
Jonathan S. Gagliardi
What does a culture of evidence really look like in higher education?
The use of big data and the rapid acceleration of storage and analytics tools have led to a revolution of data use in higher education. Institutions have moved from relying largely on historical trends and descriptive data to the more widespread adoption of predictive and prescriptive analytics. Despite this rapid evolution of data technology and analytics tools, universities and colleges still face a number of obstacles in their data use. In How Colleges Use Data, Jonathan S. Gagliardi presents college and university leaders…
What does a culture of evidence really look like in higher education?
The use of big data and the rapid acceleration of storage and analytics tools have led to a revolution of data use in higher education. Institutions have moved from relying largely on historical trends and descriptive data to the more widespread adoption of predictive and prescriptive analytics. Despite this rapid evolution of data technology and analytics tools, universities and colleges still face a number of obstacles in their data use. In How Colleges Use Data, Jonathan S. Gagliardi presents college and university leaders with an important resource to help cultivate, implement, and sustain a culture of evidence through the ethical and responsible use and adoption of data and analytics.
Gagliardi provides a broad context for data use among colleges, including key concepts and use cases related to data and analytics. He also addresses the different dimensions of data use and highlights the promise and perils of the widespread adoption of data and analytics, in addition to important elements of implementing and scaling a culture of evidence.
The book helps faculty and administrators understand important topics, including:
• Demystifying data and analytics
• Defining institutional aspirations using data
• Equity and student success
• Strategic finance and resource optimization
• Academic quality and integrity
• Data governance and utility
• Implicit and explicit bias in data
• Implementation and planning
• How data will be used in the future
How Colleges Use Data helps college and university leaders understand what a culture of evidence in higher education truly looks like.
From the perspective of someone who works at a higher education membership association, this is the type of content our members are asking for. How Colleges Use Data provides guidelines, templates, and plans for how to implement analytics on campuses.
Gagliardi provides a comprehensive analysis and perspective on how colleges and universities can use analytics and data to enhance overall institutional effectiveness with a salient focus on improving student success and learning. This resource book will help higher education leaders implement, leverage, and advance a sustained culture of evidence through the use of data and analytics.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Evidence Imperative
Chapter 2. Demystifying Data and Analytics
Chapter 3. Defining an Institutional Aspiration Using Data
Chapter 4. Equity and Student Success
Chapter
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Evidence Imperative
Chapter 2. Demystifying Data and Analytics
Chapter 3. Defining an Institutional Aspiration Using Data
Chapter 4. Equity and Student Success
Chapter 5. Strategic Finance and Resource Optimization
Chapter 6. Academic Quality and Renewal
Chapter 7. Creating a Data Governance System
Chapter 8. The Promise and Peril of Data and Analytics
Chapter 9. Implementation and Planning
Chapter 10. Looking Ahead
Notes
Index
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