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Alumni can help colleges’ fundraising and recruitment efforts. They also can serve as mentors to current students. And the good news is that alumni are “increasingly interested in connecting with their alma maters,” according to results of a survey by Anthology.  The survey includes responses from 2,365 college and university alumni. Nearly 400 (17%) of the responses were from community college alumni. Seventy-two percent of the community college graduates expressed interest in staying connected with their alma mater (86% of non-community college graduates expressed the same).

Higher education leaders and those working in education technology (edtech) often grapple with the topic of data analytics, and the industry continues to navigate how to gather, measure and intelligently analyze data to support decision-making within the institution. We have seen that data analytics has the potential to transform student experiences when approached with a focus on creating actionable insights from reliable, privacy-compliant data. But to truly understand how to get the most out of edtech data analytics, it’s important to first consider what data analytics is and what it is not.

Research looks at what university leaders can do to improve higher education for students to make them stay in education