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Title: An Introduction to Curricular Analytics: Research and Applications for Curriculum Assessment and Review
Language: English
Authors: Shane E. Schellpfeffer
Source: Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning. 2025 6(2):128-138.
Availability: Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education. 6844 Bardstown Road #910, Louisville, KY 40291. Tel: 502-406-8012; e-mail: info@aalhe.org; Web site: https://www.aalhe.org/intersection
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Evaluation Methods, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Engineering Education, Enrollment Rate, Graduation Requirements, Required Courses
ISSN: 2688-7207
Abstract: With the recent development of curricular analytics tools designed to quantify the structure of a curriculum (Heileman, Abdallah, et al., 2018), some institutions of higher education are examining their curricula to find ways that these pathways to graduation can be improved (McMurtrie, 2021). The tools used to analyze curricula were created to address an issue of importance in the field of undergraduate engineering, that issue being the decreasing enrollment trend over the past two decades. The purpose of this article is to describe curricular analytics in a broad sense to extend its reach to the higher education assessment community. This article discusses why curricular analytics is increasingly important, provides elementary definitions and the theory behind it, summarized prior research, provides an illustrative example, and concludes with a discussion of the potential applications for higher education professionals.
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