Overview

CollegeSPARC is a comprehensive platform designed to enhance student success and retention in higher education institutions. Recognizing that over 40% of students do not complete their college education, CollegeSPARC addresses this challenge by integrating human advising with AI-driven nudges, providing timely guidance and support throughout a student's academic journey. The platform offers data-driven insights into student behavior, enabling institutions to align their student success strategies effectively. By managing and connecting the entire student life cycle across multiple support departments through modular components, CollegeSPARC ensures consistent and effective advising, ultimately lowering the relative cost of educational programs and allowing existing staff to serve more students efficiently.

Features and Capabilities

• Advising Module
  • Connects students with advisors, empowering early intervention to improve retention.
  • Identifies at-risk students through automated watch lists based on risk factors.
  • Provides personalized dashboards for advisors with auto-generated tasks.
  • Includes a user-friendly scheduler and calendar system for appointment management.
  • Offers access to past communications for consistent advising.
  • Tracks session durations and generates usage reports.
  • Allows faculty to view the risk profiles of their students.
  • Supports the creation of personalized action plans with remedial content.
  • Captures feedback through student surveys.
  • Enables referrals to other advisors or campus offices for additional support.
  • Supports group advising sessions and outreach campaigns.
• Career Exploration Module
  • Provides profiling and career strategy tools to help advisors gain insights into students' career interests and aptitudes.
  • Assists students in exploring potential career paths aligned with their profiles.
• Graduation Planner Module
  • Offers an interactive class planning tool to assist in optimal course selection.
  • Helps students map out their academic journey to ensure timely graduation.
• Tutoring Module
  • Helps students improve grades by offering additional support through individualized learning with tutors.
  • Provides access to relevant content recommended by experts, along with quizzes to track learning progress.
  • Allows tutors to specify availability and manage appointments for one-on-one or group sessions.
  • Enables students to access course content and recommended tutors.
  • Tracks student progress through quizzes and attendance records.
  • Generates reports to monitor student progress and course demand.
• Professional Development Module
  • Helps students stay focused by setting goals and activities within a timeline.
  • Allows students to track advancements made towards achieving those goals.
  • Enables universities to define major-specific and generic goals for students.
  • Allows students to create customized goals to stay self-motivated.
  • Provides statistics for universities to track student progress towards goals.
• Careers and Internship Module
  • Eases the process of searching and applying for jobs and internships.
  • Connects students with potential employers and internship opportunities.
• Workflow Automation Module
  • Helps in automating processes to increase efficiency within student support departments.
  • Streamlines administrative tasks to allow staff to focus more on student engagement.
• Announcements Module
  • Broadcasts information about upcoming events to keep users updated.
  • Encourages participation by ensuring timely communication of important announcements.
  • Provides real-time notifications to users on their dashboards.
• Memberships Module
  • Defines the criteria for memberships and manages user applications and payments.
  • Sends system notifications when membership is due for renewal.
  • Offers integrated payment modes for hassle-free management.
  • Provides reports to access data about various fields and compare trends over the years.