1. Civitas
And Illume
Sept. 21, 2014

2. Our Methodology

3. 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.

4. Powerful Predictors

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

6. Term Season

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. GPA (Prior Term)

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

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

13. TSI Reading Score

14. TSI Writing Score

15. TSI Essay Score

16. 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.

17. Major Id

18. 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.

19. Average Number of Days Enrolled Before Start Date

20. 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.

21. Percent of Single Parent Families in Address 1 Zip Code
persistence shifts

22. 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.

23. Financial Aid Per Attempted Credit Hour (Cumulative)

24. Gender

25. Age

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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- 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?

29. 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)

30. Civitas
Illume
Inspire for Faculty
Inspire for Advisors
Course