Education research solutions for institutions
SafeInsights helps K-12, postsecondary, and continuing education institutions contribute to research that improves learning outcomes — all while keeping student data secure within your systems.
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SafeInsights partners with your educational institution to enable groundbreaking education research on student data without that data ever leaving your system. Unlike traditional research methods that require data exchange, SafeInsights brings research questions directly to where your education data already lives to protect your students' privacy.
As a SafeInsights Data Partner, you enable researchers to conduct studies that help answer your most pressing questions about program effectiveness, student success, and instructional strategies. You stay in control of your data — approving all aspects of every study — while contributing to research that improves insights for your students and the larger education community.
Our research hub is designed to support FERPA compliance, reduce your administrative load, and generate in-depth insights that directly benefit your learners and institutions.
K-12 institutions
SafeInsights enables you to get research insights on your data to inform policy and practice. After initial setup, SafeInsights handles the research workflow, reducing the burden on your staff resources while keeping your data protected.
Postsecondary institutions
Colleges and universities work with SafeInsights to transform institutional research capabilities while protecting student privacy. From community colleges to research universities, institutions can use SafeInsights to answer critical questions about retention, student success interventions, and learning outcomes.
Your institutional research team maintains full oversight of which studies to approve and which datasets to make available, ensuring that partnerships align with your institutional priorities and protect your students' information under FERPA requirements.
Become a SafeInsights Data Partner
Join leading educational institutions enabling research that improves learning outcomes — while protecting student privacy and maintaining control of your data.
Why educational institutions choose SafeInsights
How the process works
Traditional education research requires institutions to extract and transfer education data to researchers — a process that comes with privacy risks, compliance concerns, and operational overhead. SafeInsights reverses this model entirely.
Instead of moving data, SafeInsights brings research questions directly to your existing systems through secure digital enclaves.
Here's how it works:
Step 1: Researchers submit study proposals
Researchers submit their research proposals to you via SafeInsights.
Step 2: Your team reviews and approves
You decide which studies align with institutional or local priorities, which datasets researchers can work with, and which governance requirements apply.
Step 3: Analysis runs in the secure enclave
Researchers convert their research questions into code, which you review and approve. Their questions are then analyzed in your secure enclave. Researchers never see individual student records or raw data from your systems.
Step 4: You approve results before release
Your team reviews aggregated results to ensure privacy protection and compliance before researchers receive them.
The entire streamlined research process happens through the SafeInsights platform. The result? Your institution contributes to research that generates valuable educational insights, all while supporting FERPA compliance requirements and maintaining the highest standard of student data protection.
Interested in becoming a Data Partner?
Share your information, and we'll connect you with our team to discuss how SafeInsights can work for your institution.
Frequently asked questions
SafeInsights helps you set up a secure enclave that brings research analysis directly to your data environment. Researchers submit their research questions to your enclave, and only aggregated results leave your infrastructure. Individual student records always remain under your control, and no one has the ability to see the raw data — not even the SafeInsights team.
Still have questions? Our team is here to help you understand how SafeInsights can work for you. Just fill out our contact form, and we'll be in touch.