“…However, the literature suggests that many practitioners do not engage in regular research activities (Hatfield & Wise, 2015;Jablonski et al, 2006), which can negatively impact practitioners' ability to make data-informed decisions regarding services and programming (Carpenter, 2001;Schuh et al, 2016;White, 2002). This lack of practitioner engagement in research is due to three key factors: the busyness of daily practice (Schroeder & Pike, 2001;Sriram, 2011), the perception that research is irrelevant to applied practice in higher education (Kezar, 2000), and inadequate training in research methodologies and skills (Daniel et al, 2016;Herdlein, 2004;Schroeder & Pike, 2001;Sriram, 2011;Waple, 2006;Young & Janosik, 2007).…”