Analyzing data on donor capacity and affinity can help higher education institutions improve the outcomes of fundraising initiatives.

Multiply Fundraising Success by Using Data Analytics

Data-driven analytics can be leveraged across higher education to improve institutional <a href="https://www.jenzabar.com/blog/institutions-should-use-analytics-to-monitor-and-improve-financial-health-and-success" rel=" noopener">financial health</a>, increase <a href="https://www.jenzabar.com/blog/four-ways-analytics-can-drive-student-success-in-higher-ed" rel=" noopener">student success</a>, and even drive fundraising. For the latter, analytics can help cultivate prospective donors like alumni, corporations, and philanthropists, and help maintain relationships with existing donors. With a growing pressure to increase fundraising goals, higher education institutions should consider incorporating analytics into their advancement and development initiatives.

Data analytics, student experience, digital transformation, and other topics are set to drive major industry discussions at EDUCAUSE 2019.

What Can You Expect to See at EDUCAUSE 2019?

Successfully navigating analytics, new student learning methodologies and experiences, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and cybersecurity will take center stage at EDUCAUSE 2019. Higher education is changing more rapidly than ever, and decision-makers must be confident in how they embrace new technology and processes if their institutions are to succeed. So, what can organizations expect to see at this year’s EDUCAUSE that will help them prepare for the future?

Building a strategy and understanding buzzwords can mitigate higher education’s challenges with data analytics.

Analytics 101 for Educators and Administrators

Data is everywhere these days, and there is a clear financial opportunity to turn complex information into actionable insights. Allied Market Research forecasts that insights from <a href="https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/data-monetization-market" rel="noopener" target="_blank">data will likely produce more than $100 billion in revenue</a> worldwide by 2023. Colleges and universities need to consider how they can join this data economy, as fully harnessing their massive volumes of data can help schools address some of their biggest challenges, including student recruitment and retention, student engagement, curriculum optimization, university reputation, and overall costs. But before higher education institutions <a href="https://jenzabar.com/blog/four-ways-analytics-can-drive-student-success-in-higher-ed" rel=" noopener">kick off complex data analytics programs</a>, they need to take the time to establish a strategy and follow industry best practices.

Higher education institutions can leverage analytics to measure academic program contributions and their overall financial health via composite financial index scores.

Institutions Should Use Analytics to Monitor and Improve Financial Health and Success

Data-driven decision-making is critical to achieving institutional success in higher education. In a previous blog, we talked about how <a href="https://www.jenzabar.com/blog/four-ways-analytics-can-drive-student-success-in-higher-ed" rel=" noopener">analytics can help institutions attract the right-fit students</a> and keep students on the path to graduation. In this post, we discuss measuring an organization’s financial health via understanding academic program contributions and using financial analytics. &nbsp;

Higher education institutions require unified student information systems in order to give their students seamless access to information and frictionless experiences.

Building the Case for a Unified Student Information System

Higher education institutions require <a href="https://jenzabar.com/solution-service/student-information-systems" rel=" noopener">unified student information systems</a> in order to give their students seamless access to information and frictionless experiences. Disconnected silos of information across campus make it impossible for institutions to be truly student-centric.

Learn how higher education institutions can leverage data and analytics to improve student success and engagement.

Four Ways Analytics Can Drive Student Success in Higher Ed

With changing demographics, increased competition, and rising costs, it is more important than ever for institutions to focus on engaging with students and helping them succeed. But how do you track and engage with students throughout their higher education journey? By using data.

To improve advising, planning and success rates, higher education institutions are bringing sophisticated student information systems into the equation.

Enhancing Academic Planning for Better Student Success

Academic advising has always been an essential factor in student success. But changing student demographics, declining enrollments, and retention challenges have propelled academic advising to be a more strategic issue across higher education.

Jenzabar SONIS Student Information System Enhanced to Better Meet the Needs of the New Student

Jenzabar SONIS Student Information System Onboards More Functionality for the New Student

We are excited to announce significant enhancements to the <a href="https://jenzabar.com/product/jenzabar-sonis" rel=" noopener">Jenzabar SONIS</a> student information system. In a continued effort to meet the needs of the new student, SONIS has brought on a range of new capabilities, including multi-lingual online applications, single sign-on, improved workflow processes, and enhanced navigation. Together, this functionality will help higher ed facilities streamline operations and deliver a more satisfying student experience.

Jenzabar One named as a finalist in the international SaaS Awards for Non-Profits or Education.

Jenzabar One Shortlisted for 2019 SaaS Awards

We are excited to announce that Jenzabar is a finalist for the <a href="https://www.cloud-awards.com/2019-saas-shortlist/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">2019 SaaS Award</a> for Best SaaS Product for Non-Profits or Education. In total, more than 400 organizations applied for the awards program from around the world, including companies from North&nbsp;America, Canada, Australia, U.K., Europe, and the Middle East.

Best practices that can be implemented today to reduce the risk of a cybersecurity breach.

Three Best Practices to Mitigate Risk of a Data Breach in Colleges

EDUCAUSE reached out to Deloitte, Jenzabar, and Oracle to gather expert insights into how institutions might better use analytics to make decisions.

Jenzabar Provides Practical Analytics Advice With Oracle and Deloitte

EDUCAUSE recently reached out to three corporate members in the Enterprise IT Program—Deloitte, <a href="https://jenzabar.com/product/analytics" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jenzabar</a>, and Oracle—to gather expert insights into how institutions might better view administrative systems data as a strategic asset and improve their institution's ability to make information-based decisions.

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