Student Success Through to Completion JENZABAR RETENTION JENZABAR RETENTION
JENZABAR RETENTION What if you had the tools to drive student success from matriculation all the way through to completion? What if you could harness the power of predictive modeling to identify key risk-factors for attrition? What if you knew the probability of success for each student? What if you could alert advisors when students need assistance and inform them of potential problems before issues arise? What if you had the benefit of expert consulting to help design effective processes for interventions at the right time, for the right students? What if you had the technology and processes to keep students on track for success? You can do it all with Jenzabar Retention, the most comprehensive retention management solution in higher education. Harness the Power of Predictive Modeling When you know each student s probability for success before the term even begins, you can keep them on the right path from the minute they step on campus. Jenzabar Retention s predictive modeling functionality is customized to reflect the unique characteristics of your student population. We analyze your current information and look back as far as three years to identify trends and individual risk factors affecting your retention and graduation rates. After selecting the factors, we assign weight values to each in order to create the Risk Assessment model. The model is then applied to your campus, allowing you to clearly see who is safe, at risk, or at high risk. 2
Keep Your Students on the Path to Success Jenzabar Retention aggregates each student s information from disparate academic and administrative systems across your campus to create comprehensive student profiles. The result is a 360 degree view of each student from academic performance and extracurricular engagement to financial aid and demographic information providing you with deep insights into potential risk factors and probabilities of success. With Jenzabar Retention, you ll gain a broad range of preventive capabilities: Jenzabar Retention is a vital component to our campus-wide retention initiative and has enabled us to help retain students, one student at a time. Douglas Hastad President Carroll University + Predict risk factors. Weigh data based on your trends and historical data to create your institution s unique Risk Assessment model. + Evaluate students on an individual basis. View up-to-theminute, accurate risk assessments of each student, at-aglance. + Segment your population. Target specific cohorts with their own predictive model. + Consolidate data. Capture data from any student information system, learning management system, gradebook system, and even Excel spreadsheets to build your comprehensive predictive model. 3
Identify Risk Factors in Advance Built on patent-pending predictive modeling, the Jenzabar Retention system offers comprehensive student profiles, instantly informing your team of each student s situation safe, at risk, or at high risk so you can proactively address at-risk students, identify potential problem areas, and intervene quickly with the appropriate support. Student profiles in Jenzabar Retention are more than just alerts triggered by failing grades or low attendance. Poor academics are often only a symptom of a larger issue. Jenzabar Retention provides in-depth insights to help you address root causes and offer students the resources they need to thrive. 4
Alert the Right People at the Right Time Identify students who need support from day one and quickly recognize students who need help throughout the term. Issues and alerts added to Jenzabar Retention as the term progresses enable you to focus your efforts on struggling students before they decide to leave. Jenzabar Retention makes it easy to manage alerts: + Continuously refresh student profiles with the real-time predictive model to instantly identify a change in student behavior. + Set up Jenzabar Retention to send automatic alerts and communicate to the right people students, faculty, advisors, and mentors. + Remain FERPA compliant. + Add information to each student s profile quickly and easily. Jenzabar s retention solution not only gives us the comprehensive insight needed to focus our retention efforts and improve student persistence, but data generated from the system also has practical applications in the University s assessment and accreditation efforts. James Fogt Director of Information Technology Harris-Stowe State University + Access Jenzabar Retention through your institution s portal for single sign-on and a quick learning curve. + Communicate directly with students via email from right inside the system. 5
Intervene When They Need It Even the best students can run into trouble and fall behind. Your institution has established a network of programs to help get students back on track. Jenzabar Retention helps you manage your entire support network on campus with automated alerts, robust tracking and communication tools, and built-in reporting. Quickly assign students the help they need and get them closer to reaching their goals. No student falls through the cracks with Jenzabar Retention. + It s adaptable: Mold Jenzabar Retention to your institution s retention program and processes to avoid disruptions to your existing strategy. + It s comprehensive: Document the complete engagement cycle with each student from the initial indication of trouble through the intervention process. + It s interactive: Share notes and communicate with the appropriate people throughout the process. + It s data-driven: Track and document the results of your intervention programs at the end of the term to analyze what s working and what to improve. 6
Integrated for Better Analytics The Jenzabar Retention solution works with any student information system (SIS) and learning management system (LMS), consolidating essential information to help you determine the risk probability for each student as well as your student population as a whole. Collaborate Across the Campus Improving your institution s retention and completion rates takes more than alerts and reports. It requires a collaborative effort across the campus community to help students succeed. With Jenzabar Retention, your student success team has access to relevant information from each department to keep them in the know and well equipped to support each student through to completion. Acting on real-time information aggregated from academic departments, finance, student services, and more, your campus can support student success with proactive prevention, enhanced risk assessment, and effective interventions. Easy Implementation We offer numerous implementation options to best fit your needs. Choose a fully hosted or an on-site installation, and get up and running quickly and easily. With the help of our expert consultants and project management team your campus will be improving student success in no time. 7
ABOUT JENZABAR Jenzabar is a leading provider of enterprise software, strategies, and services developed exclusively for higher education. Our integrated, innovative solutions advance the goals of academic and administrative offices across the campus and throughout the student lifecycle. Jenzabar's mission is to maximize our clients' success. Our award-winning software and experienced professionals provide our clients the tools and resources they need to thrive. As a trusted partner on more than 1,000 campuses worldwide, Jenzabar has over four decades of experience supporting the higher education community. For me, Jenzabar Retention is my way of getting to know the student before I actually meet the student. I have everything that I need for that initial contact, and then I get a more-rounded picture of the student once I meet him or her. One of the biggest values for me with Jenzabar Retention is that I can see patterns. We want to increase by 25%. That s been a really big deal for us. Trish Bugajski Director of Student Academic Services University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne 101 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2200 Boston, MA 02199 800.593.0028 2013 Jenzabar, Inc. All rights reserved. Jenzabar is a registered trademark of Jenzabar, Inc. The Jenzabar logo is a trademark of Jenzabar, Inc. 9-2013