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Marymount Manhattan College
Maximizing Manhattan’s Space: How Ad Astra Transformed Scheduling at MMC
Marymount Manhattan College, situated in New York City's Upper East Side, encountered challenges such as limited space, a complex scheduling process, and a lack of actionable data for scheduling decisions. To address these issues, the college formed a strategic scheduling team and partnered with Ad Astra. Implementing Academic Scheduling, Registration Monitoring, and Student Demand Forecasting tools allowed the college to take a more analytical approach to scheduling, optimizing room utilization and reducing class cancellations.
Bossier Parrish Community College
Evolving from Efficient Scheduling to Effective Scheduling
Discover how Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana overcame pandemic-related scheduling challenges and achieved remarkable results. With a 10.9% growth in fall-over-fall enrollments and an 11.6% improvement in the enrollment ratio, BPCC transformed its approach to scheduling with the help of Ad Astra's student-centered scheduling solutions.
Metropolitan Community College
Effective Academic Course Scheduling at a Multi-Campus Institution
Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO is made up of five campuses that serve more than 13,000 students, the majority of which are Pell-eligible. Drew Wilkerson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, says that cross-campus coordination is a must for student-centered academic course and room scheduling. Through an ongoing partnership with Ad Astra, MCCKC is ensuring that all students can build efficient, conflict-free schedules which facilitate on-time graduation.
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Improving Student Success Through Smart Academic Course Scheduling
To meet the needs of its diverse student population, the University of Missouri-Kansas City committed to optimizing its course schedule in partnership with Ad Astra. UMKC now efficiently schedules more than 15,000 unique class sections a year. Registrar Amy Cole says the goal is to ensure students from all backgrounds are able to take courses when, where, and how they need them to graduate on time.
Montgomery College
Improving Equity Outcomes Through Scheduling Efficiency
Mathematician Dr. John Hamman, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, wasn’t ready to take “unsolvable” for an answer. Hamman knew scheduling can and should be improved and that an effective schedule can positively impact accelerated completion and Degree Velocity® to produce more equitable outcomes and higher completion rates. Learn how Montgomery College uses the course schedule as an effective tool for student success.
Northeast Lakeview College
Efficient Schedules to Achieve Sustained Growth
When Laura Boyer, VP of Academic Success at Northeast Lakeview College, saw enrollment patterns impacted by the pandemic, the institution knew it needed to run an efficient schedule to boost funding and reach growth targets while controlling for instructional costs. Ad Astra provided a path to achieve up to 90% fill rates and 12% growth in contact hours.
West Virginia Northern Community College
Using Data to Improve ROI
When Jill Loveless joined West Virginia Northern Community College as Vice President of Academic Affairs, she knew there had to be a better way to build the schedule to ensure students get the courses they need. Loveless sought a way to determine if a program was sustainable. Click below to hear how Northern used data to improve ROI and assist financial health.
Colby Community College
Transforming scheduling for student success
Lamar University
Accelerating Completions
Luis Arevalo chose Lamar University to pursue his chemical engineering degree. With a clear path to completion created by Lamar’s academic planning team, Luis is successfully staying on course.
Bossier Parish Community College
Creating Schedules with Confidence
Northeast Lakeview College
Achieving Sustained Growth Through Efficiency
West Virginia Northern Community College
Course Scheduling Issues Solved
WVNCC sought a way to determine if a program was sustainable and/or what was needed to make it become sustainable. Without this insight, they found the schedule would be plagued with last-minute cancelations and additions, which are costly for the institution and for students. By partnering with Ad Astra, WVNCC now has the data needed to create ROI for each class.
Lamar University
Accelerating Student Completions
Discover how Lamar University achieved something many universities haven’t been able to do: Multi-term scheduling centralized within their registrar’s office. But the story doesn’t end there.
South Louisiana Community College
Streamlined Manual Processes to Improve Efficiency & ROI
Like many higher education institutions, SLCC originally relied on manual scheduling processes. This often resulted in SLCC rolling the past term’s schedule over to a new year with no way to determine what was most effective for students. Learn how SLCC streamlined manual processes to improve efficiency and ROI.
Western Kentucky University
Reallocation Lead to Savings
more than $350,000 in energy costs.
Western Kentucky University
Financial Health: A Success Story
When Western Kentucky University had to reallocate offices, classrooms, labs, and auditoriums during a three-week semester break due to a building shut down, Ad Astra powered fast rescheduling decisions. It ultimately helped the university achieve a six-figure savings.
Mohawk Valley Community College
Using Leading Metrics to Improve Time to Completion
Mohawk Valley Community College was concerned about the slowing rate at which students were progressing toward a degree. By partnering with Ad Astra to use leading metrics, MVCC's students take fewer unnecessary credits, further decreasing the time to degree and boosting scheduling efficiencies throughout the institution
University of Kentucky
Refine Academic Schedules
Guilford Technical College
Advance Student Outcomes
California State University
Increasing Graduation Rates Through Strategic Scheduling
Utilizing the Course Schedule to Decrease Bottlenecks and Equity Gaps
“Annualized Scheduling” Increases Hispanic Retention, Graduation, and Enrollments
Asian and African American Student Retention Increases Due to Scheduling Changes
AASCU + AD Astra
CCA Game Changers
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