Real-time attendance data streamlines operations at career college financial aid offices and helps expedite timely processes. Financial aid offices are essential to the operations of higher education institutions. They handle tasks critical to the success of both the institution and their students. The office of Federal Student Aid provides more than $120 billion in grant,… Continue reading How Real-Time Attendance Impacts Your Financial Aid Office
Until 2018, National Career Education (NCE), a career college in Citrus Heights, California, collected attendance each day using the traditional pen and paper method. While pen and paper was the industry standard for taking attendance, it was causing a variety of issues for their registrars. Since switching to CourseKey for attendance tracking, NCE registrars now… Continue reading [Case Study] How NCE Registrars Save Hours Per Week On Attendance Management
Retention is a critical measurement of success for a career university. Not only is it an indication of the percentage of students on track to graduate, it directly affects the funding that career education institutions receive from the government. Retaining students isn’t always easy, and according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2020 saw… Continue reading How Real-Time Attendance Data Helps Career Universities Increase Retention
With many colleges choosing blended learning to navigate the pandemic, accreditors and state boards have installed regulations for the ratio of student hours accrued online vs. in-person. To easily track student hours and distinguish between hours accrued online versus on-ground, some colleges have chosen to implement mobile attendance tools. With real-time insight into students’ attendance… Continue reading How Schools Can Easily Track Student Hours Accrued Online Vs. In-Person
Instead of an attendance solution with shared surfaces, career institutes should instead explore a hands-free solutions where students check-in on their own device. As schools look to create a safe learning environment to welcome staff and students back on-site during the pandemic, those using biometric scanners should reassess their attendance technology. Biometric scanners do not… Continue reading How To Take Attendance Safely During The Pandemic
While taking attendance can be tedious and inefficient, it’s one of the most important actions during class each day because it gives schools a way to gain insight into student exposure to learning material. For career schools especially, where students earn career-specific credentials, tracking attendance accurately is important for many reasons, including: Calculating the last… Continue reading New Tech Lets Schools Minimize Attendance Fraud Online And In Person
Mobile attendance solutions ensure data accuracy across learning environments while giving schools vital compliance information. Smartphones are more than just devices for communication — they’re involved in nearly every aspect of our lives, including checking our bank statements, organizing our calendars, keeping up with the news, conducting research, and practically anything you can think of.… Continue reading 11 Reasons To Switch To A Mobile Attendance Solution
Nearly every course session starts with attendance. It’s a hallmark of education and one of the most important actions during the learning period. But can you imagine attendance being conducted without an instructor or supervisor present? It may sound unusual, but many students, particularly those preparing for careers in healthcare, complete some of the most… Continue reading How Schools Can Automate Externship Attendance
Since peaking in 2011, postsecondary education enrollments have been in decline. For-profit schools saw their enrollments plummet by an average of 12.6% between Fall 2015 and Fall 2018. But in the last year, the decline in for-profit school enrollments has significantly tapered off. Between Fall 2018 and Fall 2019, for-profit college enrollments declined by just… Continue reading How An Attendance Management Platform Helps Facilitate School Growth
When you think about a digital attendance solution, you may think about its effect on how daily attendance is taken. Students check in on their mobile app simultaneously, allowing instructors to start teaching right away because they don’t have to call out students’ names or pass around a sign-in sheet. While digitizing attendance does make… Continue reading How Digitizing Attendance Benefits Your School Beyond The Classroom
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