Navigating the Data Deluge: Transforming College Admissions with Strategic Insights

Key Takeaways Higher education institutions face challenges in harnessing fragmented college admissions data from multiple systems (CRMs, SISs, LMSs), which complicates the extraction of actionable insights. Implementing standardized methodologies, such as the Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM), helps integrate disparate data sources, simplifying analysis and enhancing decision making. Effective data utilization involves transforming…

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On Presidential Candidates And Sexual Pecadillos

(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Suppose the Democrats chose as their candidate for president a person who had five different children by three different partners.  Suppose that person were a Black woman. Suppose that person were named Kamala Harris. I can only imagine the Republicans’ reaction: “How could Democrats have nominated that…

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Study Finds Better Outcomes Among PGIB Veterans at Nonprofit, Public Colleges

Veterans who did not personally use their Post-9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) benefits earned $1,700 less annually than those who did, according to an interagency study on how enlisted veterans used benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-operated education program. That is after accounting for factors such as academic preparation, military rank, and military occupation….

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SONJA M. BROWN | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Dr. Sonja M. BrownSonja M. Brown has been appointed associate vice chancellor for academic and faculty affairs at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. She served as dean of the College of Media and Mass Communication at The American University in the Emirates in Dubai and as vice president for academic affairs at Great Basin…

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Just ask! – FundraisingCoach.com

I’ve been doing LOTS of trainings in the last few months. And getting a lot of the same types of questions. They generally sound like: “How do I know when a right time to ask so-and-so?”“How do I know if that asking amount is too much?”“This is what happened during the ask. I haven’t heard…

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