TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA PROCESSES
Traditionally, Higher Education Institutions have not had established business practices based on supporting data. Increasingly, there has been a paradigm shift towards treating students as customers. This means getting the right students enrolled as well as maximising the engagement of the students by providing them with the best quality experience. This is a mutually beneficial goal, as the institution retains more student fees and the students receive the best quality experience whilst studying. The challenge revolves around developing data processes that can determine which students are most likely to be the best fit as well as identifying those students who are likely to drop out so that you can assign more resources towards them to prevent this.
STUDENT RETENTION APPROACH
SOLUTION BENEFITS
Billigence has developed a system of predictive analytics using our software partners Alteryx.
For student recruitment, utilising various data components (such as demographic information and test scoring information) and then mapping out data processes with Alteryx, Billigence can create a model that will better predict which students are the most appropriate to enrol for a course. Alteryx allows for this analysis to be done quickly, which is vital due to clearing time. You want to be able to pick from the best as soon as possible.
Using various collected data (such as attendance data and utilisation of resources data), a student retention model can be developed. This model can sort students into ‘at risk’ categories based on their levels of attendance, utilisation of campus resources and other factors. This allows for planners to understand what groups of students are exhibiting signs that they will drop out, and can indicate that they may need extra resources or guidance to prevent this.
IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
Prerequisites
Engage key decision makers and relevant stakeholders in the process
Identify and gather all data sources relevent to student recruitment/engagement/retention
Define expected outcomes
Proof of Concept
Start with FREE trial of Alteryx
Build skeleton of model
Prove Alteryx is the right solution
Develop and Deploy
Purchase 1 Alteryx Designer License
Build fully working automated solution based on requirements and visualise results for analysis
Deploy the model
Training of users for self-maintenance
Advanced Shareable Solution
Purchase Alteryx Server license along with a few more designers
Easily share the model with others
Give other departments the access to build their own
Leverage Alteryx for other processes
THE ALTERYX SOLUTION
Advantages
Self service model maintained internally
No programming skills needed
Fast Engine, repeatable workflows
Combine Data sources
What-if scenario planning and predictions
Fast Deployment
Single point of truth
“Billigence have proven themselves to be a strong and consistent partner, always accommodating and delivering value above and beyond our expectations whenever there’s a need. We have built a strong relationship with the team which will continue to grow as Billigence support our strategic objectives towards becoming a data driven University.”
“Getting Billigence on board has proved to be an excellent decision. They’ve had the skills, experience and tools to tackle some of our long-standing data challenges and quickly solve them. They’ve really moved our management conversations forward, busting some myths and helping us to focus on the real challenges.”
“Billigence’s approach to enabling my team to use Alteryx has been first class. We never felt lost in the complexity of the process and Billigence was able to teach us and show us what we needed to do simultaneously. It was also great fun. We made far more progress in one working week with Billigence than we had dreamed was possible at the start of the project. Undoubtedly we will become avid Alteryx users and keep our link to Billigence’s expertise on student number planning to ensure our University prospers.”