DeVry Education Group and Stanford University Present Joint Research Presentation: Boiling Big Data into Action

DeVry Education Group Inc. DV, +2.10% a global provider of education services, joined researchers from Stanford University in a joint presentation at the 20th Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference.

The panel discussion, titled “Boiling Big Data Into Action: A Research Partnership Between DeVry and Stanford Universities,” was presented Oct. 29 at the conference in Orlando, Fla. Panelists included Susanna Loeb, Ph.D., the Barnett Family Professor of Education at Stanford University and faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis; Eric Bettinger, Ph.D., associate professor in the Stanford University School of Education; and Aaron Rogers, director of Online Faculty Operations at DeVry Education Group, the parent organization of DeVry University.

The presentation describes the evolution of the partnership between the two universities over the past 2 1/2 years, and summarizes three major research projects:


  • Changing Distributions: How Online College Classes Alter Student and Professor Performance

  • Remote but Influential: Peer Effects and Reflection in Online Higher Education Classrooms
  • Virtually Large: The Effects of Class Size in Online College Courses

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