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Predictive Analytics: Moving From Data to Decisions

Colleen Carmean, PhDUniversity of Washington TacomaAssistant Chancellor, Academic Affairscarmean@uw.edu

Making sense of complex data is hard

Tools and Skills Have Changed

Majority First Generation

Majority Pell-Eligible

Majority > 21 yearsMinority Caucasian

The New Traditionals of UWT

EACH YEAR, UW TACOMA LOSES:

25-30% of First Year Students 10-15% of Second Year 3-5% of Our Near-Completers

80% of our losses are students in good academic standing

Now What?

How Do We Discover Who, When , Why

Patterns in the DATA

Finding Students in the DATA

From Reporting…

…to Discovering

New Roles, New Skills

Federated Institutional Research

Federated Knowledge: Strategy/Insights/Interests

Phase 1: Shared Interests

Phase 2: Strategy

Phase 3: Insights

Data, Discovery, Action