Colleges are weighing their ability to know more than ever about their students against the ethical and privacy-related risks that come with amassing such information. Still, the use of data to drive decisions is a fairly new shift for many in higher education.
Experts say student-data collection and analysis done in the absence of a supportive campus culture can actually do more harm to students than good. Colleges bear the responsibility for setting up their own robust protocols for data use to prevent such missteps, including data-defining governance boards, and faculty data-literacy training.
Using Student Data Responsibly dives into how institutions can collect, protect, analyze, and act on student data in a responsible way and offers advice on what existing resources colleges can tap to ensure the financial sustainability of their efforts in the long term.
