Sunday, February 12, 2017

THE OPINION AND ANALYSIS TO JOURNAL: THREE CASES STUDY OF CIVITAS LEARNING


Civitas means community in Latin. When we join the Civitas, we are working with hundreds of forward-thinking leaders in a dynamic community that is transforming higher education. It helps strengthen the connections including via annual Summit and meetings, research, expert consulting services and The Civitas Learning Space. Civitas Learning was conceived as a community of practice, bringing together forward-thinking leaders from diverse higher education institutions to leverage insight and action analytics in their ongoing efforts to help students learn well and finish strong.

On my opinion there are several other factors that can influence academic performance and help students to learn well and finish strong. These other factors that are known to influence academic performance such as student motivation, socioeconomic status, and attendance is required. Gender, age, learning preferences, and entry qualifications did not cause any significant variation in the academic performance of students.  The ability to use analytics to look at students at an individual level can help them develop better pathways that will help them move through the university and reach graduation in a timely manner. But most importantly, they are completely committed to working together with the team for success. One of many powerful advantages to working with a Student Success Platform is it empowers cross functional teams to take informed action, regardless of their individual expertise with analytics.

The Platform, Insights Engine and apps provide deep and broad institution-specific data and derived models that reflect the current and future state of institution and students. Working with this Platform and infrastructure, colleges and universities are dramatically improving student success. If Student Success is a team sport, elevated advising and teaching is what happens when the administration, advisors and faculty stop playing defense and go on offense to help students. With Civitas Learning, “elevated advising and teaching” means a coordinated approach, with all players sharing clear, predictive insights specific to the institution so that the team can make the most of every student engagement and students can own their academic journeys.

Civitas Learning is helping to shine a light on those pathways, while strengthening the symbiotic relationship between student demand and institution efficiency. Civitas Learning supports institutions’ efforts in thoughtful curricular design and pathway articulation. Civitas Learning enables institutions to know, with precision, which initiatives are working and for whom. Equipped with the ability to measure the impact of their efforts and with Civitas Learning, speed and accuracy go hand-in-hand.

Today’s students don’t look like the four-year, full-time students of yesterday. One thing that remains the same however, is their desire to earn a degree that doesn’t bury them in debt and which prepares them for a rewarding career. Civitas Learning is empowering students to make informed decisions about their future, create a plan for success and stick to it. Students understand the impacts of their degree choices, find clarity in a term-by-term course roadmap and easily balance life with their class schedule. Through timely and relevant outreach, institutions are strengthening relationships with students and reminding them that they are not alone on this journey.




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