Building and Sustaining a Data-Informed Organization is a year-long community of practice. Institutions will progress through the necessary stages to build and sustain a data-informed institutional culture. Teams will participate in a six-module “academy” to start the community of practice, followed by one meeting per month for the remainder of the twelve months.
A data-informed culture is characterized by the reliance on data to guide decision-making processes, shape strategies, and inform improvements. This includes ensuring an infrastructure exists to provide faculty and staff at all levels of the organization with real-time operational data and key performance indicators, snapshot data of reported data, and administrative data, as well as providing ongoing governance and training to use the data to increase student success.
Institutional teams should consist of at least 5-10 members.
At a minimum, teams should include representatives from
This community consists of six synchronous sessions that will guide your institution through a series of institutional self-assessments to evaluate the current data culture at your institution.
Identify key measurable metrics associated with student success for the institution
To ensure that everyone at your institution has access to data relevant to their position.
Institutional teams will use a series of institutional self-assessments to create a capstone project to improve the data culture on their campus. Teams will focus on the project over the remainder of the year within the community of practice.
Fees are based on undergraduate enrollment as determined by College Navigator. Fees are assessed per institution, not per individual
Undergraduate Enrollment:
Using data and making it available to stakeholders in real-time across an institution is a critical component to increasing student success. Assess the current state of data usage and identify the next steps to building a true data-informed culture at all levels of the institution.
Applications for next cohort will be announced. You can apply at this link.
Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis; subject to approval. Early registration is recommended. Applications for the next Cohort are to be announced.
Institutional teams should consist of 5-10 members. At a minimum, teams should include:
6 synchronous modules – one every other week
Starting August 1
Aug 15
Aug 29
Sep 12
Sep 26
Oct 17
Monthly meetings from November 2024 – June 2025
There will be six 90-minute, synchronous sessions every other week. Depending on the size of your team and how the work is divided we estimate approximately ( 3 -5 hours per person per week for the 5-week Academy.)
You will receive an application confirmation email within 1 week of applying. A link to pay for the academy will be sent to the person indicated on the application. Once the payment has been made you will receive further information from the Academy facilitators. Questions: Please contact info@gardnerinstitute.org
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