aais.com Charting a Plan for Student Completion and Campus Efficiencies Jennifer Chadwick, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, University of North Georgia Sarah Collins, Chief Client Experience Officer, Ad Astra Information Systems

aais.com 2014 Complete College America Four-Year Myth

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USG: Underfilled:34% Balanced: 29% Overloaded: 34% UNG: Underfilled:33% Balanced: 29% Overloaded: 38% Enrollment Ratio: Comparison of seats filled versus seats offered <70% 70-95% >95%

aais.com USG: 44% UNG: 49%

aais.com USG: 24 UNG: 23 USG: 28 UNG: 25 USG: 87% UNG: 91%

aais.com University of North Georgia Formed through consolidation - January 2013 – North Georgia College & State University Gainesville State College 4 year public institution 16,500 students Four campuses Associate, baccalaureate, graduate Selective and access mission Sixth largest public in state

aais.com Power of Analytics Align course offerings on all 4 campuses – Based on student needs to persist to graduation Maximize Opportunities for student success/completion – Every student: Associate, baccalaureate, graduate, transitioning Plan for continued enrollment growth – Grown 6.2% since Fall 2012 Proactive vs Reactive

aais.com Our Plan Making courses needed for completion available for students – Ad Astra Strategic Scheduling CheckUp™ Implemented scheduling system – College Scheduler – Branded Nighthawk Registration Connecting Nighthawk Registration to degree audit for on- time graduation Simultaneously promoted our Complete College Georgia Initiative – 15 to Finish

aais.com Student Success Solutions Ecosystem at UNG DegreeWorks College Scheduler “Nighthawk Registration” Student Success Degree Progression Data Advising & Planning Course Demand Analytics Registration Analytics Course Bottlenecks Course Seating Capacity Ad Astra Platinum Analytics Student Registration Plans of Study Registration in Plans of Study Schedule Development Aligned with Plans of Study

aais.com Courses for Completion Phase 1: Historical analysis and capacity management study – compares enrollment in courses/seats/sections and analyzed current use of academic instructional space Colleges using data to impact Fall 2015 (inefficiencies) Phase 2: Determine course needs of each student AND provide sections for completion Phase 3: Link enrollment growth to course needs and persistence to graduation

aais.com Interactive Dashboard Demo Key Metrics Course Offering Metrics – Enrollment Ratio – Student Success Candidates – Efficiency Candidates Key Capacity Metrics – Space Utilization – Prime Ratio – Meeting Pattern Adherence

aais.com Roll Analyze Refinement Simulate Advanced Scheduling for Freshman Schedule Refinement Produce Student Recommend ed Courses Registration Monitor Registration for Intervention Platinum Analytics Process Planning Monitoring for Intervention Proactive Guidance Dec. ‘15 Feb. ‘16 Jan. ‘16 April. ‘16 Send to College Scheduler April. ‘16

aais.com Nighthawk Registration Benefits Degree Audit – link to plans of study Federal financial aid guidelines Increase average credit hours Real-time course demand report Student satisfaction/ease of complete schedules Advanced scheduling – group registration Advising vs Scheduling Offload course searches to the cloud

aais.com Nighthawk Registration

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UNG Outcomes To-date Increased pre-registration enrollment by 9% Reduced scheduling and registration time by 60% Students registering for courses needed for completion Students excited about the new options Benchmark Ad Astra outcomes post-registration – Reduction in class cancellations – Reduction in late class adds – Improved resource utilization – Improved course ratios & fills

aais.com Promotions focus on “what is YOUR 15” to emphasize the variety of pathways to completion 29% increase in students taking 15+ credit hours 20% increase in online credit hours 11% increase in students taking online classes

aais.com Thank You! Jennifer Chadwick Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management University of North Georgia Sarah Collins Chief Client Experience Officer Ad Astra Information Systems