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What Is a System of Reference? Higher Ed Data Governance Explained
Somewhere in your environment, there is a query with a forty-line WHERE clause.It excludes study-abroad students, because they broke a retention report in 2017. It excludes...
How To Manage Academic Program Costs Without Compromising Your Mission
When significant financial changes are necessary, an institution must look beyond administrative costs to its core academic enterprise. While academic programs are the heart...
5 ways higher ed can harness financial aid beyond just boosting yield
On most campuses, academic affairs and student services—but rarely other units—prioritize student success. Colleges and universities dedicate significant time and resources...
Renee Teate on SQL, Data Science, & Writing Her First Book
If you work with data, there’s a chance you’ve heard of “Data Science Renee.” You may know her from her “Becoming a Data Scientist” podcast or heard her speak at events like...
Leveraging AWS Redshift for Data Warehousing
(This blog is part of a series on how HelioCampus uses AWS to support our data analytics platform)
Utilizing Amazon S3 to Support a Data Infrastructure
(This blog is part two of a series on how HelioCampus uses AWS to support our data analytics platform)
Can College Predictive Models Survive the Pandemic?
Though many are eager to forget 2020, data scientists will be keeping the year top of mind as we determine whether the pandemic’s impact makes 2020 data anomalous or an...
The Data Analytics Platform – A Foundational View
It would be an understatement to say that the HelioCampus community likes data; it is more like we live and breathe data. From strategic meetings to quarterly presentations...
A University's Data-Driven Response to COVID
Like with any significant moment in time, “Where were you in 2020?” will likely become a topic of conversation for higher ed leaders for years to come, quickly followed by,...
A Data-Informed Strategy
Following the 2008 recession, Frostburg State University, a Maryland institution of 5,300 students, experienced ongoing reductions in both admission and retention rates. To...
Financial Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Solutions
The higher-ed industry was experiencing an era of uncertainty and change, even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Background complexities of a changing educational...

