09 Apr WSCUC ARC 2019
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)'s annual Academic Resource Conference (2019) kicks off today. I'm heading there tomorrow and am looking forward to...
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14 Mar Data Skills+: The Ticket to a Successful IR Career
Data skills are a must for IR professionals at every level. Today’s institutions use increasingly complex data tools, including advanced predictive analytics, big data, and business intelligence systems. Certainly, that...
28 Feb Using Storytelling to Engage Your Data Consumers
We all love a good story. It hooks us from the very beginning. The scene and characters come alive in our minds. Before we know it, we’re hanging on every...
28 Feb Data People are Everywhere on Your Campus. Here’s How to Bring Them Together.
Long gone are the days where one department is the “data office." Nearly every office and department uses data. Many even generate and store their own data. Data people are...
10 Feb Planning for a Smooth IPEDS Data Collection Cycle
With the IPEDS Winter data collection cycle nearly complete (don’t forget to hit lock by February 13!), we will soon shift our focus to preparing Spring data. While it may...
22 Jan 5 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Look at Your Data
At the start of the new year, many of us take a good long look at ourselves and identify somethings we'd like to do better or differently in the new...
16 Jan 4 Easy Ways to Encourage Productive Data Conversations This Year
So often, one of the biggest hurdles to using data effectively lies in the conversations we have about the data. What are we trying to study? What data do we...
08 Jan Postcollege Outcomes Resource Clearinghouse
As you probably know, the metrics for measuring student success in higher education are dynamic. Institutions and stakeholders have long been on the hunt to know more about how college...
02 Jan Planning to Succeed in 2019
It’s hard to believe 2019 is here already. If the new year can sneak up this quickly, so too can deadlines. It happens to all of us. So, let’s do...
29 Oct Engaging Others into IR through the Backdoor
I smile when co-workers/colleagues say “can you just tell me what I should do with these results, I’m not a data person.” If I know the person well enough (or...