Industries / Higher Education

Institutional Research

Boost productivity and deliver increased value to internal and external customers

Offices of institutional research (IR) play a vital role at colleges and universities, supporting internal and external consumers of institutional data. But delivering accurate, trusted data and sophisticated analysis in a timely manner is challenging because data is scattered. At forward-looking colleges and universities, IR departments are implementing data integration, reporting and analytic solutions as a way to speed and improve processes and give institutional decision makers the insights they need to make proactive decisions.

" "Internal users can now press a single button to get five years' worth of data, see trend information and look at data in detail or at a high level … without SAS it would take us much longer to develop reports.""

—Paige Borden, EdD

Assistant Vice President

University of Central Florida

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How SAS® Can Help 

SAS offers superior data management, industry-leading analytics and robust reporting so you can customize a solution to advance your IR department's capabilities. SAS helps you:

  • Integrate data across the institution. Access data from multiple systems across campus – regardless of format – and consolidate and clean data so it's ready for reporting and analysis.
  • Identify current and future trends for better decision making. With accurate data at your fingertips, you can identify the best candidates for admission, predict which students are at the greatest risk of attrition or determine the optimum number of resources (textbooks, courses, sections, parking, etc.) for incoming students, etc.
  • Equip all decision makers with self-service reporting. Users at all levels can have secure self-service access to the information they need, in the format they need, at the time they need it.

How SAS® Is Different 

SAS understands the critical role of accurate, timely data and how integrating and analyzing that information results in increased benefits for education. SAS provides:

  • Seamless data integration and leading advanced analytics. Based on decades of higher education customer feedback, SAS' award-winning analytics and its ability to consolidate data regardless of its native database or platform set it apart.
  • Unmatched metadata management. SAS is the only vendor with an open metadata structure that retains and tracks metadata across data sources to speed integration projects, simplify design and reduce maintenance costs.
  • A customizable, end-to-end solution. With SAS, education customers use an iterative, customized approach to meet growing requirements for data, reporting and analytics capabilities.
  • R&D investment and a commitment to education. SAS is committed to partnering with education to deliver software and services for academics and administration. SAS R&D is consistently developing new products and services to meet the specific needs of current and future education customers.

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