SMART ANNUAL ACADEMIC PLANNING

Unblock students to progress to completion.

Ad Astra’s Annual Schedule Planning layers intelligent recommendations directly into the academic schedule, filling the gap between strategic plans and real-time decisions.

✔ Plan smarter annual schedules
✔ Receive intelligent recommendations
✔ Unblock students from progressing
✔ Guide the schedule building process

LET'S TALK PLANNING INTELLIGENCE

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"I can look at program metrics to see if there's a scheduling conflict."

Jim Lynch, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), shares how Ad Astra's annual scheduling capabilities significantly improved student outcomes.

By refining pathways and optimizing course schedules around a data-informed plan, MVCC increased productive credit ratios, reduced average time to degree, and improved Degree Velocity® by 19%.

COMPLETION PATH CONFIGURATION

Support the health of your academic pathways.

Inform smart recommendations by defining Completion Path configurations for campus, modality and time of day to match student needs. Review healthy Completion Paths and set minimum student requirements to better strategize and prioritize support.

✔ Completion Paths configuration	✔ Set minimum student requirements
✔ Analyze Complete Path health	✔ Custom Completion Path Modalities
✔ Identify blocked, clear, and unsupported students

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STUDENT DEGREE PROGRESS ACTIONS

Identify and remove barriers to student progression in your annual schedule.

Enable students to start and finish their academic program without having to change modalities, locations, or time-of-day. Remove barriers in your schedule due to insufficient seats, schedule conflicts, absolute requirements and course sequence gaps.

✔ Unblock students in your schedule	✔ Course and section recommendations
✔ Simulated student registrations	✔ Advanced demand calculations

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SCHEDULING GUARDRAILS

Use planning intelligence to guide your schedule building process.

Plan a data-informed and student-centered schedule using smart recommendations that leverage your institutions’ existing Academic Scheduling workflows and guardrails, so recommendations are integrated into your institution's way of doing things.

✔ Embedded into annual schedule building views	✔ Respect system roles and permissions
✔ Leverage schedule building workflows

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Academic Program Intelligence

Strategize for program success with a holistic view of outcomes and needs.

Proactively manage schedules from an academic program perspective to improve outcomes and analyze the impact of recommended planning changes across Completion Paths.

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✔ Program-level overviews and to-dos	✔ Financial margin estimates
✔ Redirect students to supported Completion Paths	✔ Identify blocked, clear, and unsupported students across programs

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Annual Schedule Planning

Unblock students from progressing to completion.

Requires:

+ Academic Scheduling
+ Student Demand Forecasting
+ Program Pathway Management

Faculty Capacity Planning

Forecast faculty needs to plan resources and meet demand.

Requires:

+ Academic Scheduling
+ Program Pathway Management

Pathway Alignment

Transform course planning with smarter pathway coordination.

Requires:

+ Academic Scheduling
+ Student Demand Forecasting
+ Program Pathway Management

Ad Astra Success Stories

Learn how institutions just like yours are achieving their outcomes with smarter planning and scheduling solutions.

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An annual schedule to support second chance learners

Discover how Glenville State University Improve course offerings for Second Chance Pell students with annual planning.

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8% increase in retention year over year

See how Northwest Missouri State University leveraged Ad Astra’s scheduling tools to create operational efficiency, transparency across departments, and ultimately help improve student outcomes.

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20+ hours per term saved

Discover how Butler Community College said goodbye to manual processes & automated their scheduling process, saving 20-30 hours of work each term.

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Ten Tips from Three Trailblazers in Annual Scheduling

Learn tips, strategies, and challenges from three higher education leaders as they navigate the transition to an annual schedule planning process.

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$350k savings during a multi-year configuration of academic building resources

When Western Kentucky had to reallocate 156 rooms due to a building shutdown, Ad Astra powered fast rescheduling decisions using room and resource data – ultimately helping the university achieve a six-figure savings.

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Using Data to Create an Annual Schedule at Mohawk Valley Community College

Jim Lynch, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mohawk Valley Community College, shares how Ad Astra's annual scheduling solutions significantly improved student outcomes and improved Degree Velocity® by 19%.

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