Data Management: The Foundation for Successful Reporting and Analytics in Education

Educational institutions have vast amounts of data that is typically scattered across different systems, stored in diverse formats, and of inconsistent quality. What’s needed is effective data management that enables them to integrate, clean and maintain their data so they can use it to answer big questions, understand problems and make better, faster decisions. As discussed in this paper, effective data management enables you to integrate, clean and maintain your data. Inside, you’ll learn what effective data management entails, why you need to prioritize investment in data management solutions, and learn how several education institutions are seeing the value they provide. And you’ll explore how SAS® data management solutions can help you overcome common barriers and exploit the wealth of data available to you.