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Using Data to Improve Higher Education

Research, Policy and Practice

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Maria Eliophotou Menon

    1. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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  2. Dawn Geronimo Terkla

    1. Tufts University, Medford, USA

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  3. Paul Gibbs

    1. Middlesex University London, UK

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  • Reading this book with reveal the benefits and the pains of using data for the betterment of the university, it will make you think and act differently.

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education (GPHE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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    1. Introduction

      • Maria Eliophotou Menon
      Pages 1-4

  3. The Use of Data in the Planning and Management of Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Informing or Distracting? Guiding or Driving? The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education

      • John Taylor
      Pages 7-24

    3. Opportunities and Barriers to Effective Planning in Higher Education

      • Richard A. Voorhees, John D. Cooper
      Pages 25-38

    4. Using Data to Inform Institutional Decision Making at Tufts University

      • Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Jessica Sharkness, Lauren M. Conoscenti, Christina Butler
      Pages 39-63

  4. Marketing/Stakeholder Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Student Feedback on the Experience of Higher Education

      • James Williams
      Pages 67-80

    3. Higher Education Brands and Data

      • Chris Chapleo, Peter Reader
      Pages 81-91

    4. Evaluating Students’ Quality of Academic Life

      • Eugénia Pedro, Helena Alves, João Leitão
      Pages 93-118

  5. Economics/Policy Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Returns to Investment in Higher Education

      • George Psacharopoulos
      Pages 121-148

    3. Investigating Students’ Expectations of the Economic Returns to Higher Education

      • Maria Eliophotou Menon
      Pages 149-163

    4. Determinants of the Gender Gap in Annual Earnings among College Graduates

      • Marilou Ioakimidis, Joop Hartog
      Pages 165-180

    5. Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity

      • Sofia N. Andreou, Christos Koutsampelas
      Pages 181-193

  6. Ethical/Correct Use of Data in Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Student Data Privacy and Institutional Accountability in an Age of Surveillance

      • Paul Prinsloo, Sharon Slade
      Pages 197-214

    3. Privacy, Analytics and Marketing Higher Education

      • Paul Gibbs
      Pages 215-228

    4. Using Data and Experts to Make the Wrong Decision

      • Ian R. Dobson
      Pages 229-242

    5. Conclusions and Policy Implications

      • Paul Gibbs
      Pages 243-246
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About this book

In recent decades, higher education systems and institutions have been called to respond to an unprecedented number of challenges. Major challenges

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Maria Eliophotou Menon

  • Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Dawn Geronimo Terkla

  • Middlesex University London, UK

    Paul Gibbs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Using Data to Improve Higher Education

  • Book Subtitle: Research, Policy and Practice

  • Editors: Maria Eliophotou Menon, Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Paul Gibbs

  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-794-0Published: 26 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 262

  • Topics: Education, general

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