New Dashboard Helps Academic Navigators Identify Students Needing Academic Support

Partial screen capture of the dashboard showing proportion of students who scored higher than the student listed.

The Academic Navigators are funded by a multi-year grant to utilize data and faculty and staff teams to increase degree completion and close equity gaps. An important new tool in their toolbox is the Performance Outlier Dashboard. This Tableau dashboard identifies students performing more than 50% below the class average in participating courses. The Academic Navigator team uses the data to reach out to students to provide resources and support for addressing their academic performance issues. The goal is to proactively identify students struggling academically early enough that they can get back on track, improving their course grades and overall retention rates.

Departments, programs and instructors interested in facilitating this kind of support for their students during Spring 2023 should contact Chad Brassil and Joey Lynch at cbrassil@unl.edu and jmlynch@unl.edu

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