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Preparing for guided pathways - A readiness assessment for colleges and universities
As interest in structured pathways continues to grow, many institutions have begun the challenging work of mapping their programs of study, helping students select and stay on their chosen pathways, and tracking outcomes. If your institution is considering a guided pathways approach, this questionnaire can help you determine your readiness.
Building a global university
When Heriot-Watt University set out to build a global institution, it didn’t just want disparate branch campuses around the world—it wanted to create a unified whole of its parts. But students from different countries have different recruiting and admissions needs. Creating a cohesive, efficient experience for applicants—on a system that worked for recruitment administrators based around the world—was a priority for Heriot-Watt.
This is Ellucian Ethos
Ellucian Ethos is the higher education framework connecting people, processes and applications to power student success.
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Guided Pathways helps bolster student success
Students who juggle education and family responsibilities need a clear path to graduation. Guided Pathways, a community college program supported by Ellucian software, provides a roadmap to earning a degree in four years. Hear how this program is helping one student succeed.
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What do students discuss with their advisors?
Hear three students speak candidly about how many times they spoke with an advisor in the past year, what they talked about, and what help the wished they received.
Motivating recognition of a job well done
Bakersfield College was honored as an Impact Award finalist at Ellucian Live 2019 in New Orleans. Listen as they share what the award means to the institution, what it was like to be recognized at the conference, and how this recognition motivates their work.
The double impact of award recognition on campus
Saint Peter’s University was honored as an Impact Award winner at Ellucian Live 2019 in New Orleans. They took an evidence-based team approach to technological advancements—and the improvements have benefited both students and staff. Watch the special assistant to the president talk about the impact on campus.
Being intentional about student success makes an impact
Wake Technical Community College was honored as an Impact Award winner at Ellucian Live 2019 in New Orleans. Watch their grants project coordinator share what the award means to their team, what it was like to receive the award at the conference, and why being intentional is so important to their community.
Leveraging technology to increase classroom engagement
Wake Technical Community College participates in Project COMPASS, a grant awarded to institutions with innovative solutions to persisting problems in higher education. Their persisting problem was the achievement gap between students of color and their counterparts. To solve this problem, they leveraged Ellucian Colleague to increase classroom engagement and ultimately increase retention and success rates of online students.
The cost of changing majors
A student shares how changing his major impacted his course work, graduation date, and tuition cost.
How to set up a governance process at your institution
Establishing a governance process helps IT teams define communication roles and align their systems and activities with the business needs of the institution. Watch Chief Information Officer Kay Rhodes explain why top-down support is key to the governance structure at Texas Tech University System.
We have seen $1.3 million in cost savings by moving to the cloud
When Howard Community College needed to update their technology infrastructure, they decided to move to their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the cloud. In doing so, they saved an estimated $1.3 million, increased the speed and reliability of their system, and improved the experience for IT staff.
CIOs have to understand the business of education
What do higher ed CIOs need to succeed? Celeste Schwartz, CIO, Montgomery County Community College, talks about how the role is changing and why leadership, strategy, relationships, and getting involved in the campus community are important.
