Industries / Higher Education

Strategic Enrollment Management

Enable proactive decision making throughout the student life cycle

Colleges and universities are struggling with using data to gain insight. Although data is captured across the institution, it is not consolidated so that decision makers can analyze it for deeper insights into potential and current students and the quality of their experiences, as well as external impacts on enrollment. With access to information from across multiple sources, the ability to easily share information across institutional boundaries, and the insight to uncover patterns and trends, institutional decision makers can attract the right students, maximize retention and sustain strong relationships throughout the student life cycle.

Why SAS®?

Slippery Rock University has automated all of its enrollment reports with SAS. The average student now holds a 3.39 GPA (compared to 2.99 in previous years) and its percentage of students representing the top 10 percent and top 25 percent of their high school classes has increased.

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How SAS® Can Help 

SAS offers capabilities for strategic enrollment management that provide true end-to-end support for the entire student life cycle: superior data management, industry-leading analytics and robust reporting – all customizable to meet your institution's needs:

  • 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. Identify the best candidates for admission or students at the greatest risk of attrition, or determine the optimum number of resources for incoming students, etc.
  • Equip all decision makers with self-service reporting. Users at all levels 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 provides comprehensive, fully integrated solutions that address the evolving needs across the institution:

  • Seamless data integration and leading advanced analytics. Based on decades of higher education customer feedback, SAS' ability to consolidate data regardless of its native database or platform and award-winning analytics set it apart from other solutions.
  • A customizable, end-to-end solution. Using SAS, education customers have an iterative, customized approach to meet their institutions' growing needs for data, reporting and analytics requirements.
  • Stability. In business since 1976, SAS has a solid track record as a reliable partner with steady profit growth that will provide ongoing support no matter how your needs grow and change.
  • 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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