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01/25/2023

How Students Are Connecting with AI-Powered Resources

First-time freshman. Seniors. Residential students. Commuters. No matter where they are in the student lifecycle, students recognize the importance of one special relationship they’ve developed on campus. It may come as a surprise that this relationship is not with a person, but is instead with an AI-powered resource.

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Real students sharing their stories about their interaction with institutionally-branded chatbots powered by Adaptive AI First-time freshman. Seniors. Residential students. Commuters. No matter where they are in the student lifecycle, students recognize the importance of one special relationship the...

01/11/2023

Our co-CEO rounds out her 3-part mini series to kick off the new year with a focus on student financial and mental health.

Part 3 in a 3 Part Series to Challenge You in the New Year It’s time to wrap up this series with a serious conversation about the impact mental health and financial distress have on college student persistence. In Part One, we shared some of the ways EdSights is tackling the college completion cri...

01/09/2023

Students should refuse remedial placements (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed

In light of research showing traditional remediation is ineffective, community college students should stand up and refuse remedial course placements, Maggie P. Fay writes.

01/06/2023

Join us for our first series of EdSights Office Hours! Your opportunity to connect and learn more about how we're tackling the college completion crisis.

01/04/2023

Our CEO with a 🔥take this week:

"Colleges and universities who want increases in student retention and graduation rates can no longer focus on what they, as the institution, can do to improve retention. Instead, they need to view the problem from the student perspective and ask the following questions:

Why do students stay enrolled in college?

Why do students keep going?

What motivates them to persist?

Students care that they graduate, not where they graduate from. Identifying solutions that align with why students persist are how colleges and universities are going to help students achieve their goal of graduation, thus improving retention and graduation rates."

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Part 2 in a 3 Part Series to Challenge You in the New Year It is January 2023 and it is time to change how you view the student experience. At the end of 2022 I shared how we, at EdSights, are challenging the status quo and looking at student persistence through a new lens. We follow the work of Dr....

01/03/2023

More money for Pell Grants, research in federal budget (via Inside Higher Ed)

"Shepard said she was pleased to see $45 million included for the Postsecondary Student Success Program. The fiscal year 2022 budget allocated $5 million for the competitive grant program that’s aimed at helping students complete a college program by providing wraparound services and other supports such as tutoring.

Shepard said the initial $5 million was a recognition of the importance in investing in college completion."

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Federal budget boosts maximum Pell Grant and funding for student success grant programs. Colleges and universities also are set to receive more than $1.5 billion for projects in earmarks.

12/14/2022

This week in we kick off a 3-part mini series where we propose rethinking the student experience!

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A Three-Part Series to Challenge You in the New Year I remember a semester in college when three of my good friends and I parted ways for the winter break, fully expecting to see one another upon our return to campus. I was the only one who returned. Surprising as it is to have only one of four frie...

11/30/2022

In this week's we take a look at 3,000 student responses asking them if they have support on campus. The results may surprise you:

Recent Analysis Shows Gap Between African American, Hispanic Students and Their Peers Earlier this semester we discovered that less than half of Hispanic students indicated excitement at the start of the academic year. At the time we determined that one of the key drivers of this perspective is the....

11/23/2022

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us to all of you! We hope you enjoy some special time with your loved ones during this special time.

11/23/2022

For our newest followers ... Here is a look back at the start of our movement earlier this year:

Blowing the Whistle on the College Completion Crisis

As many as 6,000 students drop out of college every day. Every day! Despite the proliferation of higher ed stories in the media — from institutional rankings to college closures to success on the basketball court — this is the one that never receives enough attention yet represents a loss of as ...

11/16/2022

What Do First Gen Students Say About Their Campus Experiences?

Last week we celebrated First Gen Student Day. In honor of this important day our data team decided to take a deeper dive into the responses from first generation students to proactive check-ins sent by their institution’s Adaptive AI bot. Partner institutions who identify (tag) first generation s...

11/14/2022

Dr. Shelita Williams at Genesee Community College shares her experience implementing Adaptive AI and SMS to boost student retention, engagement and persistence. Watch the full video here: https://videos.edsights.io/watch/kYKQhxAkdGot2iv7apqC6L?