Building a smarter university : big data, innovation, and analytics /
edited by Jason E. Lane ; foreword by Nancy L. Zimpher.
- Albany : SUNY Press, 2014.
- xxiii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
- SUNY series, critical issues in higher education .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview -- Fostering smarter colleges and universities: data big, big data, and analytics / Legal issues associated with big data in higher education: ethical considerations and cautionary tales / Education and big data versus big-but-buries data / Access, completion, success -- Big data's impact on college admission practices and recruitment strategies -- Who is the big data student? / Nudge nation: a new way to use data to prod students into and through college / Unanticipated data-driven innovation in higher education systems: from student success to course equivalencies / Policy development and institutional decision making -- Integrating data analytics in higher education organization and student success / The opportunities, challenges, and strategies associated with the use of operations-oriented (big) data to support decision making within universities / Measuring the internationalization of higher education: data, big data, and analytics / Big data and human capital development and mobility / Jason E. Lane and B. Alex Finsel -- Jeffrey C. Sun -- Elizabeth L. Bringsjord and Selmer Bringsjord -- Jay W. Goff and Christopher M. Shaffer -- Fred Fonseca and Michael Marcinkowski -- Ben Wildavsky -- Taya L. Owens and Daniel J. Knox -- Lisa Helmin Foss -- John Cheslock, Rodney P. Hughes, and Mark Umbricht. -- Jason E. Lane and Rajika Bhandari -- Brian T. Presscott. Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Pt. 2. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. 3. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.
Demonstrates how universities can use Big Data to enhance operations and management, improve the education pipeline, and educate the next generation of data scientists.The Big Data movement and the renewed focus on data analytics are transforming everything from healthcare delivery systems to the way cities deliver services to residents. Now is the time to examine how this Big Data could help build smarter universities. While much of the cutting-edge research that is being done with Big Data is happening at colleges and universities, higher education has yet to turn the digital mirror on itself to advance the academic enterprise. Institutions can use the huge amounts of data being generated to improve the student learning experience, enhance research initiatives, support effective community outreach, and develop campus infrastructure. This volume focuses on three primary themes related to creating a smarter university: refining the operations and management of higher education institutions, cultivating the education pipeline, and educating the next generation of data scientists. Through an analysis of these issues, the contributors address how universities can foster innovation and ingenuity in the academy. They also provide scholarly and practical insights in order to frame these topics for an international discussion.