Operational Efficiency

“Before we used Ad Astra, it would take me about two weeks to complete the schedule. Now, it only takes half that time.”

Tabitha Banks, Curriculum & Academic Support Coordinator, Chattanooga State Community College

Achieve Efficient Scheduling with Ad Astra

Chat State wanted a solution for quicker, easier scheduling. Working with Ad Astra, they also developed a strategy for deploying timely, student-focused scheduling interventions.

“The purpose of operational efficiency in higher education is to achieve objectives with the fewest resources possible. The goal is to use resources efficiently to improve results. Proficient, efficient academic operations contribute to the success, persistence and education completion of a learner.”

Wendy Kilgore, Senior Director of Research, AACRAO

Revolutionize your efficiency.

Say goodbye to 50-page spreadsheets passed among dozens of colleagues. Ad Astra streamlines academic operations with seamless scheduling, centralized calendaring, and real-time visibility to support collaboration. Now you can easily develop conflict-free class and event schedules while optimizing space utilization. You can also access timely reports to make data-informed decisions, and use system recommendations to assign faculty based on workload, experience, and availability.

Ad Astra provides collaborative reports and workflows to simplify complex scheduling processes.

Reduced time to build the schedule by 50%

Chattanooga State - Community College

Improved its space utilization to 90% capacity

Marymount Manhattan College

Saved 80 hours of administrative work per year

Central Virginia Community College

Efficiency is more important than ever in higher ed academic operations. It’s also an area in which most institutions struggle.

A recent report from AACRAO, Operational efficiency in academic operations, benchmarks current perceptions about academic operations and discusses how institutions can improve through technological and collaborative strategies.

Read the full report here