Data Analytics

Early-alert systems designed to catch struggling students are ubiquitous in higher ed, but not every institution is seeing desired results.

The company, known mainly as a bookstore operator, scores a potentially lucrative deal with the digital education consortium Unizin that could help it make its mark in the predictive analytics market.

A free web-based program created by professors shows students’ skill levels at the start of an online course.

Colleges are working to meet demand for big data analysis with burgeoning degree and non-degree programs.

Years after an explosion of data changed how health care practitioners treated patients, a similar wave is poised to transform colleges' understanding of their students' learning.

Should students be told what the data predict about their chances of success? Corporate leaders in predictive analytics business consider the issue posed by an Course Strat blogger.