How UTSA Lifted Retention 16% by Unifying Fragmented Data
Watch Mark Appleford from UT San Antonio as he walks through the decision, the co-design process with his IR team, and what a unified data foundation is already making possible for his institution.
Meet the Speakers
Hear directly from a student success leader putting this work into practice, alongside the team helping bring it to life.
Mark Appleford
Vice Provost of Undergraduate Affairs
UT San Antonio
Sarah Demeo
Data Analyst
Civitas Learning
16% retention lift. 14% increase in completion. See the foundation behind it.
What It Actually Takes to Build a Unified Data Foundation
UT San Antonio's data was scattered across SIS, LMS, CRM, and early alert tools that never talked to each other. IR and IT spent more time stitching data together than using it, and reports couldn't keep pace with leadership's questions.
Until they built a unified data foundation. The result: a 16% retention lift and a 14% increase in completion.
In this on demand session, Mark Appleford walks through exactly how.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Why fragmented data infrastructure was holding UTSA back, and why adding more tools was not the answer
- What drove UTSA's decision to build a unified data foundation, and why the co-design process with IR mattered
- How UTSA's leadership team now gets answers to institutional questions without waiting on a report cycle