EDUCAUSE 2016 Analytics and Student Success: Research & Benchmarking
Analytics and Student Success: Research & Benchmarking by Jeffrey Pomerantz & D. Christopher Brooks Thursday, October 27 Session Type: Breakout Session Delivery Format: Interactive Presentation Benchmarking can be used to calibrate institutional priorities, compare outcomes to peers, and measure progress toward institutional self-improvement. In this session we will discuss developing a framework for establishing benchmarks, aspirations for improving, and measuring success. We will look at specific benchmarks relevant to different types of institutions and the maturity of these benchmarks. This session will introduce participants to EDUCAUSE analytics and student success benchmarking tools and resources as well as showcase community members' case studies for benchmarking these topics. Outcomes: Learn about the analytics and student success benchmarking tools and resources available through EDUCAUSE * Discover new methods that will help you adopt sound analytics and student success benchmarking practices on your campus * Expand your knowledge and appreciation for analytics and student success benchmarking use cases and business practices from your peer panelists
EDUCAUSE 2016 Analytics and Student Success: Research & Benchmarking
- 1. Analytics and Student Success: Research & Benchmarking D. Christopher Brooks Senior Research Fellow EDUCAUSE @dcbphd Jeffrey Pomerantz Senior Research Analyst EDUCAUSE @jpom
- 2. ¡®A slow sort of country!¡¯ said the Queen. ¡®Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!¡¯ --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
- 3. ¡°Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?¡± ¡°That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,¡± said the Cat. ¡°I don¡¯t much care where¡ª¡± said Alice. ¡°Then it doesn¡¯t matter which way you go,¡± said the Cat. ¡°¡ªso long as I get somewhere,¡± Alice added as an explanation. ¡°Oh, you¡¯re sure to do that,¡± said the Cat, ¡°if you only walk long enough.¡±
- 6. Examples of benchmarks Arizona State University ? Enhance university graduation rate to 75-80% ? 2014 enrollment = 83,301 ? 75-80% = 62.5 ¨C 66.5 K students between 2015-18 City University of New York ? 50% of entering students earn AA within 3 years ? 2012 cohort = 1,562 ? 50% = 781 students by 2015
- 7. Metrics
- 8. Higher education digital capabilities Conceptual map
- 9. Motivations for investing in learning analytics
- 10. Uses of learning analytics data
- 11. Maturity Indices measure the capability to deliver IT services and applications in a given area. Deployment Indices measure stages of deployment for specific technologies and services, which are aggregated to track progress by area.
- 12. Maturity Indices
- 13. Student success maturity index: overall
- 14. Maturity index composite scores by scale
- 15. Student success maturity index: Process and policy
- 16. Student success maturity index: Student success
- 17. Detail of maturity index measures
- 21. Detail of deployment index measures
- 22. Benchmarking using Core Data Service
- 23. EDUCAUSE SERVICES Tools for Better Decision Making Technology Research in the Academic Community Track student and faculty technology needs and experiences Core Data Service Compare peer and aspirant data for IT financials, staffing, and services Benchmarking Service Measure technical and cultural capability for digital initiatives like student success BENCHMARKING ENHANCE DECISION MAKING | educause.edu/research Campus leaders use EDUCAUSE assessment and benchmarking services to plan for and manage IT service delivery, financials, security and risk, technology-supported learning, and digital initiatives. Learning Space Rating System Measure how classroom design supports and enables active learning Information Security Program Assessment Tool Evaluate the maturity of your information security program IT Risk Register Identify common risks to support your strategic IT risk-management program ASSESSMENT
- 24. The EDUCAUSE Benchmarking Service
- 26. MI & DI Overview
- 31. ¡°Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?¡± ¡°That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,¡± said the Cat. ¡°I don¡¯t much care where¡ª¡± said Alice. ¡°Then it doesn¡¯t matter which way you go,¡± said the Cat. ¡°¡ªso long as I get somewhere,¡± Alice added as an explanation. ¡°Oh, you¡¯re sure to do that,¡± said the Cat, ¡°if you only walk long enough.¡±
- 32. Help Us Improve and Grow Thank you for participating in today¡¯s session. We¡¯re very interested in your feedback. Please take a minute to fill out the session evaluation found within the conference mobile app, or the online agenda.
- 33. Thank you! Jeffrey Pomerantz Senior Research Analyst EDUCAUSE @jpom D. Christopher Brooks Senior Research Fellow EDUCAUSE @dcbphd