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‘Ruby Tuesday’ Is a Venue to Chew on Data at UTSA
Weekly meetings among student success professionals at the University of Texas at San Antonio guide data-based decision-making and offer opportunities for cross-departmental collaborations.
UArizona Now Wants to Be Called Arizona or U of A. UA Is Still Out.
Professors Worry About ‘Digital Surveillance’ of Their Work
Union’s survey of academics elicits concerns that electronic systems that track teaching, grades and research productivity limit independence and well-being.
New Data Consortium Wants Colleges to ‘Own’ Their AI Future
American Council on Education will lead global effort to pool data on tens of millions of students to improve learner success and collaborate on AI tools.
Creating a Data Culture Through Professional Development Training
The University of California, Irvine, created a certificate program to teach digital literacy skills to campus community members with the hope of improving student outcomes.
Scaling Up: Using Student Data to Motivate Academic Achievement
A student-facing dashboard on Canvas promotes self-regulated learning and study habits by showcasing course data from the learning management system.
Labor Market Data Play Growing Role in Higher Ed
A Rutgers University study found that colleges are increasingly using the information to analyze graduates’ employment outcomes, recruit students and create new programs, among many other uses.
Equity, Data and the In-Person/Online Divide
Hybrid assessment efforts are needed to help institutions identify—and act on—different outcomes for online versus residential students, Joshua Travis Brown and Joseph M. Kush argue.