Monday, September 14, 2009

Academic Alert, Which Helps Faculty Alert Advisors of Struggling Students, is now Live!


Currently, a new software program went live this past week that will assist faculty and advisors with struggling students. From the 3rd week through the end of the 4th week of the semester, the faculty will be able to use this reporting tool to help them identify struggling students to academic advisors. Academic Alert is a new program that can be found under the “Faculty” tab in URSA. When faculty open the Academic Alert channel, they will see all of their classes listed. Under each class, certain students will already be identified for the faculty as potentially “at-risk” students. This will be based on their enrollment status (e.g. first-time students, student athletes, and students already on academic probation). Faculty can then specify what is going on, if anything, with a brief synopsis under the students’ name. Academic Support & Advising runs a report frequently that will show which students were identified by faculty through this program, and then intervene appropriately. This new tool should be a helpful way to identify and reach out to students whom may need help to realize academic success. Please see above for screen shots of what you will see once inside Academic Alert.

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