More and more organizations are implementing data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) to better document their data, and, from our experience, this usually means a large committee with...
May 18, 2017
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Brian Parish
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March 20, 2017
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Brenda Reeb
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A recent New York Times article explores the burgeoning world of student data in an attempt to explain why it holds such power, particularly with at-risk students. Recent work in learning analytics...
January 17, 2017
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Brenda Reeb
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As you many know, IData publishes a number of publicly-available definitions and specifications for public consumption, including national data sets like IPEDS and CDS, state bodies like SCHEV in...
We posted previously about the Chief Data Officer role, inspired by a great article by Mike Anderson. In his article he points out that only a few institutions of higher education have such a...
July 13, 2015
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Aaron Walker
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Interesting article in the most recent issue of Educause Review, called "The Chief Data Officer in Higher Education." Written by Mike Kelly, Chief Data Officer (CDO) at the University of South...
May 05, 2015
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Aaron Walker
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Anyone who's ever attended a Data Cookbook demonstration, or heard us talk about it at a higher education conference, has heard us say this: "Reporting is not a technology problem." While we think...
As technology consultants for organizations (those in higher education, corporations and non-profits), IData is well-acquainted with the practicalities and pitfalls of running an organization. For...
So, we're converting from X to Y - can you help us re-write our reports?
Often when an organization is changing from one system to another, they look to automate the process. This works fine,...
June 21, 2013
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Jim Walery
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Just a quick thought for today...Data Governance (and data intelligence and data management) takes a lot of time, and some people are put off by that because they can't quantify or see the long term...