EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Assessment and Evaluation

The action analytics of the future will better assess students’ competencies. Using individualized planning, advising, and best practices from cradle to career, these action analytics solutions will align interventions to facilitate retention and transitions and will fully maximize learners’ success.

The author discusses two of EDUCAUSE's grand challenges access and accountability, as well as a third one he finds just as important, assessment.

As colleges and universities respond to the public demand for greater accountability in the form of documented learning outcomes and increased student retention, the emerging practice of academic analytics can create actionable intelligence for higher education institutions.

In the wake of the Spellings Commission report, college and university IT leaders need to bring their IT resources and expertise—bring data—to the critical planning and policy discussions about institutional assessment and outcomes that affect all sectors of U.S. higher education.

Leo I. Higdon Jr addresses the comprehensive strategic technology plan that the College of Charleston has implemented to ensure effective IT management. During an informal assessment, three issues arose as the most critical factors in determining success: internal communication, recurring funding, and transparent and collaborative decision-making.

Several readiness criteria can help a campus identify which courses are successful candidates for large-scale redesign using technology.