ELHE 8207 Data-Driven Decision-Making II
This course develops students' capacity to analyze and interpret quantitative and institutional data in educational contexts. Students examine description statistics, data visualization, and analytical approaches using student-level, institutional, and national datasets. Students critique published research that uses different methodological approaches and connect these analyses to their problems of practice while developing skills in data evaluation and evidence-informed decision-making.
Course overview
- Department
- Educational Leadership and Higher Education
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.08 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.46 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Angela Boatman | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 7–9 hrs/week | 8 of 14 |
| Spring 2025 | Angela Boatman | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 7–9 hrs/week | 11 of 13 |
| Spring 2024 | Angela Boatman | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | — | 8 of 15 |
| Spring 2023 | Angela Boatman | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 7–9 hrs/week | 10 of 18 |