By leveraging big data from a variety of sources, colleges and universities can create a cost-effective way to recruit students and boost enrollment, writes Robert Miller, vice president for enrollment management of Centenary University. In this article, Miller discusses key questions that admission officials should ask as they collect data.

Retail veteran Robert Miller has been appointed the new CEO of Albertsons, New Albertsons and Safeway, the three supermarket banners included in the recent $9.2 billion Safeway-Albertsons deal, according to parent company AB Acquisition. Miller replaces Safeway CEO Robert Edwards, who will become vice chairman of the board of directors.

Robert Miller, a health economics professor at the University of California, San Francisco, says it will cost about $150 billion to implement a nationwide electronic health record system. This amount includes hospitals spending about $35 billion to purchase and expand EHR systems and about $55 billion in additional operating costs over eight years -- something he says would put hospital IT spending in line with other industries.

Robert Miller, a health economics professor at the University of California, San Francisco, says it will cost about $150 billion to implement a nationwide electronic health record system. This amount includes hospitals spending about $35 billion to purchase and expand EHR systems and about $55 billion in additional operating costs over eight years -- something he says would put hospital IT spending in line with other industries.