, Xianjun, Yang Yu, Junchao Zhang, and Shuguang Wei. 2016. “On the Effects, Problems, and Countermeasures of Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation in Higher Education.” Chinese Education & Society 49: 1-2, 20-38.
l Ma, Shuangshuang, and Shuguang Wei. 2016. “The Development and Vision of American Institutional Research: An Interview with Randy L. Swing, Former Executive Director of the Association for Institutional Research.” Journal of Higher Education Management. Vol.10, No.6: 1-6.
l Wei, Shuguang and Min Chen. 2016. “The Mechanism of the Effect of College Environment on Student Learning Outcomes.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 2: 167-173.
l Wei, Shuguang.2015. “On the Decision Support Behavior of Institutional Research and Its Affecting Factors in the United States.” Educational Research. No.3: 150-158.
l Wei, Shuguang.2015. “Research on the Change of Working Areas of Institutional Research in the United States Based on the Sociology of Profession.” Comparative Education Review. No.2: 7-13.
l Wei, Shuguang and Xianjun Liu. 2015. “Institutionalized Mutuality in Canada-China Management Education Collaboration.” Frontiers of Education in China. Vol.10, No.2: 356-383.
l Wei, Shuguang, Min Chen, Junchao Zhang and Hongde Lei. 2015. “The Theoretical Basis, Questionnaire, Framework, Reliability and Validity of the Student Survey of Learning and Development.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 3: 114-120.
l Chen, Min, Shuguang Wei, Junchao Zhang and Hongde Lei. 2015. “The Development Processes of the Student Survey of Learning and Development.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 2: 105-109.
l Liu, Xianjun and Shuguang Wei. 2015. “The Problems, Theory and Practice of Institutional Research in China.” Journal of Soochow University (Educational Science Edition). No. 1: 74-82.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2012. “Research on the Technological and Analytical Basis of Institutional Research.” Research in Higher Education of Engineering. No. 6: 145-146.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2012. “Alumni Research in American Institutional Research.” Higher Education Development and Evaluation. No. 3: 73-76,123.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2011. “Research on MIS and Institutional Research Development.” Journal of Higher Education(China). No. 8: 106-109.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2011. “An Analysis on the White Papers of Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum in 2010.” Journal of Higher Education(China). No. 7: 75-83,74.
l Zeng, Meiqin and Shuguang Wei. 2010. “Research on the International Experience of Quality Assurance System Building.” Journal of Beijing Institute of Education. No. 5: 20-24.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2010. “Burton Clark’s Case Studies and Middle-Range Theory Building in His Later Years.” Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University. No. 4: 42-45,85.
Teaching information
l Introduction to Educational Statistics (Spring)，
l Higher Education Administration and Governance (Spring)，
Published Books
l Yu, Dongsheng & Wei, Shuguang (Ed.). 2016. Case Studies of Institutional Research in China. (with the Special Issue of Institutional Transformation and the Social Service Functional of Colleges and Universities). Wuhan: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2016. Research on the Function of Institutional Research as Decision Support in The U.S. Beijing: China Social Science Press.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2012. The Best Practices and Lessons. In Liu, Xianjun(Ed.), 2003-2008 The Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation of Colleges and Universities in China. Beijing: Higher Education Press.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2011. Burton Clark’s Case Studies and Middle-Range Theory Building in His Later Years. In Zhou, Guangli(Ed.), Case Studies of Institutional Research in China. (with the Special Issue of Administration and Government in Colleges and Universities). Wuhan: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press.
Research Projects
l “A Typological Study on the Mechanism of College Impact” (principal investigator). The Ministry of Education, Humanities and Social Science Research Fund.
l “An Engagement-Based Student Typology and its Relationship with College Impact” (principal investigator). Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
l “Effectiveness of Institutional Research on Campus Decision-Making Processes in China” (principal investigator). The Ministry of Education, National Science of Education Fund.
l “Organizational Synergy Mechanism in Campus Decision Support in China” (principal investigator). China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
l “The Current State of Chinese Higher Education Research Institutes in Colleges and Universities” (main participator). Hubei Provincial Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences.
l “The Professional Development Study for IR Officers in Their Early Career” (main participator). Association for Institutional Research.
l “Research on the Improvement of Power Restriction and Supervision Mechanism of Internal Governance Structure of Colleges and Universities in China” (main participator). The Ministry of Education, Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND RESENTATIONS
l Wei, Shuguang, Min Chen and Dongsheng Yu. 2017. “An Expectation and Engagement Based Student Typology and its Relationship to College Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Association for Institutional Research, Porto, Portugal, September 3-6, 2017.
l Wei, Shuguang, Min Chen and Dongsheng Yu. 2017. “Effect of College Support on STEM Student Learning Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Association for Institutional Research, Porto, Portugal, September 3-6, 2017.
l Xia, Rui, Min Chen and Shuguang Wei. 2017. “Data Visualization: The New Way of Campus Decision Support in Big Data Era.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for Institutional Research, Xuzhou, China, July 9-11, 2017.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2017. “Research on the Institutional Effectiveness Movement in American Colleges and Universities.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for Institutional Research, Xuzhou, China, July 9-11, 2017.
l Wei, Shuguang, Jiale Jiang, Min Chen and Dongsheng Yu. 2017. “An Expectation-based Typology and Its Relationship to Student Engagement.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Association for Institutional Research, Washington D.C., U.S., May 30-June 2, 2017.
l Chen, Min and Shuguang Wei. 2015. “The Mechanism of the Effect of College Environment on Student Learning Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education, Zhuhai, China, November 13-15, 2015.
l Wei, Shuguang, Min Chen, Hongde Lei and Junchao Zhang. 2015. “The Theoretical Basis, Questionnaire Framework, Validity and Reliability of the Student Survey of Learning and Development.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for Institutional Research, Jinan, China, July 10-12, 2015.
l Shuguang Wei. 2015. “The Change of IR Profession and the Redefinition of IR.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for Institutional Research, Jinan, China, July 10-12, 2015.
l Wei, Shuguang, Min Chen, Hongde Lei and Junchao Zhang.2015. “A New Student Survey Development in China and its Use for Decision support.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Association for Institutional Research, Denver, U.S., May 26-29, 2015.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2014. “Research on the Decision Support Behavior of IR Officers and the Influential Factors in the U.S.” Paper presented at the International Symposium on Promoting University Development through Institutional Research, Macao, China, December 1-3, 2014.
l Wei, Shuguang. 2014. “Research on the Function of IR as Decision Support in Campus Decision-Making Processes.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association for the Study of Higher Education, Wuhan, China, November 1-3, 2014.
l Wei, Shuguang and Xianjun Liu. 2014. “Institutionalized Mutuality in Canada-China Management Education Collaboration.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Transforming Canada-China Educational Cooperation: Significant Legacies and Future Challenges, Beijing, China, May 9-10, 2014.
l Wei, Shuguang.2013. “Analytics-Driven Decision Support: A National Survey to IR Officers in the U.S.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Association for Institutional Research, Kunming, China, July 14-16, 2013.
