Read It Right: Data Literacy's Impact on Institutional Mission
To make informed decisions, meet campus needs, and increase student success, leaders must move their institutions from data collection to action. Doing so involves making a strong push for data literacy, ensuring that everyone across the institution has a basic understanding of, comfort with, and ability to use (and question) data.
Becoming Data-Informed
Educating campus constituents and changing campus culture – through good data governance, access, and architecture – can increase data literacy and fluency.
See Advising Success Network (ASN) and EDUCAUSE, Understanding and Developing a Data-Informed Culture
Balancing Data Power and Campus Needs
Developing a powerful data program requires new data roles, infrastructures, and training. It also calls for a consideration of campus needs such as awareness of DEI, bias, and privacy issues.
Read the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Data and Analytics Edition
Boosting Student Success
A key benefit of improving data literacy across the entire higher education institution is the increased student success that results from a better understanding and use of student analytics and insights.
Read "Data Transformation at Salt Lake Community College," EDUCAUSE Review
Hear from the Community
Member QuickTalk | Showcase Coffee Shop
Missed the August 16 Member QuickTalk | Showcase Coffee Shop| Read It Right: Data Literacy's Impact on Institutional Mission? Access the recording to hear from institutional leaders as they navigate strategies to move institutions from data collection to data action.
Go Further
Dig Into the Library
Learn from Your Peers
- Data Literacy Institute (2 offered in 2022)
- Change with Analytics (from EDUCAUSE, AIR and NACUBO)
Assess Your Progress
Feed Your Curiosity
- Exploring the 2022 Horizon Report | Data and Analytics Edition (webinar)
- Demo Day | Data Management & Data Integration Solutions (webinar)
- United Training Data and Analytics courses (courses offered to EDUCAUSE members at a 30% discount)
- Culture Can Wait: The Importance of Data Literacy EDUCAUSE Review
- Data Governance: Becoming a Data-Informed Institution EDUCAUSE Review
Interact with the Community
From this showcase, we hope you'll take away new strategies for using data literacy to move your institution from data collection to data action.
Next up, we'll explore the higher education workforce shakeup and provide you with newly released data and tools to support your institution into the future in Workforce: Evolve or Become Extinct launching August 22.