President's Message - Exciting Announcement!

We are excited to share that effective November 1, 2024, HEDW is becoming Higher Education Data World!

Over the span of its 21 years, our organization has evolved from its early focus on data warehousing to our current mission to enable colleges and universities to succeed in their missions through the effective use of data at all levels of the institution. As our thriving membership knows, HEDW is so much more than “warehousing”! Our members, from institutions around the world, represent many different areas of their institutions including information technology, institutional research, data visualization designers, developers, system administrators, data custodians, and consumers of data. We recognize the need for our name to reflect the breadth of content available to our members while highlighting our unique position serving institutions of Higher Education. Our new name signifies our commitment to providing members of the Higher Education community the opportunity to network, collaborate and learn together on the entire lifecycle of data from strategy and technology, to governance and analytics.

We recently announced a new overarching structure to better define all of the amazing content available through HEDW! You will find more details on these themes in the “About Us” | “Our focus”

Data Strategy, Culture, and Organization
Data Architecture and Engineering
Data Insights and Analytics
Data Governance and Stewardship

You will encounter these themes throughout the “Members Area” of our website, through our monthly webinars and in the content of our annual conference, hosted in 2025 by Georgia Tech, April 6-9.

We are passionate about providing opportunities for higher education data professionals to engage, share, learn and grow! We are excited to officially welcome you to Higher Education Data World!

HEDW Executive Board