Like other industries, Higher Education has adopted and accepted the digital dashboard, a Business Intelligence system, to manage the information of day-to-day operations related to recruiting, enrollments, student information, finance, etc., that drives institutional excellence. A major challenge for Higher Education is to manage the continued expansion of campus information in an analytical way in order to gain insights at the aggregate level. Business Intelligence plays an essential role in developing strategies for institutional effectiveness.

Digital dashboards highlight department- or institution-wide performance and trends against goals for recruiting and admissions, enrollment, financial aid, student billing, student retention and more. By having a clear understanding of the strategic impacts of their decisions and assumptions, campus executives can be more nimble in their decision-making. In summary, Business Intelligence is all about getting the critical performance information that the campus executives need, when they need it, in a form that’s easy to understand and deliver to all consumer levels.

Higher Education uses Business Intelligence to gain key insights that can dramatically improve college/university performance. These solutions provide key metrics and information, tailored to the needs of executives, that measure the performance of an institution and facilitate strategic vision and planning. Campus Executives use Key Performance Indicators to manage and monitor overall campus performance. Dashboard, Scorecard and Reports are some of the BI technologies being used to manage, monitor and view the Key Performance Indicators.

For my next blog entry, I thought it would be helpful to bullet point some benefits of the digital dashboard for Higher Education.

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