Academic analytic's is the application of business intelligence (BI) tools
and strategies to guide decision-making practices in educational institutions. The goal of an
academic analytics program is to help those charged with strategic planning in a learning
environment to measure, collect, decipher, report and share data in an effective manner so that
operational, program and student strengths and weaknesses can be identified.
By using business analytics (BA)
tools, which include predictive
modeling, educators and administrators can make data-driven decisions. Learning management
systems, which provide students with course content and interactive tools, can be a valuable
resource for gathering student data.
See also: human
resource analytics; prescriptive
analytics; ad hoc
analysis
Contributor(s): Emily McLaughlin
This was last updated in July 2012
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