eCampus News - Data & Analytics Archives https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/data-analytics/ Higher Ed News Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:48:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.ecampusnews.com/files/2021/03/cropped-ecnicon-1-32x32.jpg eCampus News - Data & Analytics Archives https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/data-analytics/ 32 32 107582492 Universities struggle to capture data’s value, study finds https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2023/02/07/universities-data-management/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100586 Institutions face major challenges in capturing data from research and administrative operations and in making that data work together.Universities are literally awash in data. From administrative data offering information about students, faculty and staff, to research data on professors’ scholarly activities and even telemetric signals--the functional administrative data gathered remotely from wireless networks, security cameras and sensors in the course of daily operations--that data can be an invaluable resource.

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]]> 100586 $500K grant will help accelerate higher-ed analytics use https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2023/01/26/500k-grant-higher-ed-analytics/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100542 Funding from the Gates Foundation will support student success efforts as higher-ed institutions leverage analytics.The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), EDUCAUSE, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help colleges and universities leverage data and analytics to advance student success.

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]]> 100542 How to protect your institution’s student data https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2022/08/10/how-to-protect-your-institutions-student-data/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=99592 As cyberattacks continue to rise, higher education institutions are building cultures of privacy and security to protect faculty and student dataRecent increases in data privacy awareness have come not a minute too soon, as the higher education ecosystem finds itself in critical discussions about data security as the number of compromising attacks continues to rise.

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]]> 99592 4 scenarios for the future of postsecondary data and analytics https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2022/08/04/4-scenarios-for-the-future-of-postsecondary-data-and-analytics/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=99556 A number of technologies and practices have great potential to impact postsecondary data and analytics adoptionCurrent technologies and practices have big implications for the future of postsecondary data and analytics.

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]]> 99556 3 ways to build effective data backup strategies https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2022/05/04/3-ways-to-build-effective-data-backup-strategies/ Wed, 04 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=98891 Universities must turn to the cloud to modernize their IT infrastructures and create effective data backup strategies.Kyoto University recently reported that as a result of a defective software update, 77 TBs of research data was wiped from its supercomputer. According to the university, 34 million files from 14 research groups were deleted and a third of the lost data will not be recovered due to lack of additional backup copies.

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]]> 98891 Analytics: The secret sauce to unlocking new educational opportunities https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2022/03/25/analytics-the-secret-sauce-to-unlocking-new-educational-opportunities/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=98654 Universities’ ability to offer these new learning experiences is possible in large part thanks to emerging technologies such as analyticsThe higher education market has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, as many signature college experiences were abruptly shuttered and replaced by online learning. What was once inconceivable – virtual orientation, registration, testing, and even graduation – was made a reality, thanks in large part to secure, enterprise-grade cloud systems.

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]]> 98654 Protecting one of higher ed’s greatest assets: Student data https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2022/02/02/protecting-one-of-higher-eds-greatest-assets-student-data/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=98372 As cyberattacks continue to rise, higher education institutions are building cultures of privacy and security to protect faculty and student dataWhile Data Privacy Week has concluded, the awareness it spread came not a minute too soon, as the higher education ecosystem finds itself in critical discussions about data security as the number of compromising attacks continues to rise.

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]]> 98372 3 tips to help craft a useful analytics model https://www.ecampusnews.com/it-leadership/2021/10/12/3-tips-to-help-craft-a-useful-analytics-model/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=97597 Prioritizing the right things can help you create a strong foundation as your institution builds a successful analytics modelIn an era of declining enrollments across all of higher ed, predictive and prescriptive actions are a pragmatic necessity for institutions that are increasingly reliant on tuition dollars to simply stay open.

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