Leveraging Business Intelligence to Develop a University Key Indicators Dashboard

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Jessica Greene, Ravinda Harve, Dan Riehs; Boston College

Leveraging Business Intelligence to Develop a University Key Indicators Dashboard

Current trends in higher education management emphasize the need for careful review of core metrics to assist University leaders with strategic planning and accountability efforts. This presentation will describe how Institutional Research and Information Technology have worked collaboratively to implement a Key Indicators Dashboard delivered as a Cognos Active Report. Two main topics will be addressed during the session: (1) presenters will outline how metrics and comparison institutions, the primary components of the dashboard, were generated and the challenges associated with the demand for value-added analyses within the dashboard; (2) presenters will also discuss the ETL methods used to integrate a variety of data sources (IPEDS, survey responses, data warehouse data) at both point-in-time and trend views and the trials surrounding the report’s presentation as an IPad-ready Cognos Active Report. The final version of the Key Indicators Report will also be demonstrated enabling end users to assess how business intelligence tools can be leveraged to meet business needs.