IBM Cognos software helps universities and colleges transform mountains of data into clear, actionable information for higher performance in these areas:
Superior advancement and alumni management
- Track state and other public grants, gifts, pledges and endowments from alumni, corporations and others.
- Identify your most effective fund raising programs.
- Analyze donor and alumni information based on geography, education level, occupation and timing.
Improved financial performance
- Collect, analyze and report on revenue and expense data from different departments and systems.
- Track compliance with institutional, state and national regulations.
- Measure the effectiveness of research funding against results achieved.
Enhanced student management
- Identify and accelerate recruitment of the right students to achieve your goals.
- Measure in-class performance and curriculum management against plans.
- Compare student aid requests with grants and outcomes.
- Track and manage student performance across courses and disciplines.
- Deliver secure information services to staff, faculty and students via the Web.
Increased overall organizational performance
- Align institutional strategy with execution.
- Monitor ongoing performance against stated goals and track critical performance metrics.
- Understand and manage organizational HR requirements, now and in the future.
- Consolidate student and administrative information across applications and databases into a single source.
