UVU selects an outside company for institutional reporting

Utah Valley University Selects Information Builders for Institutional Reporting
— Information Builders, an independent leader in
business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Utah Valley University (UVU), a state-funded university that is home to 25,000 students, deployed
Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform for institutional reporting. UVU is using WebFOCUS to create an institution-wide reporting system that accommodates the needs of a variety of different departments and thousands of users.
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I don't presume to have all of the facts, but why did UVU use an outside company instead of having its own Information Systems students develop a similar tool? The school professes to be all about "Community Engagement" and a project like this would have provided a great opportunity for UVU students to become engaged in their field of study and work with other departments within the university. Not to mention, it could have potentially saved thousands of budget dollars. I'd like to know more about why they chose this company instead of using its own students.

This reminds me of when the school spent tens of thousands of dollars on new logo and branding when there are several talented graphic design students already at UVU. Perhaps some of the students did actually work with the marketing company on the project, but I'm not sure. Still, UVU needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to "Community Engagemnt."