Beyond Excel
Berry College’s data transformation focused on ROI, innovation, and alignment. Zach Sherwin, Director of Enterprise Analytics, shared principles for building a data-driven institution, showing how the college moved from manual data work to a sustainable analytics system, automating predictions and building a nightly-updated data lake to replace Excel silos. He emphasized that analytics is a business and culture issue, not just IT, and progress depends on practical governance and executive leadership. For leaders, the EDUCAUSE “Change with Analytics” playbook includes an Executive Sponsor checklist to guide effective campus-wide data initiatives. Watch the webinar →