The adoption of big data in higher education has been relatively slow due, in part, to privacy concerns. The sheer volume of information can also be overwhelming. Institutions may not know how to best harness and make sense of such large amounts of data.

But the big data trend is just beginning. A 2016 Forbes article stated that institutions are increasingly becoming aware of how useful and impactful big data can be for everything from assessment to accreditation. And, even more important, quality tools now exist to help institutions gather, store, and analyze this data so it can...

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Brian Apperson is vice president of higher education at Apperson, an industry leader in educational testing technology. The company has been improving education for more than 20 years with its scanners, forms, and analysis software. Its newest cloud-based product, DataLink Ascend, is an assessment-management solution that supports both paper and online testing combined with detailed reporting on assessments and learning outcomes.