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Larkan-Skinner, Kara; Shedd, Jessica M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2020
As institutions seek to shift into more advanced analytics and data-based decision-support, many institutional research offices face the challenge of meeting the office's current demands while taking on more intricate and specialized work to support decision-making. Given the great need organizations have for information that supports real-time…
Descriptors: Data, Data Analysis, Prediction, Data Use
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Hawkins, Christie; Bailey, Lucy E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2020
The increasing volume of information and the intense pace of its circulation are changing the ways universities access, use, analyze, and provide data. Many have championed the use of large-scale databases to track student admissions and retention, faculty productivity, student wellness, and other phenomena that shape our understandings of higher…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Data Analysis, Data Use, Colleges
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Parnell, Amelia R. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
For decades, colleges and universities have strived to use data to take bold actions and make big decisions. The result is an expanding community of higher education professionals who are leveraging analytics to deliver optimal learning experiences for students. This chapter will describe the evolution of data use in higher education with a focus…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Use, Decision Making, Higher Education
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Fritz, John; Whitmer, John – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
In this chapter, we explore the obligations for individuals and institutions that emerge from the newfound insights that are enabled through learning analytics. While ethical concerns are raised through learning analytics, a misplaced trend is a "do nothing" approach as a way to assure we "do no harm." We suggest that this is a…
Descriptors: Ethics, School Responsibility, Teacher Responsibility, Educational Research
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Chan, Hsun-Yu; Wang, Xueli – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
In this chapter, we review the strengths of NCES survey data, provide an example of analyzing NCES survey data to explore the pathways between coursework in career and technical education in high school and postsecondary success, and offer suggestions for future data collection.
Descriptors: Surveys, Data Analysis, Vocational Education, High School Students
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Colver, Mitchell – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
As we become increasingly acquainted with the rich opportunities that analytics systems can provide, there is a commensurate need to consider the extent to which analytics tools are effectively integrated, with proper training, into the day-to-day functioning of higher education professionals. This chapter explores the extent to which predictive…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Zinth, Jennifer; Taylor, Jason L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
Dual enrollment is a complex policy issue and is increasingly of interest to state policymakers. Adequate data and data systems are critical to informing dual enrollment policy, yet the data at the federal level and many state data systems suffer from common challenges and lack the capacity to address dual enrollment policy. We review the…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Educational Policy, State Policy, Data Collection
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Kinney, Satkartar K.; Cooney, Darryl A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
Nonresponse is an increasing problem in sample surveys and student surveys are no exception. When nonrespondents differ from respondents in meaningful ways, respondents may not be representative of the population. Hence, analyses of survey data may be biased and not generalizable to the population. In this chapter we provide an overview of…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Data Analysis, Generalization, Responses
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Kelchen, Robert – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
In order to demonstrate the value of higher education and evaluate the effectiveness of various policies and practices, researchers are increasingly expected to merge data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) with a range of other federal and private-sector data sources. In this article, I detail a number of the most…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Databases, Data Analysis, Educational Policy
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Drake, Brent M.; Walz, Aaron – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018
Over the past 20 years, many colleges and universities have made significant progress in building data warehouses and implementing business intelligence tools to provide better access to administrative data that were previously locked away in enterprise systems. However, the data architectures from the 1990s and 2000s are aging as new technologies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Business, Intelligence, Educational Technology
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Honda, Hirosuke – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018
The expansion of big data and analytics has led to the diffusion of institutional research functions across campus departments. In this new environment, IR professionals expect to lead and coordinate various institutional analyses. This article presents a four-quadrant framework to facilitate the dynamics between data analysis and decision-making.
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Institutional Research, Campuses, Departments
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Shapiro, Douglas T.; Tang, Zun – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
We provide an overview of existing and emerging ways that institutional researchers can leverage National Student Clearinghouse data to expand a culture of data-driven decision-making across campus, with a focus on examples from the field.
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Improvement, Decision Making, Data Analysis
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Zheng, Henry Y.; Mayberry, Eric; Stanley, Leanne – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2020
Data analytics is increasingly important to the operations and strategic growth of higher education institutions. In September 2019, three higher education professional associations issued a rare joint statement calling for the accelerated investment and intensified efforts to develop and deploy data analytics in support of campus decision making.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, State Universities, Crisis Management
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Laguilles, Jerold S. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2016
This chapter describes the background and process for collecting postgraduation outcomes data at a 4-year not-for-profit private college. The strategies, analyses, and reporting of this data-collection effort are highlighted with the use of a case study.
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Outcome Measures, Data Collection, Graduate Study
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Taylor, Jason L.; Martineau, Mike – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
Decades of research suggest that faculty play a critical role in student learning and success, yet at many institutions, faculty are not integrated into the institutional research function. This chapter examines how institutional research and faculty can collaborate to encourage data-informed faculty decision-making to drive student success and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Decision Making
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