Welcome to today's episode, where we dive into the insights from this year's Civitas Learning Student Success Impact Report. I'm thrilled to be joined by Sarah Demeo, a dedicated data analyst at Civitas Learning, who has extensive experience in higher education, having worked in academics and student affairs for over a decade. Together, Sarah and I develop this report annually to share the latest trends and successful strategies for student success across our partnering institutions.

In this episode, we’ll explore the process behind our analysis, highlighting the data included and the key findings of this year’s report. We aim to provide higher education leaders with actionable insights to enhance their student success initiatives. Sarah will share how regular initiative analysis can improve retention and graduation rates while ensuring financial sustainability. We’ll discuss the value these reports offer by identifying effective strategies and areas needing improvement. Sarah will highlight the differences between this year’s report and last year’s, including post-Covid data points that shed light on the pandemic’s impact on educational trends. .

[2:41] - Sarah shares her background, particularly her roles at Civitas Learning.

[3:35] - An impact report is a compilation of initiatives that partnering institutions are running.

[6:03] - Students and the landscape of higher education is constantly changing, so these assessments should be ongoing to give directional insights.

[8:15] - These types of reports provide significant value to institutions as we can see trends on what is working and what is not.

[9:42] - What is a propensity score?

[11:45] - Initiatives can be broken down to see how they impact different groups of students.

[14:26] - The Initiative Analysis tool allows you to strategically target resources.

[15:56] - Sarah describes the differences between this year’s report and last year’s.

[18:05] - These data points begin post-Covid to better understand Covid’s impact on trends.

[20:18] - Sarah discusses co-curricular engagement and other trends in this year’s report.

[24:13] - Learn some of the data to investigate and measure that isn’t currently showing up on this year’s report.

[27:13] - Initiative Analysis is a great way to dive into conversations about student success across the institution.

[29:24] - It’s a powerful tool that allows leaders to be real thought partners and see how student success manifests across campus.

[31:21] - What types of opportunities can be found in this report?

• Download Your Copy of the 2024 Student Success Impact Report
• Watch On-Demand: Insights to Action: An Inside Look at the 2024 Student Success Impact Report
• Partnering with Institutional Research to Improve Student Outcomes with Dr. Steve Wilkerson and Dr. Tammy Wyatt
• 2023 Student Success Impact Report
• Civitas Learning Website
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