Big data provides more possibilities for expanding the perspective and deepening the field of higher education research.This study focuses on sorting out the key areas of big data in higher education research,in order to analyze the application focus and methods of big data in higher education research.This study finds that the behavioral subjects,practical actions,and institu-tional management of higher education are the key research areas of big data.The development of research and teaching potential,reform and innovation of education and teaching,and efficiency improvement are the focus of big data in these three key areas.Big data can help higher education research achieve breakthroughs in perspectives,method integration,and application deepe-ning,but it still faces urgent challenges in ethics and privacy,data analysis,data sources and storage,and subject gaps.
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