The Educational Programs Analyst (EPA) provides analytic support for new and existing degree programs at Sam Houston State University to maintain the institution’s high value in both education for students and service to our local, state, and nation-wide community.
Development: If a new program, certification, or minor, is being proposed, the Educational Program Analytics staff, can assist in proposal development with analytic support that objectively balances industry alignment with academic goals. Support includes, but is not limited to:
Opportunity Analysis: The EPA provides support to all SHSU units in determining the strengths and opportunities of existing programs including:
Academic Performance Solutions (APS) is a solution designed to empower academic and financial leaders with the department-specific performance and cost data to make more effective decisions. This dashboard will give you a quick look at overall performance of your departments, indicate historical trends, and provide benchmark data from peer and aspirant universities.
Campus Connect provides the entire campus a coordinated care and communication network that helps manage student risk from identification to resolution, using data and analytics to optimize student support and to improve student outcomes. Departments, colleges, and divisions--academic, administrative, and student services--are integrated in their efforts to drive student success.
Each month, SHSU Online offers multiple hybrid teaching webinars for SHSU faculty. These webinars are all available in the Teaching Online With Blackboard instructor support organization which resides in Blackboard..
The Student Success Technologies department is responsible for providing management and oversight to the Campus Connect student success platform in a way that brings together administrators, faculty, advisors, and staff to support students from enrollment to graduation. In order to do so, the Student Success Technologies department will:
The Student Success Technologies department is designed to help lead the charge in improving student success, retention and graduation rates by managing and implementing innovative education technologies. Our department serves as the center for accurate data related to student success initiatives and interventions. In using these analytics, our department identifies high-needs learners to inform student support services who then assist these students early on to increase the likelihood of success.