Presenting to Presidents Getting them the data they need…yesterday

Grayson College

Grayson times they are a-changin’ Student Success by the Numbers Initiative March 2012—First IR-exclusive position June 2012—Presidential transition 2013—four of seven Board members are new Grayson 2015—Strategic Planning

Grayson College’s Challenges Technological capacity/functionality Where is the data? What data is available? Expertise Data integrity Resources—budget, personnel, time, etc.

Solution?

Data Warehousing Pull in data from multiple sources Automatic nightly updates Data warnings Reporting Student engagement

Ad Hoc Requests End-users can bypass complicated commands to a simplified point-and-click Save recurring data requests as “criteria” or “lists” Common reports/requests can be shared with multiple stakeholders Target specific students for engagement initiatives

Access to Historical Data Track specific data points over time Cohort tracking Versatile tables and charts Share reports across institution and departments

Executive Decision Making Making data available to executives Dashboards Easy to present and understand “On-demand” access Recent, accurate, consistent data

Data warehousing at Grayson Increased capacity for IR, IT, and at department level Data as a tool to drive student success End-user empowerment—mid-level managers Systematic process for addressing data quality Improved data access and availability

Institutional Research Analyst Questions? Brent Archer Institutional Research Analyst Grayson College archerb@grayson.edu 903-415-2608