Strategic Plan Data Mining 101

What might prove useful resources to (re)visit as Carroll begins a Strategic Planning Process? Payscale.com’s recent release College/University ROI data base (see below) reminded me of the value of being aware of such resources and of the importance of understanding their value, their assumptions, their limitations, and their potential uses and misuses. Below are a few of my favorite data resources. What have I missed?

1.  Payscale.com’s recent release of 2017 College/University ROI data base
2. CollegeScoreCard (click on link and try it) wonderfully introduces an important trend toward TRUE TRANSPARENCY in data sharing and a very useful interactive data base for comparing schools
3. the UW Accountability Dashboard similarly exemplifies this healthy trend.
4. College Results Online is  such a gem in the rough.

5. Chronicle of .Higher Education (I pay for premium access.)

6. AAUP Salary Data: Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

7. Executive Compensation at Private Colleges: Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

8. IPEDS (individual institutions and comparisons

9. Here is a link to the U.S. Department of Education’s  data base “trove” that drives its data base.  

10. And if you work dig deeply enough, you can even find historical data on one’s own institution.