ERIC Number: ED610399
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 28
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Rethinking Completion Analytics to Better Support the Student Experience across Diverse Ecosystems. The AIR Professional File, Fall 2020. Article 150
Cornett, Jeffrey L.
Association for Institutional Research
Single measures of college performance fail to reflect the mix and diversity of students served. First-time students vary widely in terms of their readiness to succeed in college. Higher education environments (ecosystems) also vary widely and afford students differing admission and transfer opportunities. These factors confound college completion analytics when those who define college goals focus only on what is best for the college. A fresh way to rethink completion analytics would be to measure college completion success from the student point of view and how they wish to experience college. Student-focused completion rate scorekeeping would improve research into best practices. Student advising would also improve if completion analytics were disaggregated along a continuum of readiness to succeed.
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Student Diversity, College Readiness, College Environment, Student Experience, College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, School Holding Power, Dropouts, College Preparation, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Academic Achievement, Universities
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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