Data can be incredibly useful for higher education, allowing them to target the prospects most likely to enroll in their school, engaging students on campus, identifying pain points and leading…
Deep Analytics for Success in Higher Education
Stephen Dunnivant | Central Campus President and Vice Provost of Teaching Excellence and Learning (Retired), Broward CollegeRobust data analytics can prepare institutional leaders to identify and address learner challenges that might not be visible anecdotally. I’ve been an avid NFL fan since the Dolphins went undefeated…
As institutions look to strategic planning and assessment for higher education moving forward, thoughtful planning and definitions need to be put in place to justify relevant results to leaders. As…
Post-Graduation Metrics: Considerations When Telling Your Institution’s Student Success Story
Christopher M. Mullin | Strategy Director of Data and Measurement, Lumina Foundation Kristina PowersMeasuring student success after graduation has long meant tracking job placement rates and salaries earned. Telling your institution’s complete student success story requires changing the definition of post-graduation success. Introduction…
Is It “The End of The World As We Know It” For Higher Education?
Brendan Aldrich | Founder, Invoke Learning Lige HensleyWhat Can Colleges and Universities Learn from the Private Sector on the Usage of Analytics?
Hank Childers | Executive Director of University Analytics and Institutional Research, University of ArizonaLeveraging National Student Clearinghouse Data in Continuing Education Management
Scott L. Howell | Director of the Salt Lake Center, Brigham Young University Julie SwallowAnalyze This! Using Data Effectively
Dijana Praskac | Senior Manager of Strategic and Operational Planning, George Brown College Jean de Sousa-HitzlerMaking Analytics Actionable
Melissa Irvin | Assistant Dean of Advising and Analytics, University of South FloridaThe Future of Institutional Research: An Aspirational Model
Christine Keller | Executive Director, Association for Institutional ResearchCutting through the Clutter: How to Ensure Your Colleagues Can Leverage Data
Ron Severtis Jr. | Director of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Indiana University SoutheastHow To Make Big Data Digestible
Gesele Durham | Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Director of the Office of Assessment & Institutional Research, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeHow to Overcome Obstacles and Make Data Part of the Institutional Decision-Making Fabric
Ben Sowter | Head of the QS Intelligence Unit, QS Quacquarelli Symonds
When I first started working in higher education in the early 1990s, we used to sort things manually and type up everything, for everyone. People did not use computers then…
Visualization and the Three V’s: Managing and Leveraging Data in Enrollment Management
Christina Trombley | Executive Director for Drake Online, Drake UniversityUniversities, especially public institutions, collect a lot of data. Between applications, enrollments, financial aid, website clicks, social media posts and everything else, data can be collected, analyzed, and reported. Nonetheless,…
The hottest topics on higher ed campuses today are unequivocally student retention and student success. As college and university academics and administrators, we cannot tackle these challenges without getting deeper,…
Splitting Hairs: Exploring Learn-ing vs Learn-er Analytics (and Why We Should Care)
MJ Bishop | Vice President for Integrative Learning Design, University System of Maryland Global CampusWhile it is certainly true that colleges and universities have been compiling numbers and generating reports for decades, the sheer volume of information now being collected as well as increases…
Driving Institutional Change with Data: Identifying Obstacles to Actionable Business Intelligence
Hank Childers | Executive Director of University Analytics and Institutional Research, University of ArizonaTake the Hint: Shifting from Anecdotes to Analytics
Chad Rowe | Director of Technical Product Management, Destiny SolutionsMaking Data Actionable: Visualizations, Dashboards and Leveraging Big Data on Campus
Robert Dolan | Market Segment Director for the Public Sector, TableauAvoiding Icebergs on Higher Ed’s Big Data Seas
Gregory Fowler | President, University of Maryland Global CampusAnalytics and the New Academy
Melissa Lavitt | Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Washington, Tacoma Colleen CarmeanLearning Analytics: Coming Out From Behind the Curtains
Philip Long | Chief Innovation Officer, University of Texas AustinGoing Wrong with Data
Greg Chmura | Chief Quality Officer, Chmura Economics and AnalyticsUsing Data to Drive Decision-Making
Hadassah Yang | Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Research and Planning, Brandman UniversityA Needed Shift in Defining Higher Education Value: Using Data to Both Create and Prove Value
Becky Takeda-Tinker | President, Colorado State University—Global Campus
Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure from public and private stakeholders to increase efficiency, effectiveness and output. These pressures stem from motivations to expand access while decreasing costs and…
Eschewing Tradition for the Non-Traditional: Analytics and the Modern University
Peter Smith | Orkand Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, University of Maryland University CollegeTraditionally, higher education institutions have been anecdotal and traditional enterprises. Steeped in history, most institutions mirror the management practices and guidelines established over hundreds of years, but in today’s changing…
Every year around this time I get phone calls and email requests asking for our application numbers and how they compare to the year before. Journalists, college guides and even…