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Colleges and universities use the comparative data available in the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) to inform their IT strategic planning and management. EDUCAUSE researchers produce reports that summarize and analyze the data.

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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

This year’s report provides IT financial and staffing findings and a high-level summary of the state of IT services.

2012 CDS Almanacs

View 2011 almanacs for a year-to-year comparison.

Benchmarking for CIOs Video

In the CIO role, having data and knowing what to do with it are instrumental to success. Get the basics on benchmarking in this eight-minute video.

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CDS Update: New Dashboards, Survey Preparation

The April CDS Update features the new dashboards available in CDS Reporting and what's new and important to know about the 2013 survey. 

Classroom Technology

This ECAR CDS Spotlight Research Bulletin focuses on 2011 CDS survey results related to classroom technology.

Get a Quick Video Update on CDS

Leah Lang explains the primary benefits of CDS, findings from 2011 survey data, and updates coming in 2013.
 

New Core Data Service Almanacs

These publicly available, two-page summaries distill CDS data by Carnegie Class and IT service areas.

CDS at EDUCAUSE 2012

This CDS Update includes an overview of the CDS activities at EDUCAUSE 2012 and the first reports from the 2012 survey.

Evaluating IT Service Quality

This ECAR report synthesizes data from CDS and three focus groups of IT professionals to better understand how and why institutions are gathering satisfaction data.

"CDS helps us identify trends and generate ideas on how best to use and organize our resources in an objective manner and on a national scale. There is no other comprehensive resource available that does this."

— William E. Morse, Jr.
Chief Technology Officer
University of Puget Sound


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Colleges and universities use the CDS benchmarking service to inform their IT strategic planning and management. CDS participants gain access to comparative data from peer institutions. EDUCAUSE researchers and community members collaborate annually to produce analysis, reports and other publications that summarize and analyze the data. Learn More >

CDS 2013 SURVEY OPENS IN

 

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New Data Dashboards

If you completed CDS 2012, join the open BETA test of CDS Reporting to interact with your data. Assign peer groups, create visual data comparisons, drill down to Core Metrics and individual questions, and more.

"I am very happy to see that EDUCAUSE has invested in a significant update to the reporting tools in the Core Data Service. I'm already finding new stories from the data that will help our university understand the role and contribution of IT."

— Theresa Rowe, CIO, Oakland University


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