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know what the future looks like, you
must understand how society uses
information today." This theme carried
through the discussion on the growing
number of ways that data can be used
to improve performance and inform
leadership decisions.

Allen Groves, dean of students at the University of Virginia, speaks as part of a panel discussion
on issues of freedom of expression on campuses. The night of this session, student protests at
the University of California, Berkeley over the appearance of far-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos
resulted in fires and damages.

Campaign, about the future of LGBTQ
rights under the new administration.
After providing background on
discrimination issues, Oakley issued
the disclaimer that, while the Human
Rights Campaign could make
predictions about legislative action, the
direction of the new administration
was ambiguous in this regard. One
thing they were sure of, though, was
that things could change and develop
quickly.
Oakley may not have known
just how prescient that comment
was. On February 10, 2017, the U.S.
Department of Justice, under the
leadership of Attorney General Jeff
Sessions (who had just been sworn
in 48 hours earlier), announced
that it would not be challenging an
injunction ruling that transgender
students would not be allowed to use
school bathrooms that corresponded
with their gender identity. Again, this
was not a case of a new administration
reversing an existing law. Rather, the
decision meant that the DOJ would not
support a motion from the previous

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administration.
The Obama administration had
stressed that the Title IX law extended
to protect transgender students and,
specifically in this case, allowed
students access to bathrooms and
locker rooms that corresponded
to their gender identity. That
interpretation was overruled in an
injunction issued by a Texas District
Court judge. After the decision was
announced, Mara Keisling, executive
director of the National Center for
Transgender Equality, said in a New
York Times article that the decision
to not pursue the case was a "callous
attack" on "the dignity and safety of
transgender students."

AT THE HELM
Early in his presentation, George
Siemens, a professor and executive
director of the Learning Innovation
and Networked Knowledge research
lab at the University of Texas,
Arlington, posited, "If you want to

Siemens' presentation addressed
a number of different ways that data
can be used to predict individual
student performance. While most
in the room utilized at least some
assessment analytics (e.g., satisfaction,
grade point average, retention, etc.)
State of the Profession
at an institutional level, thereinwere
a
session
select few who were using a higher
level. For example, Michigan State
University in East Lansing is one
of 11 institutions that have formed
the University Innovation Alliance
around a shared goal of eliminating
race, first-generation, and income
status as predictors of college
graduation. Rather, the schools (and,
more specifically, in MSU's case,
the student affairs department) are
utilizing predictive analytics for
proactive outreach and advising to
students most in need of intervention.
The Student Success Dashboard
provides advisors as well as residence
education and housing services staff
with information about students'
current progress toward degree. The
platform centralizes communications,
scheduling, and documentation
systems to support student outreach
in MSU's residential Neighborhoods,
through support units and among the
17 academic colleges.
In addition, Michigan State is
building a centralized Student Data
Hub to better coordinate analytic
and assessment efforts across the
campus. Known as the Student
Success Analytics work stream, this
group is pursuing projects related to
developing better reporting, diagnostic,
and predictive analytics capabilities
to support student interventions.



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Talking Stick - March/April 2017
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Facilities
Special Focus
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
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