Completion Rate. The beacon of institutional success. The metric that everyone points to to say whether or not an institution is successful. The metric used to justify funding and support. The metric used to decide which institutions are better than others. Graduation Rate. The metric that...
Throughout the years, we’ve seen a variety of different measures of what makes a college or university successful. Does the institution prepare students for future careers? Is the institution contributing to the well-being of its local community? Are the students satisfied with their experience? What...
Benchmarking, both formal and informal, is pretty common in higher education. We take a look at what other colleges and universities are doing and compare our efforts and outcomes. Analyze whether or not our performance is on par. Look for opportunities for improvement. Dig deep...
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 year. Have you thought about doing the same with your data, though? To get started,...
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 need? How should we collect it? What type of analyses will we do? With so...
