
“We’ve Always Done It This Way” - Why Change Feels Like an Uphill Battle
Grace Murray Hopper was a pioneering computer scientist who said, “The most damaging phrase in the language is: ‘It’s always been done that way.’” Granted, she was talking about data processing in...

Educause Panel: The First Steps Towards Institutional Analytics
A Discussion of the Efficacy of Using Wi-Fi Data to Inform Campus Planning Initiatives.

Educause Panel: Are All Alerts Created Equal?
A Discussion of the Efficacy of Alerts & Nudges with Colorado Mesa & Alabama A&M Universities.

Higher Ed's Big Data Privacy Problem
Part II - Purpose of Data Collection
In the first blog post of this series, many of the systems that currently collect and use student data were highlighted. This showed that there is a disconnect...