Monthly Archives: April 2011

In the long term, and assuming that we get agreement to implement STAR-Trak, we anticipate the following benefits from this project: – Reduction in non-completion rates and increase in student learning performance – Reduction in student administration time spent by … Continue reading →

We have had a tremendous reaction to the project from academic and administrative staff. The input has helped us further our understanding of how the application might be used within HEIs to support retention. The strength of STAR-Trak is in … Continue reading →

Our hypothesis is that by harvesting user activity (usage and attention) data that already resides in existing institutional systems, combining it with demographic information and presenting it in a single portal-type application, we can improve our support services by revealing … Continue reading →

Aims, Objectives and Final Outputs of the project The aim of our project is to test our hypothesis that retention rates and student satisfaction can be improved by facilitating a more informed dialogue between students and staff, based on a … Continue reading →