Case Study: Lansing Community College achieves consistent, accurate financial aid data with Evisions Argos

Lansing Community College - Customer Case Study

Lansing Community College faced a significant challenge with its outdated reporting systems, which created bottlenecks and inconsistency, particularly in its Financial Aid Office. With key reporting dependent on a single individual running ad hoc queries, extracting accurate data for compliance and operations was a time-consuming process that took days or weeks, a situation they described as "data anarchy." The college turned to Evisions and its Argos reporting solution to address these inefficiencies.

By implementing Evisions' Argos, LCC standardized and centralized its report development, converting and consolidating hundreds of legacy reports. The Financial Aid Office alone migrated approximately 50 reports in weeks, creating new dashboards that provided a clear overview of operations. This solution from Evisions had a measurable impact, saving an estimated 240 hours of staff time annually on one report alone and improving data integrity by 70%. With over 1,200 reports and 400 active users, Argos became the indispensable hub for all data, ensuring everyone accessed consistent information and drastically reducing time spent on compilation.

Lansing Community College

Jessica Ashbrook

Business Analyst, Financial Aid Office