Case Study: California Lutheran University achieves a single source of truth and a data-driven campus with Informer by Entrinsik

From Disjointed Data to a Data-Driven Campus with Informer

California Lutheran University (CLU), serving over 3,300 students, struggled with a patchwork of siloed systems (Canvas, Colleague, StarRez and others) that forced faculty and staff into manual spreadsheets and error-prone workflows. This fragmentation created continuity gaps, inconsistent reporting, and no single source of truth for reliable decision-making.

CLU implemented Informer to consolidate, clean, and automate data across platforms, using APIs, custom apps, dashboards and a campus-wide rollout to standardize processes. The result was a single source of truth, stronger data governance, automated administrative tasks, real-time analytics for housing, budgeting and committee work, improved student engagement through club management, and a scalable, traceable solution that freed staff time and improved institutional decision-making.

California Lutheran University

Kajal Phabiani

Analyst