{"product_id":"how-colleges-use-data-9781421445199","title":"How Colleges Use Data","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does a culture of evidence really look like in higher education?The use of big data and the rapid acceleration of storage and analytics tools have led to a revolution of data use in higher education. Institutions have moved from relying largely on historical trends and descriptive data to the more widespread adoption of predictive and prescriptive analytics. Despite this rapid evolution of data technology and analytics tools, universities and colleges still face a number of obstacles in their data use. In How Colleges Use Data, Jonathan S. Gagliardi presents college and university leaders with an important resource to help cultivate, implement, and sustain a culture of evidence through the ethical and responsible use and adoption of data and analytics. Gagliardi provides a broad context for data use among colleges, including key concepts and use cases related to data and analytics. He also addresses the different dimensions of data use and highlights the promise and perils of the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Evidence Imperative\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Demystifying Data and Analytics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Defining an Institutional Aspiration Using Data\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Equity and Student Success\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Strategic Finance and Resource Optimization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Academic Quality and Renewal\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Creating a Data Governance System\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Promise and Peril of Data and Analytics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Implementation and Planning\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Looking Ahead\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866941403479,"sku":"9781421445199","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421445199.jpg?v=1722281014","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-colleges-use-data-9781421445199","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}