Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Just-In-Time Technology: Improving Retention and Success of “New Traditionals”

In a recent article published in The Evolllution, Colleen and Darcy discuss ways UWT is using "nudges" to increase student success.
Tools designed to automate personalized
retention-developing tactics are critical to 
student persistence and success, helping 
institutions boost their performance metrics.

Just In Time. Famous words of the time-stressed, over-committed adult learner that now makes up more than 38 percent of the college-going population (according to a recent Student Clearinghouse report (Student Clearinghouse report). Whether in assignments, courses, financial aid or getting to class, adult learners behave like most time and task-stressed adults; we queue things up as they need to get done. And sometimes, some of the demands just slip through the cracks. Read the full article...