A recent report from the American Educational Research Association finds that both the U.S. News and Princeton Review higher education/college rankings actually have a huge impact on where students apply…
Exploring Accountability for American Higher Education Institutions
David Hofmeister | Dean of the Graduate School and College of Adult and Professional Studies, Friends UniversityMoxie, specifically institutional moxie, is a critical need for two- and four-year institutions that do not rank well in one or more categories on the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)…
Many proponents of improved innovation and accountability in higher education bang the drum loudly when it comes to the adoption of performance-based funding. However, the short-term factors measured by many…
Emerging Trends: The Role of the Chief Data Officer in Higher Ed
Sally Beatty | Principal, Heidrick & StrugglesHigher education institutions are drowning in data. As technology has enabled immense amounts of data to be collected and stored, it has created significant challenges for many institutions. Decisions on…
A User-Centered Approach to Drive Business Intelligence Solution in Higher Education
Sasanka Prabhala | Executive Director for Strategic Information and Business Intelligence, Wright State UniversityPersonalization at Scale: Using Metrics to Improve the Student Experience
Elizabeth Mulherrin | Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success, University of Maryland University College John MurphyKnowing Your Adult Learners: Use Data!
Anthony Picciano | Executive Officer of Urban Education, City University of New YorkMOOCs Are Taking Higher Education to Brand New Heights
Anant Agarwal | President, edXData Analysis and Our Capacity to Measure Higher Ed’s Value
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State UniversityMeasuring Community College Student Success: Beyond Traditional Completion Rates
Laura Horn | Director of the Center for Postsecondary Education Research, RTI InternationalMoving Away From Input-Focused Metrics
Donna Desrochers | Principal Researcher for the Education Program, American Institutes for ResearchBringing Data to the Core of Institutional Operations
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State UniversityEfficiency Through Innovation: Improving the Accessibility and Efficacy of Data
Brendan Aldrich | Founder, Invoke Learning
The analogy that women are from Venus and men from Mars might be applied to how the CE unit and the main campus view and analyze student data. Each has…
Standardized Reporting Key to Improving Remedial Education
Mary Fulton | Policy Analyst, Education Commission of the StatesThe following interview is with Mary Fulton, a policy analyst with the Education Commission of the States and author of their recent report, “A Cure for Remedial Reporting Chaos,” examining…
This is the conclusion of a two-part series by Timothy Renick discussing Georgia State University’s Graduate and Progression Success (GPS) program and its impact on at-risk, non-traditional students. In the…
Predictive Analytics Support Success Among At-Risk Student Populations (Part 1)
Timothy Renick | Senior Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success, Georgia State UniversityThe following interview is with Tim Renick, vice provost and chief enrollment officer at Georgia State University. Renick spearheaded the adoption of a predictive analytics system at Georgia State aimed…
A New Set of Metrics for a New Higher Ed Reality
Allyson Handley | Executive Director of the Sanford Education Center, National UniversityThe Day the Big Data Hype Died
Phil Hill | Market Analyst, MindWires ConsultingPredictive Analytics and the Higher Ed Overhaul
Shannon McCarty | Associate Vice President of the Center for Innovation in Learning, National UniversityA Closer Look: Data-Driven Decision Making
Christina Trombley | Executive Director for Drake Online, Drake UniversityDriving Veteran Success Through Data
D. Wayne Robinson | President and Chief Executive Officer, Student Veterans of AmericaDo Performance Metrics Capture Today’s Students?
Don Mroz | President, Post UniversityContext Critical for Performance-Based Funding
Sandra Woodley | President, UT Permian BasinDebating the Graduate Rate Metric: Understanding Higher Education from Multiple Perspectives (Part 2)
Donna Duellberg | Regional Education Services Coordinator, United States Coast GuardDebating the Graduate Rate Metric: Understanding Higher Education from Multiple Perspectives (Part 1)
Donna Duellberg | Regional Education Services Coordinator, United States Coast Guard
Current Student Success Metrics Not Working
EvoLLLution NewsWireMany American higher education institutions are scrambling to improve their overall success metrics based on federal graduation and retention rates. It is becoming increasingly evident, though, that these two measures…
Understanding Analytics in Higher Education
Rhonda Blackburn | Senior Advisory Consultant, Desire2Learn—Co-written with Mike Moore | Senior Account Manager, Analytics, Desire2Learn— Institutions collect data every day. What is this data used for? Is the right data being collected? Is this data…
The following interview is with Sandra Woodley, the recently-named President of the University of Louisiana System. Woodley, who herself was a non-traditional student, has held a number of high-ranking positions…