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…
It’s no surprise that the R.E.M. musical classic, “It’s The End of the World as We Know It” is back on the Billboard charts as a result of heightened fears…
What 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 ArizonaAcross our industry, the conversation around the need to leverage analytics and data is growing rapidly. It’s a topic that’s been on EDUCAUSE’s Top 10 IT Issues list for years…
Leveraging 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 | Research Analyst for Business Development and Strategic Planning in the Chang School, Ryerson University 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 SymondsFrom FOCUS to Artificial Intelligence: How Data Has Changed in Higher Education
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State UniversityVisualization and the Three V’s: Managing and Leveraging Data in Enrollment Management
Christina Trombley | Executive Director for Drake Online, Drake University
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 | Director of the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of MarylandWhile 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…
When building an in-house business intelligence division, creating a campus movement behind leveraging data to support decision making and institutional strategy is arguably the “easy” part. What’s left is actually…
Take the Hint: Shifting from Anecdotes to Analytics
Chad Rowe | Director of Technical Product Management, Destiny SolutionsIt’s no secret that higher education institutions traditionally experience lag when it comes to implementing technologies and management structures that take over the private sector. Whether it’s using CRM systems…
Making 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 CampusThe Past, Present and Future of Big Data in Higher Ed
Steven Burrell | Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Northern Arizona UniversityEschewing 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 College
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…
Got Data? Leveraging Analytics to Drive Institutional Success
Javier Miyares | President, University of Maryland University CollegeAs budgets get tighter and expectations get higher, leaders at colleges and universities across the United States are trying to understand how to keep their institutions viable, successful and able…
While the focus of higher education observers, stakeholders and leaders has shifted from opening the door to helping students succeed, many institutions are struggling to make this change. This is…