Institutional graduation and retention rates recall the old epigram comparing statistics to skimpy swimsuits: “What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” The institutional measures reported by…
No Institutional Change Without Incentive: Reinventing College Rankings
MJ Bishop | Director of the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of MarylandHigher education is often accused of being a slow-moving industry. But with the drastic changes in today’s student demographics and expectations, not only must the priorities of institutions evolve but…
Community colleges offer convenient access to an affordable education that revolves around student schedules and finances, making them a popular option for many. Demand for education delivered by these institutions…
Expanding the Rankings Value Set: Pushing for a Reprioritization
Gerald Rhead | Interim Executive Director at MSU Global, Michigan State UniversityA 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 UniversityTransforming Performance-Based Funding to Celebrate Institutional Differences
Sally McRorie | Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida State UniversityEmerging Trends: The Role of the Chief Data Officer in Higher Ed
Sally Beatty | Principal, Heidrick & StrugglesA 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 International
The following interview is with Donna Desrochers, principal researcher in the education program at the American Institutes for Research and deputy director of the Delta Cost Project. The Delta Cost…
Bringing Data to the Core of Institutional Operations
Kristin Kennedy | Director of Business Intelligence, Arizona State UniversityI’ve been working with data for a very long time and, in all my years of experience, the one thing I’ve learned is that giving someone data only leads to…
Believe it or not, the vast majority of public and private organizations across the country are structured in the same way when it comes to data … and it’s wrong.…
Data-Driven Decision Making: Bringing CE’s Secret to the Main Campus
Bill McClure | Executive Director of Continuing and Professional Education, University of Massachusetts AmherstThe 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 StatesPredictive Analytics Support Success Among At-Risk Student Populations (Part 2)
Timothy Renick | Senior Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success, Georgia State UniversityPredictive Analytics Support Success Among At-Risk Student Populations (Part 1)
Timothy Renick | Senior Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success, Georgia State UniversityA 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 University
The following interview is with Sandra Woodley, president of the University of Louisiana System. Woodley, who was herself a non-traditional student, has been one of the leading voices in the…
Debating the Graduate Rate Metric: Understanding Higher Education from Multiple Perspectives (Part 2)
Donna Duellberg | Regional Education Services Coordinator, United States Coast Guard—Co-Written with Christine Hansen | Hawaii Administrator, Victory University and Mary-Ann Swendsen | Regional Engagement Team Leader, United States Coast Guard— This is the conclusion of a two-part series. In…
—Co-Written with Christine Hansen | Hawaii Administrator, Victory University and Mary-Ann Swendsen | Regional Engagement Team Leader, United States Coast Guard— Recently, we conducted a mini-research study to ascertain if…