Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining: Data Science for Business

CRISP-DM sounds delicious, but what is it? If you haven’t heard of CRISP-DM yet, you haven’t been following what machine learning and data science can do for your business. CRoss-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) is a methodology businesses take in performing AI in an efficient, scalable way to meet stakeholder demand. Companies must

Back to School: Data Analysis and Business Modeling at Butler University

Co-authored by Joshua Fleischer and Sarah Young. As businesses increase their utilization of data and the insights they gather from it, universities are realizing the need to prepare students for today’s data-driven climate. Professors toe an interesting line. In a semester’s time, they need to provide a basic academic background for data modeling and analytics

All Students Are Nontraditional Students Now… How Can AI Help?

It’s important to remember that the true value of higher education is not quantifiable. I remember in my four years at Ohio University, reading the words of the Northwest Ordinance on the Class Gateway: “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall

Why It’s Time for Nonprofits and Higher Ed to Embrace AI

Things have changed drastically over the last several months for those in higher education and in the nonprofit space. With new social and economic struggles to contend with since Covid-19, what does the future hold for these industries? How can organizations plan for progress in an uncertain time? We spoke with Gene Zeyger, our Customer

What Is “Summer Melt” in Higher Ed? And How Can You Combat It?

The term “summer melt” is used in the education space to describe a phenomenon in which a student thought to be college-bound doesn’t appear. Definitions differ based on the interested party. To the university administration, this vexing problem appears when a student pays their deposit (indicating they’ll be attending) then either decides to attend another

How Can Universities More Efficiently Attract and Enroll Students?

It can often feel that everything in higher education is becoming more expensive. From increasing investment in student opportunities and offerings (academic and extracurricular) to staffing reasonable class sizes, to covering shortfalls in external research funding, any source of cost savings through innovation must maintain quality education without breaking the bank. One oft-ignored cost in