TBers,

Big data and analytics, which "marries large data sets, statistical techniques and predictive modeling [to mine] institutional data to produce 'actionable intelligence,'"1 present big questions to those of us in higher education.   A recent EDUCAUSE piece on this issue can be found here:

http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/ethics-big-data-and-analytics-model-application



  1.  John P. Campbell, Peter B. DeBlois, and Diana G. Oblinger, "Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era<http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/academic-analytics-new-tool-new-era>," EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 42, no. 4, 2007.

Mr. James B.Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center
Milne Library
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY  13820

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