Data Analytics

Undergraduate enrollment fell by 4.5 percent versus last spring, with deep drops among some underrepresented students, according to early data. Graduate enrollment ticked up, but not enough to prevent an overall decline in student numbers.

Researchers hoped that online communications would prod students to nearly double their study time. It barely budged, but their study shows how scholars can measure impact (or lack thereof) of educational interventions.

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.