2013 Q1 Special Report: Smart Infrastructure
Discover what smart strategies, solutions and practices you can be implementing to prepare your IT infrastructure for the inevitable technological changes coming to your campus.
Answer: Personal contact with student advisers.
By texting, calling and emailing students during courses, the University of Georgia System has seen an 11 percent increase in online retention rates between 2006 and 2012, according to an Education Sector report.
Its online education portal eCore has seen retention rates reach 83 percent across its eight campuses. And the University of West Georgia has seen rates go up to 92 percent.
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