For IR Directors
Trusted, sourced answers across your data and the federal datasets you pull on
Directors of Institutional Research use Clema to bring IPEDS, peers, and their own institutional data into one plain-English conversation, with the source shown on every figure.
What you own
How Clema helps
The work that eats your week, handled in minutes.
Sourced answers, every figure
Every response carries its data source, calculation method, and audit trail. You ship figures you can defend to deans, accreditors, and the cabinet without a second pass.
Federal data in the same conversation
IPEDS, College Scorecard, Pell, EADA, and PSEO sit alongside your institutional data. Ask a peer-comparison or completion-rate question and get the federal source and year shown.
Strategic analysis, accessible
Clema understands higher-ed terminology out of the box, so your team spends its time on interpretation and recommendation rather than wrangling definitions and joins.
What Clema gives your team
Sourced
Every figure carries its origin and method
One window
Federal and institutional data together
Higher-ed native
IPEDS, accreditation, and IR terms built in
IR Director FAQs
What does Clema give an IR Director?
A single conversational surface over your institutional data and the federal datasets you pull on, with sources shown on every figure. Ask for completion rate, FTE, or graduation rate by cohort in plain English and get the calculation with the NCES source attached.
Does Clema replace our BI tools?
No. Clema complements your warehouse, Power BI, and Tableau with a conversational layer. Analysts still own the dashboards; Clema answers the ad-hoc questions a dashboard was never built for, with the same governance and audit trail.
How does Clema handle IPEDS and accreditation reporting?
Clema understands IPEDS definitions, accreditation terms, and common institutional metrics out of the box. You can ask for completion rates, FTE, or graduation rate by cohort and get the calculation with the NCES source shown.
How long does it take to start getting value from Clema?
Most IR teams are live in two to four weeks, including data connections and user training. The 14-day free trial connects a sample data source so you see value in the first session.
Try Clema on your data
Start a 14-day free trial, or book a demo with IR scenarios built for your institution.