Monday, March 20, 2017

Rallying Behind the Data: Building a Data-Backed Culture - Melissa Vito, Evolllution

Three years ago, we were in a tough spot. We had a set of ambitious retention goals to meet, we had a lot of data—albeit static, siloed, dusty data—but no “system” to collect or distribute it, much less act on it. An institutional reorganization that brought together our institutional research and business intelligence teams set the stage for consistent and better data. So our next step as a team was to get our hands on the data. When you begin running data analyses, you need to prepare for some surprises! http://evolllution.com/managing-institution/operations_efficiency/rallying-behind-the-data-building-a-data-backed-culture/