Higher Ed Benchmarking Tool Compares Financial Metrics to Peer Institutions -- Campus Technology

Breaking News

Higher Ed Benchmarking Tool Compares Financial Metrics to Peer Institutions

By Rhea Kelly
05/03/21

Accounting and advisory firm BKD CPAs & Advisors has released a benchmarking tool that allows colleges and universities to compare their financial metrics and performance indicators with peer institutions.

BKDpulse offers a suite of interactive dashboards that use data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to help institutions track their composite financial index (CFI) score, operating margin, days cash on hand and age of plant, according to a news announcement. Users can create custom groups to compare data across or within institution types (including private and public institutions, proprietary schools and community colleges), and then assess the relative financial position of their own institution.

"BKDpulse allows financial leaders, institutional researchers and enrollment planners to quickly and efficiently access and visualize data in ways that allow them to make timely and informed decisions," explained Adam Smith, BKD partner and Higher Education Center of Excellence leader, in a statement. "Time is critical in today's environment, and this tool can help leaders gain more insights and respond to important industry data."

For more information, visit the BKD site.

About the Author

Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

E-Mail this page

Printable Format

Featured

Anthropic Develops AI 'Microscope' to Reveal the Hidden Mechanics of LLM Thought

Anthropic has unveiled new research tools designed to provide a rare glimpse into the hidden reasoning processes of advanced language models — like a "microscope" for AI.
OpenAI Launches GPT-4.1 with Upgrades in Coding, Context Processing, Efficiency

OpenAI has announced GPT-4.1, offering stronger performance across software development, instruction following, and long-context comprehension.
AI-Focused Data Security Report Identifies Cloud Governance Gaps

A new Varonis data security report notes that excessive permissions and AI-driven risks are leaving cloud environments dangerously exposed.
Email Security Transparency Dashboard Added to Office 365 Defender

Microsoft has announced a new e-mail security dashboard in Microsoft Defender for Office 365, offering customers visibility into threat detection metrics and benchmarking data.