Transcript President s Summit, University System of Georgia

Charting a Plan for Student
Completion and Campus Efficiencies
Jennifer Chadwick, Associate Vice President for Enrollment
Management, University of North Georgia
Sarah Collins, Chief Client Experience Officer, Ad Astra Information
Systems
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2014 Complete College America
Four-Year Myth
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USG:
Underfilled: 34%
Balanced:
29%
Overloaded: 34%
UNG:
Underfilled: 33%
Balanced:
29%
Overloaded: 38%
<70%
>95%
70-95%
Enrollment Ratio: Comparison of
seats filled versus seats offered
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USG: 44%
UNG: 49%
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USG: 24
UNG: 23
USG: 87%
UNG: 91%
USG: 28
UNG: 25
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University of North Georgia
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Formed through consolidation - January 2013
– North Georgia College & State University
Gainesville State College
4 year public institution
16,500 students
Four campuses
Associate, baccalaureate, graduate
Selective and access mission
Sixth largest public in state
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Power of Analytics
• Align course offerings on all 4 campuses
– Based on student needs to persist to graduation
• Maximize Opportunities for student success/completion
– Every student: Associate, baccalaureate, graduate,
transitioning
• Plan for continued enrollment growth
– Grown 6.2% since Fall 2012
• Proactive vs Reactive
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Our Plan
• Making courses needed for completion available for
students – Ad Astra Strategic Scheduling CheckUp™
• Implemented scheduling system – College Scheduler
– Branded Nighthawk Registration
• Connecting Nighthawk Registration to degree audit for ontime graduation
• Simultaneously promoted our Complete College Georgia
Initiative – 15 to Finish
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Student Success Solutions
Ecosystem at UNG
Ad Astra
Platinum Analytics
DegreeWorks
Degree Progression Data
Advising & Planning
Plans of Study
Student Success
Course Demand Analytics
Registration Analytics
Course Bottlenecks
Course Seating Capacity
Schedule Development Aligned
with Plans of Study
College Scheduler
“Nighthawk Registration”
Student Registration
Registration in Plans of Study
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Courses for Completion
Phase 1: Historical analysis and capacity management
study – compares enrollment in courses/seats/sections
and analyzed current use of academic instructional space
• Colleges using data to impact Fall 2015 (inefficiencies)
Phase 2: Determine course needs of each student AND
provide sections for completion
Phase 3: Link enrollment growth to course needs and
persistence to graduation
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Interactive Dashboard Demo
• Key Metrics Course Offering Metrics
– Enrollment Ratio
– Student Success Candidates
– Efficiency Candidates
• Key Capacity Metrics
– Space Utilization
– Prime Ratio
– Meeting Pattern Adherence
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Dec. ‘15
Monitoring
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Intervention
Roll
Monitor
Registration
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Intervention
Jan. ‘16
Analyze
Feb. ‘16
Registration
Platinum
Analytics
Process
Simulate
Advanced
Scheduling
for
Freshman
Produce
Student
Recommend
ed Courses
Proactive
Guidance
Send to
College
Scheduler
Refinement
Schedule
Refinement
Planning
April. ‘16
April. ‘16
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Nighthawk Registration Benefits
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Degree Audit – link to plans of study
Federal financial aid guidelines
Increase average credit hours
Real-time course demand report
Student satisfaction/ease of complete schedules
Advanced scheduling – group registration
Advising vs Scheduling
Offload course searches to the cloud
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Nighthawk Registration
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Nighthawk Registration
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UNG Outcomes To-date
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Increased pre-registration enrollment by 9%
Reduced scheduling and registration time by 60%
Students registering for courses needed for completion
Students excited about the new options
Benchmark Ad Astra outcomes post-registration
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Reduction in class cancellations
Reduction in late class adds
Improved resource utilization
Improved course ratios & fills
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• Promotions focus on “what is YOUR
15” to emphasize the variety of
pathways to completion
• 29% increase in students taking
15+ credit hours
• 20% increase in online credit hours
• 11% increase in students taking
online classes
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Thank You!
Jennifer Chadwick
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
University of North Georgia
[email protected]
Sarah Collins
Chief Client Experience Officer
Ad Astra Information Systems
[email protected]
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