Higher Education

Modern decision-support software has opened a completely new door for higher education. As a result, large amounts of data held in college and university databases can be transformed into meaningful intelligence. Organizations are now better prepared to respond to complex educational issues, such as measuring effectiveness and strategically allocating resources.   In the Spotlight Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Makes the Grade with SAS® Student recruitment and retention efforts are more targeted and effective ever since DMACC implemented SAS. Catalyzing Positive Change in Education: The Four Pillars Creating a Foundation That Helps Education Build for the Future. SAS provides a powerful and comprehensive suite of solutions and services, from decision-support administrative solutions to curriculum resources. Education professionals can turn to SAS to get the accurate, critical and timely information they need. SAS has unmatched end-to-end capabilities that pull information together, analyze it and then make it available throughout the entire organization. SAS helps you: Correlate learning outcomes measurements and academic records with other critical factors, which enables you to identify trigger events that cause student success or failure. Use trigger event data to position timely intervention resources for students at risk. Manage enrollment to improve recruiting, retention and graduation rates. Support regular classroom curriculum and developmental studies with interactive teaching and learning software designed to develop critical thinking and analytical skills. Provide research and analytic software that makes research data meaningful for both students and professors. Support overall institutional effectiveness and accreditation efforts that connect with overall strategic and operational planning initiatives. To deliver these benefits, SAS offers capabilities in these primary categories: Enrollment Management. Attract and retain academic talent, identify students at risk, and position resources to support student learning and success. Institutional Advancement. Cost effectively target potential donors that are most likely to contribute. Institutional Effectiveness. Monitor and track performance. Online Curriculum. Offer innovative online instructional activities and tools in core subjects, such as English, math, science, history and Spanish.

Want to learn more about SAS and Higher Education? Download the white paper, "Collaboratively Leading Institutional Effectiveness Efforts in Higher Education Institutions". Read related education success stories. Ready to put THE POWER TO KNOW® to work for you? Sign up for one of our free academic initiative e-newsletters. Contact your local SAS office or call us toll free at 1-800-727-0025 (U.S. and Canada). Contact SAS for pricing information and to learn more about our products and solutions. Download the white paper, "Collaboratively Leading Institutional Effectiveness Efforts in Higher Education Institutions".