Four metrics to help your school identify at-risk students and get them back on track

How to identify at-risk students and improve retention rates.

6 Ways to Decrease Student Attrition In Career Education Programs

To decrease student attrition in career education programs, focus on leveraging your student data and building support services. There’s no program with an attrition rate of 0%, but even decreasing student attrition just a few percentage points could have a big impact on schools and students alike. Life happens, and sometimes students drop out due… Continue reading 6 Ways to Decrease Student Attrition In Career Education Programs

Top Ten Retention Tips in Less Than Ten Minutes

These top ten retention tips are based on conversations with leading career education institutions across the country.

Introducing: CourseKey’s Retention Dashboard

To improve retention, CourseKey’s Retention Dashboard pulls in data from the LMS, SIS, and other technology to give your school a real-time view of at-risk students in one easy-to-use dashboard.  Ena Hull, COO, Legacy Education Retention is the lifeblood of a school. It directly impacts revenue, compliance, and, most importantly, a student’s opportunity to achieve… Continue reading Introducing: CourseKey’s Retention Dashboard

Do You Know Where Your Students Are?

By leveraging real-time attendance software, vocational schools can take a proactive approach to retention while ensuring students remain safe in an emergency. Do you know where your students are? No, really—are you 100% sure?  Yes, they’re supposed to be in class. But, let’s be honest, that’s not always the case. Throw in externship attendance, where… Continue reading Do You Know Where Your Students Are?

Five Signs You Need A New Retention Solution

Retention rates directly impact compliance and your school’s bottom line. Having a strong retention solution in place is critical to the success of your students and your school. If your school is experiencing any of these signs, it’s time for a new solution.  Retention is the livelihood of career education programs. Auditors place a strong… Continue reading Five Signs You Need A New Retention Solution

The Relationship Between Retention & Revenue

Retention is a critical measure of success for career education compliance, and it has a direct impact on your school’s bottom line.   A significant component of your school’s reputation is your ability to get students to graduate on time and a big selling point for prospective students. In addition, retention is associated with funding… Continue reading The Relationship Between Retention & Revenue

How Real-Time Attendance Data Helps Career Universities Increase Retention

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

4 Tips For Retaining Your Top Performers In Online Courses

Retaining top performers becomes more difficult in online courses than in on-ground courses. Improve engagement and retain your performers with these four tips.  Better engagement leads to better retention. This is not a new concept. Students who are engaged in their classes, programs, and with their schools are more likely to persist through to graduation… Continue reading 4 Tips For Retaining Your Top Performers In Online Courses

6 Ways Career Colleges Can Start Improving Retention

Career colleges can improve retention—a critical measure of success—by implementing proactive techniques with student success in mind.     When it comes to student retention, the reality is that career colleges can’t predict or control every factor that influences whether a student persists through their program. When a student drops from their program, it’s a lose-lose… Continue reading 6 Ways Career Colleges Can Start Improving Retention