To meet the growing demand by legislators, accreditors, consumers, tax payers, and parents for evidence of successful outcomes, this important book provides higher education leaders and practitioners with actionable strategies for developing a comprehensive data culture throughout the entire institution.
"Cultivating a Data Culture in Higher Education brings to the forefront the critical importance of data culture in higher education leadership, management, and policy. Contributors work at the frontline of higher education making this book valuable for higher education administrators and professionals in institutional research, assessment, and planning."- Shouping Hu, Louis W. & Elizabeth N. Bender Endowed Professor and Director, Center for Postsecondary Success, Florida State University, USA
"The promise of "big data" and the power of sophisticated analytical models to guide decision-making in higher education will go unrealized until colleges and universities develop more comprehensive and integrated data cultures. In Cultivating a Data Culture in Higher Education, experienced data and information system experts and leaders in institutional research provide practical suggestions and relevant models to help colleges and universities encourage data literacy and democratization, and establish much needed cultures in which data are shared, valued, trusted and used."-Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University, USA