Analytics
View administrative systems data as a strategic institutional asset.
Data should be managed and treated as a strategic institutional asset. Institutions need to develop analytics strategies based on institutional strategic priorities that can meet compliance and regulatory needs, monitor progress on institutional short-term goals and long-term strategy, and inform institutional decision-making.
Learn About This Key Topic
- Use data and analytics to assess progress on digital transformation (Dx) initiatives
- Use analytics to answer important institutional questions
- Give your campus leadership the data they need
- Support analytics initiatives with data integration and governance
Analytics Toolkit
| Institutional Analytics in Higher Education |
An examination of institutional analytics and four steps to move forward to increase analytics maturity |
| 2018 Trends and Technologies: Analytics |
Report from the 2018 Higher Education’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies and Trends research, covering the 13 trends and 13 technologies included in the analytics domain |
| Digital Capabilities in Higher Education, 2016: Analytics |
An examination of higher education analytics maturity and deployment based on the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service |
| Moving the Red Queen Forward: Maturing Analytics Capabilities in Higher Education |
EDUCAUSE Review article about how colleges and universities can mature their analytics capabilities without working twice as hard |
| Institutions’ Use of Data and Analytics for Student Success (research in partnership with NASPA and AIR) |
Report from three higher education membership associations, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and EDUCAUSE, which describes a variety of challenges and opportunities regarding institutions’ readiness to expand their use of data across functions |
For more enterprise IT resources, visit the EDUCAUSE Library. You can also find a wide range of resources on analytics in higher education in particular by visiting the Analytics library page.