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The Importance of Listening to Student Needs Emphasized at Department of Education Summit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Integrated Approach to Student Success Leads to 8% Retention Lift at Northwest Missouri State University

Civitas Learning

The Outcomes: An 8% increase in retention, improved advising efficiency, and more effective cross-functional collaboration. But dispersed student information across multiple systems made implementing an integrated and collaborative student success network challenging. It was like seeing a student in a profile.

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Using Student Scheduling Software to Provide Proactive Guidance at Scale

Civitas Learning

Students’ academic planning and scheduling behaviors can significantly impact their likelihood of persisting and graduating. Failing to register for classes, building incomplete schedules, or other roadblocks to successful planning and scheduling can derail students’ ability to persist to the next term and complete their degrees on time.

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Ensign College Sees 75% Student Adoption of Academic Planning During Initial Rollout

Civitas Learning

The Outcomes: A collaborative student-advisor planning process and intuitive academic planning solution led to a 75% adoption rate in the initial few months. Implementing a comprehensive academic planning and student scheduling solution was well-received, with 75% of students adopting it during the initial launch.

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New Report A Mixed Bag on Student Engagement with Online Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Overall, online-only students were less likely to collaborate with their peers, with half saying that they never did, compared to only 17% of non-online-only students. Now there are colleges that are mandating advising. Are we promoting to faculty to schedule time outside the course to meet with individual students to get to know them?”

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

Civitas Learning

Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success. Using a unified student success platform facilitates communication, collaboration, and coordination among departments and helps clarify each staff member’s role in student success.

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Early Lift in Persistence After Adopting Integrated Academic Planning and Student Scheduling

Civitas Learning

The Strategy: Implement an end-to-end planning, scheduling, and registration system to make it easy for students to receive guidance and find the classes they need to complete their degree. Additionally, advisors and the registrar’s team invested significant time manually preloading students’ schedules before new student orientation.