Creating the Ultimate Masterpiece? Building a Master Data Repository to Inform Strategic Decision-making

Presentation Summary

Karen Weisbrodt and Thea Lyssy, University of Texas, Austin

Increased focus on using institutional resources effectively has placed a premium on converting data from across campus into strategic management information for use by university administration. Staff at the University of Texas at Austin plan to meet this need by building a comprehensive data repository to house and link student, faculty, financial, facilities, and research data for UT-Austin together with benchmarking data from peer institutions. Presenters will share background information and challenges to linking multiple disparate systems. They will also share initial action already taken for the project as well as outline the plan for the next 6-12 months of work, with expected deliverables.