Tamara Philip PRESENTED BY: Account Manager Higher Education Making an Impact with Data in Higher Education
Dec 25, 2015
Tamara PhilipPRESENTED BY:
Account ManagerHigher Education
Making an Impact with Data in Higher Education
Why are you here?
The process for using data to drive changeis fundamentally broken.
Too Much Too Complicated
Too Inflexible
Challenge : Track enrollment trends
• From traditional to data-driven• Internal dynamics• Adjust semiannually• External influences
Impact : Track enrollment trends
The big idea can come into focus in the blink of an eye. And that's the thing that makes Tableau so astonishingly good and so profoundly important for our purposes and our uses.Jon BoeckenstedtDePaul University
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Challenge : Create an interactive University Factbook
• Tuition• Graduation rates• Class size• Engaging, non-static data• Easy to use
Impact : Create an interactive University Factbook
Visitors to our website see the trends and stories behind the data in a way that they couldn't before.Karen BaptistBrown University
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Challenge : Attract prospective donors
• Partners in decision making• Elicit better questions• ‘Data Scientists’• Manage $$$$$ in giving
Impact : Attract prospective donors
“We realized we are not answering questions – we are helping create insight to better inform strategy for the fiscal year, or for the organization as a whole.L. Bruce Higgins Cornell University
Challenge : Communicate survey results
• Automation• Faster insight• Less manual analysis• Single Source
Challenge : Analyze space usage
• Manage conflict• Fair usage• Efficient assignment• Diverse user base
Challenge : Benchmark against peer institutions
• Like-for-like comparison• Multi-year evaluation• Hybrid approach
Impact : Benchmark against peer institutions
“Visualizing the data in a hybrid mix – tabular and chart – allows users to quickly ascertain how USU compares against its chosen Peer Group.Allan WalkerUtah State University
Challenge : Show fiscal responsibility
• Track revenue• Manage costs• Compliance• Quick, accurate
accounting• Vendor efficiency
Challenge : Improve communication and collegiality
• Collaboration• Transparency• Common baseline• Trust