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Advising Student-Driven Analytics Projects: A Summary of Experiences and Lessons Learned
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Babier, Aaron; Fernandes, Craig; Zhu, Ian Yihang – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
In this paper, we describe a course project in which teams of undergraduate students propose and execute an end-to-end analytics project to solve a real-world problem. The project challenges students to implement machine learning, optimization, simulation, or a combination of these three techniques on real-world data that they collect. A…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Data Analysis, Problem Solving
Benchmarking Alumni Relations in Community Colleges: Findings from a 2015 CASE Survey
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Paradise, Andrew – Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2016
The Benchmarking Alumni Relations in Community Colleges white paper features key data on alumni relations programs at community colleges across the United States. The paper compares results from 2015 and 2012 across such areas as the structure, operations and budget for alumni relations, alumni data collection and management, alumni communications…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Benchmarking, Alumni, Administrative Organization
Towards the Development of a Model for Hardware Standards in Information Technology Procurement: Factors for Consideration
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Ryan, David L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
While research in academic and professional information technology (IT) journals address the need for strategic alignment and defined IT processes, there is little research about what factors should be considered when implementing specific IT hardware standards in an organization. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of factors for…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Research Design, Information Technology, Administration
STARS: A Year in Review
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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System[TM] (STARS) is a program of AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE is a member-driven organization with a mission to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation. STARS was developed by AASHE with input and insight from…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Justice, Sustainable Development, Sustainability
Evaluating Continuing Education Needs and Program Effectiveness Using a Survey of Virginia's SHARP Logger Program Participants
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Barrett, Scott M.; Bolding, M. Chad; Munsell, John F. – Journal of Extension, 2012
Virginia's SHARP logger program is a Cooperative Extension program currently providing training to over 1,500 loggers, foresters, and others. We conducted a mail survey of SHARP loggers to characterize program participants, assess programming needs, and evaluate program effectiveness. Results indicate a diverse group of participants in terms of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Program Effectiveness
Apples to Apples: Towards a Pan-Canadian Common University Data Set
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Junor, Sean; Kramer, Miriam; Usher, Alex – Online Submission, 2006
Most universities in Canada are spending enormous amounts of effort collecting vast amounts of data, but are still--in some quarters--perceived to be unable to report data effectively. In other countries, this kind of problem has been resolved in two different ways. But in Canada, this hasn't happened. The purpose of this paper is to shed some…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Information Management