Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

We discovered the key steps leaders and institutions are taking to strategically –and sometimes dramatically– improve their retention rates. 5 High-Impact Retention Strategies While institutions continue working hard to ensure their students graduate, initiative results often fall short of expectations. PP when misapplied.

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Student Privacy Compass

APRIL 29, 2025

Data Collection and Retention: about 16 states mention or address data collection, use, sharing, and/or storage practices, with an emphasis on limiting data retention and ensuring data is only collected for specific educational purposes. Even further specificity would be more beneficial to schools and districts. Actionable.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. read the blog: Pell eligibility for incarcerated students 5. Between 2009 and 2020 one-year retention rates fluctuated between a low of 49.3%

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Ed.gov Homeroom

MARCH 5, 2024

Research has demonstrated that modern, well-maintained facilities with healthy indoor environments yield better student performance and health, higher teacher retention, and reduced absenteeism.

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EAB

MARCH 24, 2023

Blogs What 70+ higher ed leaders are saying about staff recruitment and retention in today's competitive labor market Competition for talent is at an all-time high, forcing colleges and universities to rethink their historical approach to attracting and retaining talented staff on their campuses.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Introducing the Multi-Outcome Framework: Optimize What Matters Most Colleges and universities must broaden their measures of success beyond traditional metrics such as retention and completion to remain competitive, attract top students, and enhance institutional reputation. Helping them implement more effective interventions at scale.

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest) worked to improve retention rates, it recognized that faculty and staff needed a centralized location to communicate and access student data easily. Their data-driven student support ecosystem has led to significant improvements in retention, with a 16% increase from 2012 to 2022.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

This effort contributed to an 8% increase in retention between 2016 and 2021, surpassing their goal with an 80% retention rate from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Content warning: this blog contains discussions of gun violence and hate speech. In this blog, I’ll outline the imperatives for campus administrators to act on, as well as five actions you can take today. Efforts to boost student retention are more critical than ever as overall enrollment numbers decline.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

UTSA Achieves 16% Retention Lift with Data-Activated Student Support Ecosystem Explore how the U. Read the Blog How AI-Based Predictive Modeling Works in the Student Impact Platform Typically, 100s of variables are considered for modeling. Completion Predictions, “How likely is this student to graduate on time?”,

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Blogs Why your institution needs an up-to-date flexible work policy Remote and hybrid work is here to stay , and effective flexible work arrangements can help your institution attract and retain top talent, improve productivity, and conserve space and energy. Next step: Begin drafting your institution’s policy.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Improved Advisor Experience Many of our partners share experiencing a plateau in their retention rates despite efforts to improve student outcomes. We’ve learned from our community that an effective way to overcome retention plateaus is to shift from broad activities to focused, intentional efforts for specific student groups.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 3, 2025

Combined with broader strategies, this insight helped UTSA achieve a 16% increase in retention and a 14% increase in completion from 2012 to 2022. Final Thoughts Adaptable Analytics helps higher education leaders make smarter, faster decisions by turning complex student data into timely, actionable insights.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

This approach empowers institutions to uncover hidden gaps and drive outcomes like improving retention, scaling advising, and strengthening cross-campus collaboration. When vendors provide strategic, outcome-focused enablementnot just technical trainingteams are far more equipped to use the platform to its full potential.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs Improve the precision of student enrollment forecasting January 31, 2023 Jeff Pidcock Director of Budgeting and Business Transformation, Miami University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Predicting College Student Retention. Lopez-Wagner, M.C.,

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Higher education institutions that bring together previously disjointed approaches to student care gain greater clarity and drive measurable improvements in retention, completion rates, career readiness, and the overall student experience. Discover: Common challenges that institutions face in aligning care.

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EAB

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs 2023 in Review: A Momentous Year in Higher Ed 2023 was a year of big changes. These blogs helped you make sense of the shifting landscape: What do enrollment leaders care most about in 2023? As we reflect on the past 12 months, we’re sharing what was most popular with our readers this year—including you!

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) By Adnan Sosic Adnan Sosic serves as the Director of Marketing Analytics in EAB’s Agency team, focused on helping colleges and universities design audience centric and action oriented.edu content strategy. To configure data retention controls in GA4, follow these steps: 1.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes. Scholastica Student Success Improving success for pre-health students Joe Fritsch, Ph.D.,

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Good Tutors Finder

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In this blog post, well explore how specialized dyslexia tutors can help, and why Good Tutors Finder stands out as a trusted resource for families looking for qualified, compassionate help. These multisensory methods help forge stronger connections in the dyslexic students brain, making learning more enjoyable and retention more successful.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Exploring the impact of high school course rigor on student success in college August 9, 2023 Mary Venezia Chief of Staff, Enrollment Management, University of Arizona The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Blackboard Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Increased learner satisfaction and retention. With more than one million students stopping out annually across the country , retention is an imperative for all universities. Addressing these pain points is essential to improving retention.

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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

Increasing Retention Rates for Black and Latino Men. 6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. One avenue leaders have explored to do so is changing their org chart: moving units, combining units, or setting up dual reporting lines. Go to resource center. More on student affairs. December 6, 2022.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Blogs Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Elevate the student experience to improve overall retention: Current students can also fall victim to the treacherous tuition cycle, leading to stopouts. For example, student-centered advising increases student achievement and positively impacts overall retention.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Traditional metrics, such as retention and graduation rates, don’t fully capture whether students succeed during college. Higher education is continually evolving, and 2024 has presented new opportunities for institutions to better address students’ changing needs.

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Blackboard Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Director, Community College Enrollment & Retention. points, to an average of 58.5%, and overall retention declined 2.1% The post Best Practices to Re-Engage Community College Stop Outs appeared first on Blackboard Blog. By Tara Zirkel, Ed.D.  In the fall of 2020, community colleges saw double digit enrollment declines. While institutions were

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Read our blog for tips on building faculty buy-in for student success initiatives.

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#RealCollege Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

But we also wanted a way to demonstrate efficient, effective approaches to distributing institution-wide funds, and that emergency funds at scale could have a positive impact on retention and graduation.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Despite their best efforts, many institutions still have work to do to improve student retention and graduation. Regular assessment of student success and retention strategies enables you to understand the true impact of each student success initiative to invest in the combination of strategies that are most beneficial for your students.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9% rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4%

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Enhancing a sense of belonging in the classroom August 9, 2023 Dr. Anisa Hansen Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Blackboard Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

This blog was authored by Lisa Hansen. Lisa Hansen is the Director of OneStop Student Support and Retention Services at Blackboard and works collaboratively with partner institutions to increase student satisfaction and persistence through 24/7 Virtual Student Engagement and proactive outreach and retention support.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. Headlines about student debt and poor student outcomes have prompted federal attention. Are the Benefits of OPM Partnerships Worth the Risk?

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EAB

AUGUST 28, 2023

Blogs Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Similarly, DEI is (or was until recently) something that all stakeholders could agree on in the abstract without having to ask whether the focus should be on recruitment, retention, or outcomes; students, faculty, or staff; or which underserved populations.

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EAB

APRIL 12, 2023

Blogs The state of K-12 staffing: Superintendents report nationwide shortages in hiring qualified candidates By Josh Eddy Superintendents say their number one problem is staffing, particularly their ability to hire qualified candidates in our 2023 Voice of the Superintendent survey. Your staffing challenges are not going away.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Generation Hope strives to make college graduation a more common achievement for young parents.

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