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Retain Your Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors

What is the Undergraduate Retention Program?

The Undergraduate Retention Program works just like FYRE, but is built specifically to combat attrition, enhance campus engagement and support student development for all class years from sophomore through senior.  The program works seamlessly alongside your existing retention efforts, including any campus support resources.

Why Use the Undergraduate Retention Program?

  • Increase Retention

    Students who participate in the FYRE program retain at a greater rate than those who do not. Up to 17 percent, depending on the characteristics of the student body.

  • Spur Campus Involvement

    Students who pursue co-curricular activities are more likely to excel in college and graduate on time, and FYRE provides the optimal communications vehicle to encourage involvement in campus and residential life.

  • Make It Easy for Them to Reach Out
    FYRE lets students explore support services and resources on their own time and in their preferred medium - the Internet. The program's lively content helps undergraduates troubleshoot a wide range of personal and academic issues while directing them to campus and Web resources that address everything from homesickness to test anxiety to resolving roommate and relationship woes. Self-assessment modules, Heuristics allow students to gauge potential problems, while the Student Service Center offers a confidential platform through which they can ask questions or voice concerns.

  • Target Key Sub-Audiences

    Different schools face different retention challenges, which is why each implementation of FYRE is customized for individual audiences. While most clients deploy FYRE to an entire class, EducationDynamics' editors strategically position copy to address the needs of sub-audiences, such as first-generation students, underrepresented students, commuters, transfers, non-traditional students and conditional admits. 

What Kind of Data and Assessments Can You Expect from the Undergraduate Retention Program?

  • Retention of participants vs. non-participants
  • Retention of students who have a parent/family member participating in the parent version vs. no parent/family participation
  • Retention of students who participated and who had a parent/family member participate in the parent version
  • Demographic predictors of retention and program usage
  • Your registration rate vs. historical registration rates and some commentary on how your program tracked compared to similar programs at institutions of a similar background
  • Ongoing engagement patterns and continued usage compared to national averages and clients of similar demographics
  • An overview of inquiries and responses via the Service Center and a comparison to similar client institutions based on program type, as well as commentary related to the responses and response timeKey information or intelligence garnered from survey questions and responses and important areas for follow-up communication
  • Overview of how your staff engaged with both the front-end program and the reporting/intelligence aspects