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Higher education institutions employ a variety of techniques in order to obtain information to facilitate data-driven decision making. This chapter will describe a variety of activities utilized by members of Tufts University to inform their decision making processes.
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Terkla, D.G., Sharkness, J., Conoscenti, L.M., Butler, C. (2014). Using Data to Inform Institutional Decision Making at Tufts University. In: Menon, M.E., Terkla, D.G., Gibbs, P. (eds) Using Data to Improve Higher Education. Global Perspectives On Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0_4
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