GradesFirst Early Alert pinpoints at-risk students early in the term to allow for intervention when students need it most. The workflow efficiencies found in GradesFirst make it remarkably easy for the advisor to intervene and provide the student the support they most need.

Our early alert system is simple for all parties involved, especially faculty. Faculty members like and use GradesFirst because we have made a commitment to keep faculty interactions with the GradesFirst application fast, easy and dependable. Simply stated, GradesFirst works every time.

This “Contract with Faculty” has allowed us to earn faculty’s trust, translating into faculty participation rates as high as 85%. This dramatic increase in the fulfillment of information requests by faculty members means that advisors have the data they need to reach out to students in ways that will make a difference.

Effective early alert depends on fast and efficient communication between advisors, tutors, faculty, and students. Basing intervention on grades alone places the advisor and student support services in a reactive mode. Predictive modeling allows advisors to do little more than guess at where a student is or how they will respond. GradesFirst focus on near-real time or better intervention to accomplish retention goals. Imagine the potential outcomes achievable by reaching out prior to the failed test or the missed tuition payment. With GradesFirst, these potentials become realities.

GradesFirst monitors student attendance as well as providing faculty easy ways to record whether or not a particular student was present. This is a simple example of our common sense approach. If a student is not attending class how can they possibly be doing well? Additionally, our streamlined method for monitoring grades makes it very easy for an advisor to request faculty input and receive a faculty response in a matter of minutes. No paperwork, no forms, no interoffice mail.