The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has approved a five -year subscription of $ 7.4 million at EAB Navigation360 and EAB EDIFY, two integrated technological platforms designed to improve students’ results on 10 UH campuses.
The investment will serve as the cornerstone of a new initiative for the success of students on the scale of the system aimed at filling the shortcomings of success and improving the retention of students and the graduation rates in a timely manner.
“These platforms use the data we are already collecting, but we have never been able to connect in a way that offers a really complete view of the course of each student and the best way to support them along the way,” said UH president Wendy Hensel. “These platforms have shown significant yields on investments in more than 850 national establishments, with reported increases up to 15% of grab and retention rates, as well as improvement in productivity and student satisfaction.”
The implementation will be in phases from 2025, with a complete adoption expected by 2026. Platforms use predictive models built on the historic data of students to proactively alert teachers, advisers and support staff for the first risk signs. The objective is to provide support when it is necessary, not months later, when it will probably be too late to be effective. Most interventions will even occur before students are aware that they may need help.
For example, the system can detect that a specific course combination often leads to lower completion rates and can encourage advisers and students to adjust the schedules before the start of the semester. He can also report students who did not access their online courses during the first two weeks, a key indicator of disengagement and send reminders or automatic alerts.
The platforms will give UH the possibility of providing coherent, equitable and proactive support to all students, regardless of the campus they attend.
“This marks a major step in our commitment to the success of students,” said Kim Siegenthaler, Hensel’s main advisor, who will be in charge of implementing platforms. “By modernizing and integrating our technological infrastructure, we can establish a coherent care standard for each UH student. These tools will help us to identify challenges earlier, respond more effectively and allow students to thrive. ”
Proven success
Hensel and Siegenthaler saw the impact of first -hand technology during their stay at the Georgia State University. This university has teamed up with the EAB, which began by analyzing 2.5 million student notes collected over a decade to identify the factors most strongly associated with academic difficulties and potential financial problems. The predictive model that has been developed reported students likely to fight, resulting in proactive interventions which included individual advice, tutoring and other university and financial support services.
“One of the most powerful aspects of what was accomplished in the GSU, and what we intend to reproduce in UH, is that the system was proactive, not punitive,” said Hensel. “This has contributed to solving problems such as mismanagement of prices, delays in financial aid or academic disengagement before having a negative impact on the student and their progress towards obtaining the diploma. A key to his success was the close collaboration between teachers, advisers and student support teams. ”
GSU has increased in two-digit retention and diploma rates after adopting EAB systems, especially among the populations of historically under-represented students. For example, the GSU four -year diploma rate has increased by 13% since 2012.
More on navigation360
Navigate360 is a complete system for managing students success specifically developed for higher education in order to improve communication, rationalize advice and registration processes and promote academic success.
The features include:
- “Analysis of population health” based on academic risk signals and key performance indicators. These indicators include the rate of completion of credit, the semester and the cumulative weighted average, prices withdrawals and failure notes, engagement with advisers, attendance and participation files and first -year milestones.
- The first year milestones include: The end of the gateway lessons, winning enough credits to stay at the pace for the presentation of the four -year diplomas, the maintenance of a GPA of 2.0 or more, declaring a major or making academic progress in a chosen path, participating in orientation or first -year experience programs and to establish bonds of advice or support.
- The “predictive notation” which uses learning algorithms to analyze the historical data of students to identify the factors most strongly associated with success or risk, and helps to identify students who can be at risk in a specific, major or non -graduate course.
- “Study friends” to connect students enrolled in the same classes to support collaboration.
- Automated alerts for teachers and advisers as soon as students attendance or performance are starting to decrease.
More about Edify
Complementing Navigate360, EDIFY is a data management platform specially designed for higher education. It incorporates data from several sources – such as academic performance, financial assistance and student services – in a centralized system. This deals with long -standing problems with data silos and allows campus chiefs to make more informed and data -based decisions.
Together, Navigate360 and EDIFY should provide UH with a powerful platform for ideas and awareness of holistic students, improved operational efficiency and support for coordinated students on the 10 campuses.
“It is more than a technological upgrade, it is a commitment to the success of each student,” said Hensel. “We are building a culture where data taking focused on data is the basis of a significant and measurable change.”
The Council of Regents approved the subscription at its meeting of June 16. More information is available in the meeting Agenda and materials.