
Simplify the IPEDS Process
IRIS provides an easier, more effective way to collect your data and complete your IPEDS surveys, so you can focus on more strategic initiatives that support your institution’s goals. This web-based, user-friendly platform automates the workflow process for first collecting your IPEDS data, and then for reviewing, validating, and approving your IPEDS survey.

Simplify the IPEDS Process
IRIS provides an easier, more effective way to collect your data and complete your IPEDS surveys, so you can focus on more strategic initiatives that support your institution’s goals. This web-based, user-friendly platform automates the workflow process for first collecting your IPEDS data, and then for reviewing, validating, and approving your IPEDS survey.
Automate Your IPEDS Reporting
Save Time
Data Accuracy
Enhance Tracking
Ease Burden on IT
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the purchase of IRIS include the yearly changes to the IPEDS surveys? And will IRIS include new surveys when they are added to the IPEDS collection schedule?
Yes and yes. Future changes to existing IPEDs surveys will be included as part of the IRIS service. New surveys will be incorporated into IRIS after the NCES has added them to the IPEDS collection schedule and issued detailed guidelines for them.
Is IRIS configured to pull IPEDS data from live tables or customized tables built by institutions? If the locations change, does Evisions update the connection?
What are the pre-requisites for IRIS, and does the data originate directly from the institution's data systems?
Are institutions required to write SQL queries to import data into the Evisions IPEDS Focused Data Model for IRIS?
How is the data imported into the Evisions IPEDS data model to complete an institution's IPEDS surveys?
Which parts of the IPEDS surveys does IRIS populate? And does it populate every field?
Key Features

Dashboard
The dashboard allows you to easily see and access all your IPEDS surveys.
Interface
A survey interface identical to the official IPEDS survey with which you’re already familiar.


Interface
A survey interface identical to the official IPEDS survey with which you’re already familiar.

Annotations
Ability for reviewers to include annotations within surveys.
IPEDS Focused Data Model
IRIS reports from a IPEDS focused data model. This data model lets you ingest and transform non-aggregated data from third party sources, serving as a repository for structured and unstructured data.