Another phase of populating student data in the Warehouse has just been completed. These snapshots were moved, term by term, into the Warehouse. In the future, the Warehouse will contain more than student data. Discussions have already begun on adding Sponsored Projects data to the Warehouse. Of course there are risks in putting University data into the Warehouse.
Security is important, but it has a technical solution.
A greater risk is the possibility that the data may be misinterpreted. Student data is complex. The Warehouse will simplify access to data, but the data must still be approached with knowledge and caution. The Data Warehouse will grow by leaps and bounds. What's there now is only a small piece of a larger puzzle, only the first layer of a single system.