Solution Briefs

This industry solution brief shares key insights on how higher education institutions can use Collibra to build a common foundation of data so they can speed data discovery, improve data literacy (understanding of data) and drive greater collaboration with trustworthy data both within and across institutions.

Below is an excerpt from the brief. To read the full brief, [click here]

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Overcoming data challenges

Educational institutions operate in a highly complex data landscape with large volumes of data residing in hundreds of disparate data sources. These sources are spread across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Data citizens - including chief information officers, data scientists, researchers, data stewards and university employees at large - are unable to find or understand the data they need. It is difficult for users to ascertain if the data comes from a trustworthy source, whether it is certified or approved for use. In other words, data citizens are unable to fully appreciate the corpus of data and its relevance for use in their applications.

For any educational Institution, the inability to find the right data coupled with data integrity issues, a lack of data governance, transparency and traceability of data can adversely impact their ability to serve students and faculty in a timely and secure manner.

To speed digital transformation and data modernization initiatives, educational institutions are looking for ways to leverage their data to drive improvements and efficiencies. The goals of the initiatives are to make data available, accessible, reusable and shareable. This requires the implementation of a rigorous data governance and management strategy that accounts for all data assets created, collected, controlled and maintained by each institution. This not only includes student data, but also data related to facilities, land management, policing, alumni relations, etc. Furthermore, educational institutions are increasingly required to make trustworthy information available for public consumption. This enables greater accountability and transparency across programs and spending to better serve their students and faculty.

Drive innovation with trusted data

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