How universities are using predictive analytics for student retention

Predictive analytics for student retention

Student attrition rate is on a rise, indicating that it’s high time universities took concrete steps to fix the issue. Guesswork and predictions backed with no research cannot be relied upon when dealing with something as valuable as student career. A couple of pioneering universities, therefore, resorted to a more credible and apt-for-the-time method for…

It’s time university budgets and monies be guided by job market insights

University budgets

  Although most educational institutions, especially the state-funded ones, do not operate with the stated goal of achieving financial profitability, maintaining a healthy treasury remains a crucial priority for them. To ensure financial prudence, provosts and academic officers must adopt effective budgeting strategies and direct their investments towards academic affairs only after a thorough cost-benefit…

Life of a Provost in today’s challenging job market

academic leaders

The roles and responsibilities that follow the title of ‘provost’ can be rather nebulous and can vary across educational institutions. A provost or chief academic officer of a university providing higher education, although primarily invested with the responsibility of providing direction to a university’s academic affairs and education goals, is often tasked with a number…