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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. How many institutions are aware or have acted on this information? Dr. Merrill L. These barriers often go unnoticed.

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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 to 58.5%.”

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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data is critical for UNT’s student success as well, said Voight. UNT went through an entire process of strengthening their data infrastructure and building data literacy across their campus, so the right people have access to the right data to inform their decision making,” said Voight. Mamie Voight, president and CEO of IHEP.

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

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: Deliver on the mission to provide holistic services that support the success of every student every day. The Strategy: Adopt an integrated and holistic student success management model and implement a unified student success platform to make personalized support feasible at scale.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Slate is a highly customizable software that automates time-consuming practices, improves communication, and de-siloes student information. Salesforce.org, another CRM company, has found that the use of CRMs in postsecondary education increased student enrollment by 10%­­.

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Success Coaching and Online Platform Shown to Improve Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The software, called Student Success & Engagement, uses data to send alerts to success coaches about when they might need to reach out to a student. However, the MMSI study found that the quality of the relationship between the success coach and the student mattered to the program’s success.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

Civitas Learning

Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. However, student feedback revealed redundancy in conversations and information sharing between advisors and coaches.