How to Choose a College Major: Why Declaring Late Can Still Lead to Success
Choosing a college major is one of the first big academic decisions students make, and one of the most misunderstood. Many high school graduates believe they must declare a major before starting college to ensure success. Here is my story of changing my major going into my senior year and what I recommend for students, whether they are just starting their college career or considering a huge change in their academic path.
Summer Strategies: Using AI & Institutional Change to Prevent Retention Risks
As summer approaches, enrollment and student success teams will be shifting their focus from deposit season to ensuring students—both incoming and continuing—are set up for success. One of the most effective ways to improve retention is by leveraging AI-driven predictive analytics alongside institutional change to identify and address at-risk students before they face challenges that could lead to attrition.
Six Steps to At-Risk Student Intervention
Identifying individual students who are at-risk of dropping out is often a subjective exercise in higher education. Additionally, for each student the institution intervenes with, we must answer the question of why are we intervening? And what resources will we provide this student? It is critical to increase retention and graduation rates, while remaining conscious of intervention resources, budgets and university revenues.