Columbus Technical College Supports Student Retention Efforts With Starfish
Early Warning System Identifies Struggling Students, Connects to Support Resources
>>read article in Campus Technology
After initially developing a system internally, Columbus Technical College collaborated with Starfish to introduce a comprehensive early alert system that fully integrates with the other technology systems in place, including the college's existing ANGEL Learning Management System.
"Unfortunately, for a lot of our students, all they need to do is stumble once and they are out the door," said B.J. Landen, counselor, CARE Center for Columbus Technical College. "The simplicity of Starfish makes it easy for our faculty, including a large percentage of adjunct professors, to communicate a concern they have for a student. Starfish takes the legwork out of simply getting a student in for help. In addition, because our team members receive the pertinent information about a student from Starfish, they are able to spend more time helping our students."
"Within just the first few days of Starfish being in place, we were already seeing upward of 30 percent of our instructors using the system to raise flags on students," said Ray Mercer, director for virtual learning for Columbus Technical College. "Starfish makes it easy for our counselors to 'close the loop' with the instructor who raises the flag. This simple step in the process encourages instructors to continue to get involved, because they know their concerns are being addressed."
>>more about Starfish EARLY ALERT
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Support for Supplemental Instruction
New Feature Announcement
With the help of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Starfish has designed an easy and convenient way for your institution to schedule recurring tutoring and supplemental instruction meetings. Students can schedule weekly meetings with tutors or peer mentors directly through Starfish and all appointments will be automatically sent to your online calendar (e.g., Outlook®, Gmail™, Lotus Notes®, GroupWise®). To make things even easier, once the first student registers, Starfish can make sure that the rest of the students who register are enrolled in the same course section.
In the Spring 2010 term, Biology students at UNCG scheduled more than 900 appointments using this new feature!
>>more about Starfish CONNECT
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Intelliworks and Starfish Partner to Link Student Recruitment and Retention
Companies to provide Web-based solutions to help colleges and universities optimize student success and engagement throughout the student lifecycle
The combined offering will give institutions the ability to integrate and gain insight from the many touch points throughout the student lifecycle, including marketing, admissions, faculty, advisors, tutors and academic counselors, and alumni relations. Specifically, with Intelliworks, colleges and universities can leverage the many interactions that occur between prospective students and admissions counselors to help identify whether a student is the right match for the institution. Starfish then processes the key, daily interactions that occur between enrolled students and their instructors, advisors and tutors - helping to identify when a student is struggling and connecting him or her to support resources.
"Through our partnership with Intelliworks, we are able to connect the dots between the pre- and post-enrollment phases of the student experience, dramatically increasing the institutional knowledge of the student relationship," said David Yaskin, CEO and founder of Starfish Retention Solutions. "As a result, institutions are able to attract and retain the ideal student body."
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The Newest Starfish Clients!
The following institutions have newly licensed Starfish to streamline their retention efforts:
Alabama State University
Baton Rouge Community College
Colorado State University Global Campus
Griffith University
Seton Hall University
University of Cincinnati
University of Pittsburgh
>>Starfish case studies
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Did You Know?
More than 350,000 students worldwide have access to Starfish.
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The Latest from Starfish
Microsoft Exchange Adapter
Starfish collaborated with the University of Cincinnati to develop a Microsoft® Exchange Adapter that will automatically coordinate your online calendar (e.g., Outlook) with your Starfish calendar - so you can never be double booked again!
>>Two-Way Integration with Microsoft® Outlook®
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