Robust 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…
How to Leverage Assessment and Strategic Planning for Beneficial By-Products
Joseph D. Levy | Executive Director of Assessment and Accreditation, National Louis UniversityAs 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…
Measuring 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 HensleyIt’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 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 SymondsFrom FOCUS to Artificial Intelligence: How Data Has Changed in Higher Education
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State University
Universities, 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,…
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Leveraging Predictive Analytics More Widely
Mike Scheuermann | Associate Vice President of Instructional Technology and Support (Retired), Drexel UniversityThe 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,…
While 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 ArizonaWhen 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 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 CampusThe Past, Present and Future of Big Data in Higher Ed
Steven Burrell | Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Northern Arizona University
Traditionally, 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…
Metrics that Matter
Meredith Twombly | Dean of Enrollment and Retention, Hampshire CollegeEvery 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…
As 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…