Capture Book Club: What We’re Reading, Vol. 3
Welcome back to Capture Book Club, an adventure in reading that focuses on inquiry, curiosity, data and anything connecting different aspects of life that would otherwise not be obvious. Volume Three features surprising insights from the world of online dating, a look... Capture Book Club: What We’re Reading, Vol. 2
In its second installment, Capture Book Club again focuses on books about inquiry, curiosity, data and anything connecting different aspects of life that would otherwise not be obvious. This edition includes three books by Richard Florida as well as the cultural...
The Weight List Recap Driving in the Rear View: The Future Is Your Past
For the seventh installment of The Weight List, Capture Higher Ed’s data science podcast, Dr. Thom Golden and Dr. Brad Weiner take on an excellent question submitted by a listener about predictive modeling. The question: How can a university use historical data to...New Tool Predicts Financial Aid Outcomes
Capture Higher Ed just unveiled Envision Financial Aid, a financial aid prediction tool that helps enrollment managers optimize aid amounts for each student in their prospective student pools. The idea is to maximize the odds of enrollment while minimizing the impact...
Microscholarships: A New Trend in Financial Aid
In the sixth installment of The Weight List, Dr. Thom Golden and Dr. Brad Weiner had a conversation with George Kirkland, co-founder of Raise.me, a start-up company that’s attempting to revolutionize the awarding of scholarships. The company began with an observation...
The (not so) Magic Number 43
Near the beginning of every episode of The WeightList Podcast, Capture Higher Ed’s podcast hosted by Drs. Thom Golden and Brad Weiner, the two data scientists each choose a number related to higher education and then discuss its significance. During Episode 5, Thom... 