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The Impact of Student Sense of Belonging on College Retention (And How to Measure It)
A strong sense of belonging is having a major moment in higher education, and for good reason. While the feeling that you belong has always
YOUR DATA,
Fusion Flow: The Power of Intelligent Data Movement
Fusion Flow orchestrates the collection of data from every source — LMS, CRM tools, student information systems, and more. Data Flows automate data ingestion to ensure that source data flows seamlessly and reliably into a unified Data Lake.
Fusion Vision: Turning Data into Intelligent Insights
Fusion Vision turns harmonized data into intelligent insights. Data & AI Models, including machine learning, LLMs and natural language processing, provide deep insights across the student lifecycle to uncover trends, predict outcomes, and visualize the future through Intelligent Insights.
FUSION PLATFORM FOR HIGHER ED
is Datatelligent’s next-generation data analytics platform built to seamlessly Collect and Harmonize your data for Insights across the entire organization. Fusion transforms raw data into actionable intelligence — enabling stronger Outcomes, and lasting impact.
NEWS & INSIGHTS
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The Strategic Impact of Higher Education Accreditation Software
Accreditation is more than just a regulatory hurdle; it’s a critical stamp of approval that validates an institution’s credibility, academic integrity, and funding eligibility. But
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Datatelligent is proud to help host two data analytics alliance groups. One for Higher Education and one for Non-profits. These groups meet quarterly and allow executives to understand how to use data analytics to solve their specific issues.
For Higher Ed Leaders
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Datatelligent helps Higher Ed leaders unify fragmented data, make faster decisions, and accelerate outcomes — powered by AI.
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Enrollment Effectiveness
Improve enrollment yield
Student Retention
Identify students at risk earlier
Student Success
Increase student completion rates
Who Is This For?
Find your path
Your role shapes what matters most. Start where your biggest challenge lives.
VP Enrollment
Understand yield drivers and optimize your funnel from first inquiry all the way to enrollment.
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VP Student Affairs
Identify at-risk students earlier. Understand which interventions actually move the needle.
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VP Institutional Research
Establish a single source of truth that eliminates conflicting reports and gives every team confidence in the numbers.
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Trusted by 25+ Higher Ed Institutions
$250,000 / year saved
"I used to spend a quarter million dollars a year on systems and people to manage data and get the same insights Datatelligent does for a fraction of the price."
Joseph Cassidy — AVP, College of DuPage
Day-by-day enrollment visibility
"We can now finally look back historically, day by day. This gives us the essential insights needed for building a sustainable future for enrollment management."
Deborah Phelps — Executive Director, Cowley College
Faster, more confident decisions
"Working with Datatelligent will enable our strategic team to craft and adjust our activities with confidence and help us advance our data-informed organizational goals."
Jill Albin-Hill — VP Technology & Operations, Dominican University
How It Works
Your data. Your outcomes. Harmonized.
The Fusion Platform takes your existing data and turns it into clear, actionable intelligence — without ripping out what already works.
Step 1
Collect
All your data — SIS, LMS, CRM, and more — in one unified place, without replacing what works. Every source, one truth.
Step 2
Harmonize
A common view of every student, department, and program — so every team works from the same data, not their own version of it.
Step 3
Insights
Know which students are at risk before it's too late. See enrollment trends before they become problems. AI and ML surface what matters.
Step 4
Outcomes
Faster decisions, better retention, stronger enrollment — institution-wide. The whole leadership team aligned around the same picture.
See the platform applied to your specific challenge
Not a generic product tour. A walkthrough built around student retention, enrollment, or executive reporting — whichever matters most to you right now.
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Three ways to take the next step
No cold calls. No generic demos. Choose the path that matches where you are right now.
AI for Analytics Workshop
Schedule a working session on how AI for Analytics can be enabled for your institution.
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Strategy Session
A focused 30-minute working session with a Datatelligent expert. Bring your biggest data challenge. We'll walk through how institutions like yours are solving it. This is not a sales call.
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Fusion Platform Demo
See exactly how the Fusion Platform addresses your specific problem — student retention, enrollment optimization, or executive dashboards.
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Community
Join 500+ Higher Ed Leaders Shaping the Future of Institutional Data
The Higher Ed Data Leadership Community is a peer group of CIOs, Student Affairs leaders, Provosts, and Cabinet executives. We meet quarterly to discuss the real challenges of using data and AI in higher ed — no vendor pitches, just peer learning.
Recent session topics
AI for Student Retention
Enrollment Analytics in a Declining Market
Building an AI-Ready Data Foundation
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From the Podcast
Real conversations with Higher Ed leaders — on data, AI, and what actually works
No vendor spin. Just practitioners sharing what's moving the needle at their institutions.
Episode 12
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Lee Howell · Florida State University
From "Me" to "We": Finding Your Place in Metrics Strategies
A Metric Strategies framework for moving data ownership out of the IR office and across campus — plus the four roles that keep a shared data narrative moving.
Episode 11
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Dr. Tara Webb · Rhodes College
Progress Over Perfection: Adaptive Data Governance
Why waiting for a perfect governance model stalls the work — and how starting small builds a single source of truth without overwhelming busy colleagues.
Episode 10
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John Ingram · Delaware Valley University
"Dating" Your Data Vendor: Building Lasting Tech Partnerships
Technical success isn't operational success. How to define ownership and expectations before you sign — and realign a partnership that's drifting off course.
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IPEDS Enrollment Comparison Tool
See exactly how your school's enrollment data compares to similar institutions — with trend lines and IPEDS benchmarking data. Free, no signup required.
What Higher Ed leaders say
From CIOs to Provosts, here's what working with Datatelligent actually looks like.
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Revolutionary. I used to spend a quarter of a million dollars a year on systems and people to manage data and get the same insights Datatelligent does for a fraction of the price. They are disrupting the market with their subscription model.
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Working with Datatelligent to build our data lake has been transformative. We now have the flexibility to create the specific data views our teams need while upholding student privacy, and crucially, we can finally look back historically, day by day.
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Working with Datatelligent will enable our strategic team to craft and adjust our back-to-campus activities with confidence and help us advance our data-informed organizational goals. Their partnership approach is unmatched.
