Retention
Retention and completion are higher priorities for government leaders, students and critics than ever before. This shift is positive for institutions. Although retention is a challenge, students now continue enrolling in higher education over the course of their careers, and a positive experience goes a long way.
Creating a Data-Driven Advising Culture: Overcoming Three Central Roadblocks
Charlie Nutt | Executive Director, NACADAThe issue of student success and student persistence to degree completion has risen to the top of the agenda at higher education institutions across the globe. However, there is still…
Four Key Variables Institutions Must Track to Measure Online Student Success
Susan Aldridge | President of Drexel University Online, Drexel UniversityIn today’s rapidly evolving economy, higher education is under increasing fire to demonstrate its value on investment by quantifying academic quality within the context of student success. This is especially…
Who’s Really in Trouble? Why Advisors Need Analytics
Bryanna Licciardi | Academic Advisor in the College of Education, Middle Tennessee State UniversityHere’s a hypothetical: Let’s say Jane, a student I’ve never met, comes into my office, wanting to return to college after many years. When I pull up her transcripts, I’m…
Taking Advising Analytics Beyond the Numbers: The Road to Improved Academic Advising (Part 4)
Gates Bryant | Partner, Tyton PartnersDiscussion of analytics in higher education has reached a fever pitch. The anecdotal enthusiasm—and concern—is there, reflected in the number of articles written about analytics, conference sessions with it as…
Analytics and Student Success in the Two-Year Sector
Anton Reece | President, West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeIn today’s higher education environment, the goalposts for many institutions have shifted significantly. Where the focus and incentives—both in terms of market incentives and government funding—were once squarely focused on…
How Big Data Can Transform the Institution: Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Change
Rachelle Clarke | Dean of Enrollment Services, Rio Salado CollegeEnrollment management at colleges and universities is always evolving. It evolves because industry changes, strategic priorities change, needs of institutions change and students change. What’s more—unless they’re stabilized—enrollment numbers can…
Using Analytics to Transform Decision Making in Higher Education: Patience is a Virtue
Mitchell S. Nesler | Vice President of Decision Support, Empire State CollegeHigher education is full of buzzwords, like every sector, and the current buzzwords that get the attention of senior leaders are “Big Data” and “Analytics.” But is this old wine…