Success Stories

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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