1. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Student-Friendly Schedule Building Addressing Student Planning and Success Initiatives Presented by Tom Shaver Founder & CEO, Ad Astra

2. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Industry Challenge - Improve Student Outcomes w/ Fewer Resources Enrollment has nearly doubled since 1970, yet the completion (attainment) rate remains flat Approximately 40% of adults aged 25-34 have a degree Lumina Foundation: "The United States is one of only two nations in which the current generation has attained less education than their parents' generation.” Degree completion rates o 2-yr. degrees (within 6 years): 38% o 4-year degrees (within 4 years): 53% o 4-yr. degrees (within 6 years): 58% Retention rates (between 1st and 2nd yr): 65.7%

3. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Embrace the Challenge Focus on what the Institution can Control/Influence o Allocation of Key Academic Resources o Student Access to Required Courses o Student Completion Planning Acknowledge Complexity: Decision-Support Tools are needed to effectively allocation of Faculty and Space to meet Students’ Needs Continuous Improvement: Evolution, not Revolution Our Student Success Approach

4. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Create a Schedule Review Team o Reviews data as a proxy for all academic units o Suggests potential changes to academic units o Defers granular decisions (candidates) to academic units Focus on Data: measurable Success Drivers that influence high-level goal attainment o Depending on institutional priorities, select from 20 key metrics that we have used to track scheduling effectiveness o Establish Benchmarks for each campus/academic unit o Establish Goals based on progress needed in success drivers to achieve high-level outcomes o Track Progress by measuring improvement and requiring minimum effectiveness levels (scheduling policy) Change Management Candidate Example CourseSeatsDemandEnrollment Ratio SectionsSections Needed ReductionAAA 40030014548%63 EliminationAAA 40150816%10 AdditionAAA 100500585101%1012

5. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Analytics: focus, to date, on analysis of student demand for course seats and the enrollment capacity of academic space o Platinum Analytics: alignment of offerings to demand, highlighted by “change candidates” in tentative schedules o Strategic Checkup: assessment of baseline effectiveness of both course offerings and space management processes Implementation: deploy software as a service o Reduces or eliminates IT resource impact o Ad Astra participates in the ongoing review of findings Solutions State of the Union

6. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Analytics: o Dashboards (demo) o Predictive Program Analysis (demo) o Simulated Registration Student/Advisor Academic Planner (demo) Section File Snapshots (registration velocity, cancellation tracking, meeting time/room change tracking, attrition, etc.) Student Velocity Tracking and Workflow/Alerts Course Offering Sandbox with Academic Scheduling Policy Setting/Tracking Key 2012 Enhancements

7. Texas Regional Ad Astra Summit Questions? Tom Shaver tshaver@aais.com 913-652-4110 tshaver@aais.com