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Creating a data-informed culture in community colleges : a new model for educators / Brad C. Phillips, Jordan E. Horowitz.

Phillips, Brad C., (author.). Horowitz, Jordan (Jordan E.), (author.).

Summary:

Brad C. Phillips and Jordan E. Horowitz offer a research-based model and actionable approach for using data strategically at community colleges to increase completion rates as well as other metrics linked to student success. Drawing on insights from neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational change, the authors reveal successful strategies for helping college personnel engage with data more effectively. Based on two decades of experience working with colleges across the country, Creating a Data-Informed Culture in Community Colleges is a much-needed resource for those concerned with improving academic success for all students. -- from back cover.

This book is about strategic data use by community college leaders and other staff for the purpose of making it actionable to improve student outcomes -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781682530870
ISBN: 1682530876
ISBN: 9781682530887
ISBN: 1682530884
Physical Description: viii, 204 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1: A new model for data use -- Analytics for educators -- Human judgment and decision making -- Organizational habits for effective use of data -- Part 2: Putting the model to work -- Leading and lagging indicators -- Aligning interventions to indicators of success -- Monitoring interventions and continuous improvement -- Part 3: Case studies of data-use reforms -- Engaging stakeholders with data: Long Beach City College / Lauren Davis Sosenko -- Data in the service of equity: Southwestern College / Angelica Suarez -- Leading and lagging indicators in action: Odessa College / Gregory Williams and Don Wood -- Conclusion: Embracing a new data use paradigm.