{"product_id":"9781119459712","title":"Using Data-Informed Decision Making to Improve Student Affairs Practice: New Directions for Student Services, Number 159","description":"Is the data available on your college campus fully utilized? Analyzing data does not have to be a complex process, but there can be obstacles to putting data to good use: \u003cli\u003eoverworked staff or understaffed departments; \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003esilos that prevent crossing institutional boundaries; \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003elack of research training; or \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003esimply being overwhelmed by the possibilities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Addressing these obstacles, this volume presents pragmatic ideas for implementing data-informed decision making to improve student affairs practice. It first illustrates how to easily analyze quantitative data and read assessment reports?demonstrating that advanced research knowledge is not necessary to make meaning of survey findings. It then provides suggestions for utilizing findings from large data sets typically available on campus and gives practical guidance for making sense of and using quantitative data to inform practice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also included is how to use data to understand the experiences of non-dominant populations on campus, which is especially relevant given the diversity of today's college students. Several chapters speak directly to using data to understand marginalized groups based on race, religion, and sexual orientation, while others focus on using data to understand campus diversity experiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the 159th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, \u003cb\u003eNew Directions for Student Services\u003c\/b\u003e offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148089213168,"sku":"9781119459712","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781119459712_p0.jpg?v=1763697458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781119459712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}