Providing a research and planning tool by means of a combined database of student profiles, in aggregated form for the benefit of others, to enable in researching national trends, such as academic and college interests by segmenting the student population by states, counties, zip codes and high schools; providing research information on strategic planning, travel planning, territory research, and institutional research regarding trends and academic interests; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable computer software for researching and analyzing data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring cloud-based software allowing users to research, analyze, and see national trends, historical performance and recent demands on student population by academic programs, interests, demographics, religious affiliations, states, counties, zip codes and high schools and more to enable college and university enrollment, admissions, and recruitment personnel to analyze and identify targets; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring cloud-based software that enables colleges, universities and other educational consortia to research and to secure appropriate data in an ecommerce environment