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Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education

drupal — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:27:52 -0600

Since the 1980s, higher education has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on administrative technologies to improve access to information. Institutions implemented new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, data marts, data warehouses, and technologies to improve reporting. This study analyzes the outcomes at more than 380 higher education institutions. It looks at what the chosen strategies have accomplished, in what ways institutions use the data they collect, whether institutions are investing more resources in tools that enable them to collect and manipulate management information, and the degree to which information and analysis are being used to support institutional decision making. A corporate edition is available here.

Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education - Key Findings

drupal — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:16:36 -0600

These Key Findings describe the major discoveries of the ECAR research study called "Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education". Since the 1980s, higher education has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on administrative technologies to improve access to information. Institutions implemented new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, data marts, data warehouses, and technologies to improve reporting. This study analyzes the outcomes at more than 380 higher education institutions. It looks at what the chosen strategies have accomplished, in what ways institutions use the data they collect, whether institutions are investing more resources in tools that enable them to collect and manipulate management information, and the degree to which information and analysis are being used to support institutional decision making.

Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education Roadmap

drupal — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:21:41 -0600

Since the 1980s, higher education has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on administrative technologies to improve access to information. Institutions implemented new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, data marts, data warehouses, and technologies to improve reporting. This roadmap analyzes the outcomes at more than 380 higher education institutions. It looks at what the chosen strategies have accomplished, in what ways institutions use the data they collect, whether institutions are investing more resources in tools that enable them to collect and manipulate management information, and the degree to which information and analysis are being used to support institutional decision making.

University of California, San Diego: Increasing Operational Efficiencies Through Business Process Redesign and Analytics

drupal — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:39:05 -0600

This case study illustrates how UCSD has accomplished a significant business process redesign through Sponsored Project Excellence Achieved through Redesign (SPEAR), a project in research and grants management. The case study describes the development and implementation of that project, as well as presenting UCSD's efforts with business analytics. Innovative tools including balanced scorecards, dashboards, and other business applications support these initiatives through changes in technology and shifts in administrative organization.

University of Phoenix: Driving Decisions Through Academic Analytics

drupal — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:33:24 -0600

This case study examines how developing a data-driven decision-making environment through academic analytics has challenged the University of Phoenix throughout its central and campus organizations. It describes some of the issues involved in moving from the collection of data to the ultimate use of that data. Through overviews and very specific examples, the complex Phoenix structures and processes provide examples of academic analytics at unit and institutional levels.