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Second Annual Waypoints Symposium Continues Important Progress Toward Data-Driven Student Success
From March 25-26, UC Irvine hosted the second annual Waypoints Symposium, a conference featuring speakers and interactive sessions exploring how to best leverage student data in guiding educational policy to ensure student success. Across this two-day stretch, over 110 thought leaders and stakeholders from 27 universities and other institutions across the country gathered in our Anteater Learning Pavilion to discuss emerging opportunities and challenges in using data to drive student success in higher education.
UCI Launches Data Literacy Tools: Compass MAPSS and Data GPS
As part of the University’s commitment to data-driven student success, UC Irvine is launching the Compass MAPSS certification program: a series of data analytics courses for campus faculty and staff. Aimed at promoting data literacy , the program, which is officially titled UCI Metrics & Analytics Promoting Student Success, consists of online and in-person courses ranging from data visualization and ethics to using data in team decision making.
Reframing Academic Probation: UCI’s Move Toward Recovery
“The main goal of the Academic Recovery initiative is to empower students and help them feel in control of their academic performance,” said Michael Dennin, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning. “The Academic Recovery initiative represents a fantastic example of the campus coming together and utilizing data and analytics to make a meaningful difference in university structures.”
Vice Provost Patty Morales honored as AWS Education Champion
Amazon Web Services has announced the second class of Education Champions, including Patty Morales, UCI vice provost for enrollment management. The AWS Education Champions program celebrates and supports influential and innovative individuals whose work accelerates the digital transformation of education with AWS services.
UC Irvine joins Unizin consortium to enhance student success
UCI has joined Unizin, a consortium of leading academic and research institutions committed to optimizing digital transformation in higher education. As a member, UCI has access to knowledge sharing and analytics tools to elevate its data-informed student success initiative, UCI Compass. This collaboration comes at a critical time when UCI is ramping up efforts to more effectively utilize digital intelligence and data to improve educational equity.
Anteater Insider podcast: Navigating barriers to student success
In this episode of the Anteater Insider podcast, the vice provost for enrollment management, Patty Morales, and the director of undergraduate advising for School of Social Ecology, Danielle Primavera, discuss how they collaborate on lifting the student experience to meet students where they are in their academic journey.
Introducing the UCI Postsecondary Education Research & Implementation Institute (PERI²)
In 2022, the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) and Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), announced the creation of the Postsecondary Education Research & Implementation Institute (PERI²). PERI² represents an interdisciplinary team of campus leaders dedicated to supporting and conducting research centered around equitable student access and applying the findings to college and university settings.
UCI COMPASS: UCI’s Campuswide Initiative to Support Data-Driven Student Success
Hosted by Tom Andriola (Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Data, Chief Digital Officer) and featuring Richard Arum (Professor of Sociology and Education); Michael Dennin (Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Professor of Physics and Astronomy); Patricia Morales (Vice Provost for Enrollment Management), and Diane O’Dowd (Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, HHMI Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology), the panel discussed a range of projects and initiatives that leverage data to empower student success.