This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “The Future of Advising,” available in the Chronicle Store. The goal of academic advising, whether it’s accomplished by faculty or ...

Brandon Galarita is a freelance writer and K-12 educator in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is passionate about technology in education, college and career readiness and school improvement through data-driven ...

Half of educators and administrators struggle to access necessary student data, with 86 percent noting that data gaps limit their ability to support academic success and attendance, according to a ...

In the digital age, nearly all college activities take place online — from interacting with student services to managing financial aid and participating in classroom engagement. As a result, ...

Over the past year, colleges and universities have gained valuable experience collecting, analyzing and disseminating data. They initiated much of this work in response to the devastating impact of ...

School districts and the companies that work with them need to put a greater emphasis on ensuring that the massive amounts of student data collected every year are cleared of identifying information ...

As big data use gains prevalence, it becomes increasingly important to communicate information in ways that are easily understood by internal and external stakeholders. Accounting students learn how ...