


Top Challenges in HR Reporting at Colleges and Universities
As is the case with most any organization, the most important operational contributor to a higher education institution is its people – its human resources. These people are its value-building machine. But they also make up a large portion of its operating costs....
Key Initiatives to Help with Enrollment, Retention, and Student Success
Have you heard any of these questions at your higher education institution? “Is enrollment up versus this time last year? “How well are we doing at retaining that cohort? “How many will graduate, and how many will graduate on time?” Our goal in this blog —...
Reporting from Multiple Data Sources in Higher Education: Best Practices
In the age of Big Data and Analytics, we find ourselves surrounded by data. While most of the data might reside in our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, it’s likely that there are several other ancillary data sources available to us. These sources may be...
Steps To Higher Education Data Cleanliness: A Technical Perspective
Introduction As data is collected daily through the heavy use of computers and the internet, we continue to be plagued by the problem of dirty data. Data that is error prone or inconsistent leads to bad outcomes, such as misguided decision making (e.g. inaccurate...