Curricular Analytics Community

The Curricular Analytics Community

The Curricular Analytics Community is designed to involve faculty and staff in a process that leverages improvement science and curricular analytics tools to identify opportunities for equitable curriculum redesign at their institutions. High curricular complexity has been correlated with low retention rates, extended time to graduation, and increased credit accumulation for students.

The community allows institutions to quickly visualize curricula in new ways and then dynamically adjust these visualizations to test how changes impact curricular systems. The process helps participants locate problems of practice and design new ways of supporting student success. Drawing on the characteristics of a Networked Improvement Community, the Curricular Analytics Community has a well-defined aim—curricular redesign that will increase equitable persistence and graduation rates—and is guided by a theory of improvement, allowing members to work in an accelerated way to Plan, Do, Study, and Act.

Who Should Participate

Institutional teams of at least five people:

Academics Affairs
Admissions
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staff
Institutional Research Staff
Faculty Leaders
Retention Specialist
Re-Accreditation Teams
Student Affairs
Student Success
Students

Your Institution has the option to create a team or utilize an existing team or committee. The individuals will vary by institution, a successful team is one most likely to design and create an equity-focused retention process at your institution.

How You’ll Benefit:

A uniform way to analyze all of your programs of study
A community of peers with whom you can share and learn
Regular cohort meetings for group learning combined with on-time assistance from Gardner Institute staff

Reductions in complexity correlate with:

Increase in retention
Increase in graduation rates
Lessen unnecessary credit accumulation

Ready to Apply

Applications for the Spring 2024 cohort are due March 15, 2024

Apply Here

Unlock Insights to your Curricular Complexity

Key Features

Visualize and analyze curricular complexity

Share knowledge within a community to accelerate learning

Develop a plan of action with clear measures of success

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Fees:

Fees are based on undergraduate enrollment as determined by College Navigator. Fees are assessed per institution, not per individual.

Undergraduate Enrollment:
Up to 5,000 undergraduates $8,225

5,001-10,000 undergraduates $9,900

10,001-15,000 undergraduates $11,800

15,001+ undergraduates $14,200

Learn tools that will help you see and share data on student experiences

Data visualizations help your team take a deeper look at various systems that affect students. Graphic representations help your team build support and communicate across your institution.

Data

colleges and universities and over 4 million students served.

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lower DFWI rate in one academic year following Gateway Course Redesign participation

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made by participants in retention revenue for every $1 used to work with us

Frequently Asked Questions

How do we apply?

Applications are currently being accepted for Spring 2024 cohorts. You can apply at this link.

Is there a deadline to apply?

Applicants are accepted on a first come, first served basis; subject to approval. Early registration is recommended. Spring 2024 Cohort Applications are due by March 15, 2024.

Who should be on our institutional team?

Institutional teams of at least five people:

Academics Affairs
Admissions
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staff
Institutional Research Staff
Faculty Leaders
Retention Specialist
Re-Accreditation Teams
Student Affairs
Student Success
Students

When are the synchronous meetings?

The synchronous meetings will begin on March 28, 2024 1pm ET.

March 28, 1-2:30 p.m.
April 3, 2-3 p.m.
April 12, 1:30-3 p.m.
April 15, 2-3 p.m.
April 23, 1-2:30 p.m.
April 30, 1-2 p.m.
May 2, 3-4 p.m.
August 20, 1-2:30 p.m.

How will I know if my institution has been approved?

You will receive an application confirmation email within 1 week of applying. An agreement will be sent to the person designated in the application. Once the agreement has been signed you will receive further information from the Academy facilitators. Please contact info@gardnerinstitute.org with any questions.

Stories

“The Curricular Analytics Community tools helped us to look deeply into the various systems that affect our students, to identify causes of delays and unintended obstacles, and to consider why systems were designed in certain ways. More than that, these tools led us from those analyses to action plans that we can implement immediately.”

Sarah L. Peters, Ph.D.

Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, East Central University

Sarah L. Peters, Ph.D.

Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, East Central University