I think you’ll agree that it’s an understatement to say we have seen considerable technological changes over the last 30 years. The internet, the rise of innovative technology, and the emergence of enterprise reporting systems have swept across the world. Yet, we are...
Universities, large and small, private and public, are complex enterprises with issues unique to the education sector. While business intelligence (BI) is a well known option in business, there are specific challenges BI must address to gain deeper inroads into higher...
It doesn't matter if it’s a large state university, local community college, or smaller private institution. One of the things all higher education organizations have in common is that they’re all focused on making sure each and every student is successful. Some...
Many people are aware of business intelligence (BI) products and how companies can use them to improve productivity to better understand the data behind their operations. However, not everyone realizes the powerful case for using business intelligence in higher...
College is a place for students to learn, laugh, succeed, and fail. Most of all, it’s a place to grow. When colleges and universities provide students with access to the tools they need to succeed, great things can happen. Fundraising programs help...
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....
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 -- whether...
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...
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...