Data Analytics

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.

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.

Educause, the association of higher ed technology officials, highlights a need to move from data insight to data action, develop learning-first strategies regardless of modality, and lead with humility.

Can technology help equalize students’ access to relationships that provide support, information and opportunity?

A report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that persistence rose among first-time students in fall 2020 compared to the previous year. But researchers say the findings are a mixed bag.

What responsibility does a course materials–sharing platform have to protect the privacy of the students who use it?

Harvard University allegedly obtained a Title IX complainant’s outside mental health records, absent her permission. How could that be possible?