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Make Data-Driven Financial Aid Decisions for Your School

School & Student Services by Community Brands

However, incorporating historical data insight into the process allows schools to: Ensure Equity and Fairness Schools can analyze patterns and trends to ensure aid is distributed based on demonstrated need and institutional priorities rather than ad-hoc decision-making. Compliance with data privacy regulations, such as FERPA.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

3 key functions of a higher education analytics organization Institutions of higher learning are collecting reams of data, but these data are generally used to satisfy compliance reporting requirements (or remain unused ) rather than employed to facilitate strategic analysis (1). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28 (1), 1-24.

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4 reasons your team won’t use data—even if they want to

EAB

Case in point In 2021, EAB hosted a focus group for an institution that hoped to understand why the equity dashboard they created wasn’t being utilized. Case in point When faced with the task of reducing equity gaps in their retention rates, CSU Fullerton invested in 10 retention specialists to leverage new technologies.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. And if we cannot teach, we cannot build the critical literacies that this moment demands. Weve seen this before.