2026 AI Innovator in Education Award

Governance before data

Anne Oxenreider

Western Carolina University · OIPE

Institutional Improvement

Integrated Enrollment Intelligence: an AI-powered weekly admissions analysis workflow—WCU’s first recurring enrollment intelligence function, with six deliverables per cycle and formal IT Security and Legal review before any data was processed.

• Weekly segment-level admissions analysis
• Six deliverables per cycle including dashboard and briefing
• IT Security and Legal review before processing