Civitas And Illume Sept. 21, 2014

Our Methodology

Illume: Our Command Center for Student Success Illume® uses Lone Star-specific data to develop personalized predictions that are timely, accurate, and actionable. Our team is able to pinpoint at-risk students hiding in plain sight, develop coordinated student success initiatives, and deploy targeted interventions, all from one place.

Powerful Predictors

Term Season Term Season The season associated with the current term. Seasons are fall, winter, spring and summer.

Term Season

Full Time Terms to Total Terms Ratio Cumulative number of terms of full-time enrollment divided by the total terms enrolled. This feature identifies inconsistencies in full-time enrollment and potential impact of these patterns on persistence.

Full Time Terms to Total Terms Ratio High percent at 0 since this group consist of first time in college students. Others may be Dual Credit Students

GPA (Prior Term) GPA - Prior Term Grade point average for the most recent prior term at the institution. If a student was not enrolled in the prior term, their prior term GPA is N/A.

GPA (Prior Term)

TSI Score (Max) TSI Score (Max) Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Assessment. If The Student Has Multiple Results The Max Is Reported.

TSI Math Score Students on the high end may be transfer students?

TSI Reading Score

TSI Writing Score

TSI Essay Score

Major Id Major Id Unique identifier for a student's major (ex. Bachelor's of Arts in Studio Art). Students may have more than one major simultaneously (ex. double major, major/minor) or over the course of their attendance at the institution.

Major Id

Average Number of Days Enrolled Before Start Date Average number of days before the start date a student is enrolled in sections for the current term.

Average Number of Days Enrolled Before Start Date

Percent of Single Parent Families in Address 1 Zip Code The percent of households that identified as single parent families within the student's address 1 zip code. Address 1 is the most populated address for students.

Percent of Single Parent Families in Address 1 Zip Code .36-.39 persistence shifts

Financial Aid Per Attempted Credit Hour (Cumulative) Cumulative Amount Of All Financial Aid Disbursed To The Student Divided By The Number Of Credit Hours Attempted Across All Terms Enrolled. This Feature Controls For The Number Of Credit Hours Taken And Allows For Insights Into Students Taking More Or Less Aid Compared To Their Peers.

Financial Aid Per Attempted Credit Hour (Cumulative)

Gender

Age

Amplifying Impact LSC-Montgomery had a 31% increase in full-time enrollment in the last year. Having an agile approach to launching student outreach campaigns and the ability to measure their impact quickly, is enabling campus leaders to collaborate, engage in productive conversations, build out successful strategies and replicate models across the college.

Latest Campaign CAMPAIGN STRATEGY Used data to find 2,000+ students with high GPAs (3.0 to 4.0) and very low or low persistence probabilities. Hypothesis: These students demonstrating strong academic performance may be dealing with external factors limiting their likelihood to succeed at Lone Star.

Campaign Implementation Identified students who were leaving the college with GPAs over 2.0 and not all who have high GPAs have high persistence predictions. VPs of Student Success aligned around a two-email campaign to 2,000+ of these students. Advisors were able to tag exchanges related to the campaign using Inspire for Advisors. Lift was greater for male students and students with 0-3 terms completed. Subject Line: Lone Star College is proud of you! I wanted to send you a note to see how your semester is going. College can be challenging this time of year and even the most successful students can struggle. Common challenges for students include job commitments, family responsibilities, financial pressures, transportation issues, or a combination of these and other issues. Do any of these sound familiar to you?

DATA Team Projects List of a few Data Team Projects Zero Credit hours EDUC 1300 Students least likely to persist Non-payments Service Indicators Fin. Aid, PT Students Low likely to persist and high GPA No fin. aid and high likely to persist Almost ready to graduate (TRAC)

Civitas Illume Inspire for Faculty Inspire for Advisors Course