In today’s show, we’re going deep on data. With a growing pressure for college professionals to provide evidence of successful activities, programs and services, data-informed decision making must become part and parcel of the way higher education is conducted. But as any faculty member, provost or admin will tell you, it can be challenging to experiment and accurately measure outcomes in an educational setting. However, there are tools available that allow higher ed professionals to effectively obtain the information they need.

To discuss this issue further, we welcomed Dr. Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Dr. Parnell and Dr. Ford chatted about reframing the attitude to analytics and data in higher ed, the most common types of data that institutions are collecting and analyzing and why data governance is so important.

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The Importance of Data-Driven Decision Making at Higher Ed Institutes With Dr. Amelia Parnell