ISBN:
9789462097940
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VI, 262 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
Global Perspectives On Higher Education
Series Statement:
Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Using Data to Improve Higher Education: Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords:
Education, Higher Administration
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Educational indicators
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Educational planning Mathematical models
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Education
;
Education
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Maria Eliophotou Menon , Dawn Geronimo Terkla and Paul Gibbs -- Introduction /Maria Eliophotou Menon -- Informing or Distracting? Guiding or Driving? The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education /John Taylor -- Opportunities and Barriers to Effective Planning in Higher Education /Richard A. Voorhees and John D. Cooper -- Using Data to Inform Institutional Decision Making at Tufts University /Dawn Geronimo Terkla , Jessica Sharkness , Lauren M. Conoscenti and Christina Butler -- Student Feedback on the Experience of Higher Education /James Williams -- Higher Education Brands and Data /Chris Chapleo and Peter Reader -- Evaluating Students’ Quality of Academic Life /Eugénia Pedro , Helena Alves and João Leitão -- The Returns to Investment in Higher Education /George Psacharopoulos -- Investigating Students’ Expectations of the Economic Returns to Higher Education /Maria Eliophotou Menon -- Determinants of the Gender Gap in Annual Earnings among College Graduates /Marilou Ioakimidis and Joop Hartog -- Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity /Sofia N. Andreou and Christos Koutsampelas -- Student Data Privacy and Institutional Accountability in an Age of Surveillance /Paul Prinsloo and Sharon Slade -- Privacy, Analytics and Marketing Higher Education /Paul Gibbs -- Using Data and Experts to Make the Wrong Decision /Ian R. Dobson -- Conclusions and Policy Implications /Paul Gibbs -- Contributors /Maria Eliophotou Menon , Dawn Geronimo Terkla and Paul Gibbs -- Index /Maria Eliophotou Menon , Dawn Geronimo Terkla and Paul Gibbs -- Global Perspectives on Higher Education /Maria Eliophotou Menon , Dawn Geronimo Terkla and Paul Gibbs.
Abstract:
In recent decades, higher education systems and institutions have been called to respond to an unprecedented number of challenges. Major challenges emerged with the phenomenal increase in the demand for higher education and the associated massive expansion of higher education systems. In response universities were called to adopt planning and research methods that would enable them to identify and address the needs of a larger, more diverse student body. Higher education institutions began to place greater emphasis on planning and marketing, seeking to maintain their position in an increasingly competitive higher education market. Under the current economic downturn, universities are under pressure to further cut costs while maintaining their attractiveness to prospective students. As a result educational policy makers and administrators are called to select the ‘right’ alternatives, aiming for both efficiency and effectiveness in delivered outcomes. This book provides insights into the use of data as an input in planning and improvement initiatives in higher education. It focuses on uses (and potential abuses) of data in educational planning and policy formulation, examining several practices and perspectives relating to different types of data. The book is intended to address the need for the collection and utilization of data in the attempt to improve higher education both at the systemic and the institutional level
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART A:THE USE OF DATA IN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMING OR DISTRACTING? GUIDING OR DRIVING? THE USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; SOME INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; LEARNING FROM THE WORLD OF BUSINESS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN PRACTICE; Strategy; Management; Efficiency; Quality; Resource Allocation; USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION:SOME FINAL THOUGHTS; Quality of Data; Types of Data; Methods; Quantity or Quality; Using Performance Indicators; Transparency and Agreement
Description / Table of Contents:
"Apples and Pears"Drawing False or Unjustified Conclusions; Decision Making; Performance Culture; User Perspectives; REFERENCES; OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE PLANNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION:Data Sources and Techniques; OVERVIEW; EFFECTIVE PLANNING: OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS; Build a Culture of Inquiry and Evidence; Map out High Level Strategy; Defining Roles; Engage Teamwork; Create Actionable Data; Expand Comfort Zones; Waiting for Perfection; SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE IN USING DATA TO PLAN; Strategic Planning and Data; Inviting Constructive Conversation
Description / Table of Contents:
Assessing Institutional Data ReadinessApproach Software Acquisition Cautiously; Analytics; Focus First on Diagnosis; Create Data Allies; Connecting Bottom-up Planning to Data; Create Early Data Victories; Settle on Approaches to Benchmarking; Managing Change Processes; SUMMARY; NOTE; REFERENCES; USING DATA TO INFORM INSTITUTIONAL DECISION MAKING AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY; INTRODUCTION; TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED AT THE UNIVERSITY; Dashboard; Rick Register; Surveys for Assessmen; Modeling; Benchmark Comparisons; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; PART B:MARKETING/STAKEHOLDER DATA
Description / Table of Contents:
STUDENT FEEDBACK ON THE EXPERIENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION:A Significant Component of Institutional Research DataINTRODUCTION; Background; PURPOSES OF COLLECTING STUDENT FEEDBACK; Different Purposes; Different Types of Survey; HOW SURVEY RESULTS ARE USED; The Consultation Process; Accountability for Improvement: Impact of NSS; WHAT STUDENT FEEDBACK DATA TELL US; CHANGE AS A RESULT OF STUDENT SURVEYS; Approaches to Closing the Feedback Loop; Working in Genuine Partnership with Students; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Description / Table of Contents:
HIGHER EDUCATION BRANDS AND DATA:Should Branding Metrics in U.K. Universities Be Better Informed?INTRODUCTION; WHY IS BRANDING IMPORTANT?; WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF BRANDING A UNIVERSITY?; IS HIGHER EDUCATION CLEAR ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OF BRANDING IN THE SECTOR?; CAN BRANDING IN HIGHER EDUCATION BE MEASURED?; WHAT DATA IS THE SECTOR CURRENTLY USING TO INFORM BRANDING?; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCE; EVALUATING STUDENTS' QUALITY OF ACADEMIC LIFE:Using Data in a Structural Model Approach; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESES; Quality of Academic Life
Description / Table of Contents:
Determinants of Quality of Academic Life
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0
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