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EDUCAUSE Review: From Hype to Help: Making GenAI Useful for Enterprise Reporting and Data Analytics
This article was published by the EDUCAUSE Review on October 29, 2024. It is reposted here under under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.
It's Just Semantics when it comes to AI in Analytics
A year ago, there was a lot of AI hype and less substance as vendors and institutions were developing their strategies and policies to adapt to this new normal. This year,...
Here’s the truth about the campus budget crisis
With the fall semester behind us, recently released data is beginning to bring greater definition to the impact of the pandemic on colleges and universities and what...
A University's Data-Driven Response to COVID
Like with any significant moment in time, “Where were you in 2020?” will likely become a topic of conversation for higher ed leaders for years to come, quickly followed by,...
A Data-Informed Strategy
Following the 2008 recession, Frostburg State University, a Maryland institution of 5,300 students, experienced ongoing reductions in both admission and retention rates. To...
When Evaluating Academic Operations, Begin With Better Measures
In its DNA, higher education is familial and collaborative, and no members of university communities want to be in their current predicaments. As institutions look to the...
Financial Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Solutions
The higher-ed industry was experiencing an era of uncertainty and change, even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Background complexities of a changing educational...
To Open or Not: Case Study in Strategic Decision-Making
My campus is not alone in having a battle about the decision to bring back students to campus, although the decision has already been made and students are back. Arguments...
What Data Can — and Can’t Yet — Tell Us
When my twin brother, a commercial pilot, flies a plane, he knows sensors informed by tens of thousands of prior flights are equipped to predict engine failures. But that...
Cultivating a Climate of Data-Informed Decision-Making at UMass Amherst
Even before COVID-19 became a key part of our vocabulary this spring, data-informed decision-making has been a trending topic of conversation among college and university...
Presidential priorities: Areas of concern for College and University Presidents
Higher education was already facing an environment of rising costs and increased competition when COVID-19 struck, leaving higher-ed leaders across the country grappling with...