Strategy/Project Description:
- Goal #1: Increase in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded by USG institutions.
- Goal #2: Increase the number of degrees that are earned ‘on time.’
- Goal #3: Decrease excess credits earned on the path to getting a degree.
- Goal #4: Provide intrusive advising to keep students on track to graduate.
Use predictive analytics and a system of more than 800 alerts to track all undergraduates daily, identify at-risk behaviors, and have advisors respond to alerts by intervening in a timely fashion to get students back on track.
- In fall 2014, our GPS Advising System was upgraded to generate financial alerts based on student housing choices and past due histories to target students for financial counseling.
- In 2016, Georgia State University will consolidate with Georgia Perimeter College (GPC). EDUCAUSE, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (the Helmsley Trust) and in partnership with Achieving the Dream (ATD), has awarded Georgia State University a grant to facilitate our efforts to deploy our technology solution and adapt our advising strategy in order to increase graduation rates for the 22,000 students seeking associate degrees at GPC. In addition to providing much needed support to students seeking associate degrees, the extension of our GPS to encompass the entirety of the new consolidated university provides us with the opportunity to better understand and support transfer pathways between two- and four- year institutions.
