"You Need a System": Exploring the Role of Data in the Administration of University Students and Courses

Autor/inn/en	Selwyn, Neil; Henderson, Michael; Chao, Shu-Hua
Titel	"You Need a System": Exploring the Role of Data in the Administration of University Students and Courses
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 42 (2018) 1, S.46-56 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Selwyn, Neil) ORCID (Henderson, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2016.1206852
Schlagwörter	Information Systems; Management Systems; Universities; College Students; Organizational Culture; Administrator Attitudes; College Administration; Foreign Countries; Data Analysis; Student Records; Semi Structured Interviews; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Collegestudent; Unternehmenskultur; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Ausland; Auswertung; Schülerakte; Australien
Abstract	Universities generate a mass of data related to students and the courses that they study. As such, "data work" using digital technologies and digital systems is integral to educational administration within higher education. Drawing on in-depth interviews with administrative and managerial staff in an Australian university, this article examines the data practices and processes that have grown up around students and courses. In particular, the article explores the "back-stage" issues surrounding data--e.g. concerns and tensions associated with appropriate uses of data; the organisational cultures that form around the use of data; and the (un)intended consequences of data work. These findings point towards an implicit "black-boxing" of data that shapes the generation and use of digital data in ways that are predominantly restricted and bounded. The article concludes by considering how these constrained forms of data use might be problematised and reconsidered. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01