On Wednesday, April 20th, in collaboration with Cisco Systems, we conducted a panel on “How HBCUs are Transforming the Future of Higher Education” with some amazing panelists (bio’s below). …

In this series, we have highlighted just how much data is currently used in Higher Ed and the overall absence of transparency, dove into the purpose of data collection and how it has changed, and reviewed problems associated with single privacy gatekeepers in absence of a collective body. Today… we…

Given the nature of our work at Degree Analytics, we discuss privacy probably more than most software vendors in education. In short, we specialize in utilizing the transactional log data that is present in systems like enterprise wireless management systems to help universities understand how the campus is actually used. …

In the first blog post of this series, many of the systems that currently collect and use student data were highlighted. This showed that there is a disconnect between how institutions use student data, and what students think of their institution’s data usage. …

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Part I — The Problem (4 min read) It’s time to give this discussion the proper focus and attention it deserves within the scope of Higher Education. So let’s talk about an “Invasion of Privacy”. …

Part I — The Problem (4 min read) It’s time to give this discussion the proper focus and attention it deserves within the scope of Higher Education. So let’s talk about an “Invasion of Privacy”. …

At Degree Analytics, we recognize how much of a gap exists, and continues to grow, between privacy and the pursuit of a better campus and student experience. We believe that data can, and ought to be, used for the purpose of student success. We also recognize that protections and governance…

A framework for understanding and acting on student’s new motivations As colleges and universities begin to manage to reopen their campuses to students, faculty, and staff, it is clear that historic models and criteria to accurately inform decision making in the face of the CoVid-19 pandemic are neither correct and/or complete (our article about the 1st black swan event to…