Designing a More Connected Campus

A new compilation from Inside Higher Ed offers practical strategies for bridging the gap between what institutions think the student journey looks like and the actual experience of navigating college as a student. “Designing a Connected Campus: From Enrollment to Graduation” makes the case that colleges and universities can no longer afford not to share data across teams, coordinate approaches and strive for a unified, institutionwide view of the student. Institutional case studies start to map this essential change, organized around four imperatives:

1. Student success systems can’t operate in isolation.
2. Connect recruitment, advising and campus support into a cohesive strategy. 
3. Reduce duplication and hand off breakdowns across teams. 
4. Create a unified, institutionwide view of the student.

Inside Higher Ed’s own annual survey of more than 5,000 two- and four-year undergraduates indicates that eight in 10 rate the quality of education they’re getting as good or excellent. That’s up from closer to seven in 10 students a year earlier. Yet the same survey indicates that it’s factors outside the classroom that most impact students’ academic success: Their top reported barriers are financial constraints (e.g., tuition and living expenses), needing to work while attending college, and mental health challenges. 

Download the free booklet on designing connected campuses here. 

Join us July 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern as experts expand on the compilation’s insights. Even if you can’t join the discussion live, register for the webcast here to get a copy of the recording.