Campus Technology: An Intelligent Use of Business Intelligence

Strategic Discussions on Technology

4/27/2011

Executive View

An Intelligent Use of Business Intelligence
The Houston Community College System is operationally decentralized, with six colleges and 26 campuses spread out across 660 square miles. With faculty and staff running their own reports in different formats using data from various sources and time periods, it was not uncommon last year to find six different versions of the same report. HCC's Vice Chancellor of Information Technology explains how a BI solution implemented in the past year has provided centralized online reporting, a dashboard, and consistent information for better decision making.
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Worth Noting

NASA Looks for Education Partners
NASA is seeking collaborators to help with its education goals in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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Open Source Group Seeks Support from Higher Ed for Mobile Initiative
Jasig's uMobile project will develop native mobile campus portal apps for smart phones, initially iOS and Android devices. Jasig is calling on colleges and universities to contribute to the effort.
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New U Illinois Institute Pushes Parallel Computing Research into Double Time
A new institute within the University of Illinois' Coordinated Science Laboratory will focus on research and development in the area of parallel computing, providing access to resources and infrastructure, teaching students, going after grants, and facilitating partnerships among academia and industry.
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Bristol CC Pilots Early Warning System in Title III-Funded Retention Effort
Bristol Community College in Massachusetts has begun using a new early warning system to help ensure student success as part of a Title III Grant program.
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Desire2Learn Acquires ePresence, Launches Capture Suite
Desire2Learn has acquired a lecture capture firm that counts as its customers the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the School of Medicine at Flinders University in Australia.
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AcademicPub Opens Custom Textbook-Building to Faculty
AcademicPub has launched a service that lets instructors create digital and print texts using copyrighted works, faculty-created material, and resources the company has in its own library.
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AT&T Intros Campus Messenger Service
AT&T is amplifying its voice in the higher education realm with the launch of Rave Campus Messenger, a Web-based service developed by Rave Mobile Safety.
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Brief: Edison State College Improves Electronic Payments
Edison State College has added Higher One's CASHNet ePayment to allow students to make electronic payments.
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