Choosing IR tools: articles for IR teams
Cost comparisons, build-vs-buy calls, and honest limits for IR and IE teams evaluating institutional research software.
Retrieval-augmented generation for higher ed data, explained for IR offices
A plain-English RAG explainer for institutional research: how retrieval-augmented generation works on campus data, why it fits IR work, where it fails, and the questions to ask any vendor.
Clema Research Team · 8 mins readWhat Clema cannot do yet (and when it is not the right fit)
Where Clema does not fit today: very small institutions, no data source to connect, real-time pipelines, and bespoke statistical research.
Clema Research Team · 6 mins readHelioCampus pricing: what the public record shows, and how Clema compares
HelioCampus pricing is quote-only. What cooperative contracts and a public board approval show about the cost, and how Clema's published plans compare.
Clema Research Team · 7 mins readEAB Edify pricing: what public records show, and how Clema compares
EAB Edify pricing from public records: a $36,000 to $216,000 fee schedule, service-hour rates, one five-year contract, and how Clema compares.
Clema Research Team · 7 mins readWhy higher ed needs its own AI assistant, not ChatGPT
Why general-purpose AI assistants struggle with higher-ed data questions, and what a higher-ed-native AI gets right: domain knowledge, real data, and sourced answers.
Clema Research Team · 7 mins read