Hobsons Presents at 2017 National Symposium on Student Retention Conference
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) November 07, 2017 -- Hobsons, the global leader in education technology, today announced that Scott James, Data Scientist at Hobsons, will present at the 2017 National Symposium on Student Retention (NSSR) in Destin, Florida, on Wednesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 9. The event is sponsored by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), which requires that all papers pass rigorous peer review prior to being accepted for the symposium.
James and his distinguished peers will discuss the implications that course withdrawals have on students, academic advisors, faculty leaders, and future research conditions, as well as the primary factors that contribute to online student retention rates. The two papers accepted for this conference are:
Are Course Withdrawals a Useful Student Success Strategy?
- Wednesday, November 8 | 11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
- Scott James, Data Scientist at Hobsons
- Patrick Akos, Professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Online Learning Gets a Passing Grade: How Online Course Taking Impacts Retention for University Students
- Thursday, November 9 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET
- Karen Swan, Stukel Professor of Education Leadership at the University of Illinois at Springfield
- Scott James, Data Scientist at Hobsons
“Hobsons is committed to furthering student success at all levels, and this latest research is part of our ongoing efforts to help identify, and ultimately mitigate, the roadblocks that prevent students from achieving success in their education,” said Howard Bell, Hobsons Senior Vice President for Student Success and General Manager of Starfish. “We are honored to have Scott and our university partners present their findings at this distinguished convening. We look forward to continued collaboration with higher education leaders to help students across the nation achieve their academic goals.”
The paper “Are Course Withdrawals a Useful Success Strategy?” was recently showcased at a Hobsons webinar, “The Predictive Power of Course Withdrawals: Recent Research.”
Members of the Starfish client community also presenting research at NSSR include Ohio University, Rowan University, SUNY College at Brockport, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, University of Dayton, University of Houston-Downtown, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and William Paterson University.
About Starfish by Hobsons
The Starfish Enterprise Success Platform helps more than 380 colleges and universities efficiently scale their student success programs so that more students can achieve their academic and life goals. Starfish supports millions of students each term, using its analytics solution to identify at-risk students, pinpoint areas of concern, and connect students with valuable services. It also helps higher education institutions use reliable, actionable data to assess which services and interventions are working to keep students on track.
About Hobsons
A global leader in education technology, Hobsons helps students to identify their strengths, explore careers, create academic plans, match to best-fit educational opportunities, and reach their education and life goals. More than 12,000 K-12 and higher education institutions partner with Hobsons and leverage our solutions -- Naviance, Intersect, and Starfish -- to improve college and career readiness, holistic college admissions, and higher education student support for millions of students around the world.
Yurie Kwon, SutherlandGold Group for Hobsons, Inc., http://www.hobsons.com, +1 415-404-0805, [email protected]
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