1. Presenting to Presidents
Getting them the data they need…yesterday

2. Grayson College

3. 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

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

5. Solution?

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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

11. Institutional Research Analyst
Questions?
Brent Archer
Institutional Research Analyst
Grayson College