HOUGHTON — Two Houghton-based, high-tech companies are among 58 across the state to receive direct investments or loans from the state’s Tech Startup Stabilization Fund. The funds are to assist them during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced on June 25.
June 12, 2020 — GlobalGiving announced that SightLine has been selected to receive a $5,000 COVID-19 relief and recovery grant from The Red Backpack Fund, an opportunity for small busines
SightLine teamed up with the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) to offer a webinar on balancing enrollment
Description: This summer, in order to maximize retention and tuition revenue, it is critical for universities to connect with students, assess their intentions for the fall, and remove any barriers to their return. The necessity to "re-recruit" your entire student population is
Last week our CEO and founder, Ashley Kern was the keynote speaker for Michigan Technological University’s 26th annua
This article is part two of a two-part series to help your institution bounce back from the disruption of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 virus has completely changed life in America after just a few short weeks. Every day schedules, our shopping and eating habits, and even our interactions with friends and family have been disrupted.
As the VP of Enrollment or Director of Financial Aid, you may gain a better idea of the size and caliber of your incoming student class as the enrollment season progresses.
SightLine recently had the opportunity to attend the Great Lakes Regional Student Success conference at Oakland University.
SightLine is pleased to welcome Erin Thompson as the company’s first Chief Operations Officer and Retention Specialist.
Students, faculty, and staff to join us for a brown bag lunchtime talk given by Ashley Kern, founder and data scientist at SightLine, INC., a predictive analytics company focusing on improving university processes through their existing data and resources. Light refreshments will be served.
A hands-on approach to predictive analytics provides both the data and support for solutions.
Sightline Serves New Higher-Ed Customers in Michigan with Predictive Analytics
Following up with our previous post, Six Steps to At-Risk Student Intervention: A University Case Study, found improved student retention post university int
Performance based scholarships aim to reduce reliance on loans and provide incentives for academic success. This is particularly true for students identified as at-risk of dropping out. There are a variety of risk factors specific to each student and institution.
Higher Education Predictive Analytics Company Selects Software Executive and Startup Ecosystem Experts
Identifying individual students who are at-risk of dropping out is often a subjective exercise in higher education. Additionally, for each student the institution intervenes with, we must answer the question of why are we intervening? And what resources will we provide this student?
Identifying individual students who are at-risk of dropping out is often a subjective exercise in higher education. Additionally, for each student the institution intervenes with, we must answer the question of why are we intervening? And what resources will we provide this student?
Identifying individual students who are at-risk of dropping out is often a subjective exercise in higher education.
Predictive Analytics in a World of Choices
As higher education continues to leverage student data and make predictions as to whether students will enroll, be retained, and graduate, the inevitable question that comes up is … why do students behave the way they do?
Visit SightLine, the predictive analytics concierge at the North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals.
SightLine team member Hal Warfield will be leading a discussion on the Role of Data Science on Cross-Departmental Team Building.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Nov.
Finances play a significant role in student success, which we define as degree completion and skills mastery. Students need to feel secure in their ability to pay tuition in order to focus on the meat and potatoes of college life: academics and extracurriculars.
SightLine (Formerly Goldstrike Data) announced that InvestDetroit has invested in their first round of capital raise. SightLine was the only new company selected by InvestDetroit this period for investment, with three others awarded follow-on investment.
Join SightLine at the 2018 Institute for Chief Academic Officers November 3-6 in St. Louis, MO.
Higher Education is in the process of flux, of swift change that is set to take place over the next couple of decades, with dramatic effects felt as soon as the late 2020s.
Join SightLine at the Global Community for Academic Advising NACADA Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on September 30th through October 3rd.
SightLine has discovered through focused research that, on average, twice as many students leave their degrees during summer break than during winter break. Is this exodus a result of the temporal difference between the two vacations?
Higher education is in financial crisis. The price of tuition for a four-year university degree increases each year while the annual income of families with college-aged students remains mostly unchanged.
Many universities have significant budgets available for student employment. At SightLine, we view these resources as a great opportunity to engage with the students at your University and promote student success.
This past week, the SightLine team presented at the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) joint conferences; Closing the Achievement Gap: Student Success in Higher Education Conference and the
Higher education institutions have been under scrutiny in the public eye and are challenged to find and implement efficient business practices.
It’s well known that colleges struggle to retain a portion of students until graduation. Researchers and college professionals postulate a variety of reasons why students leave a four-year degree program.
HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Goldstrike Data, a Michigan big data company announced results from its most recent predictive models to forecast university financial aid budgets for students.
SightLine is located on the Innovation Shores of Houghton, Michigan near Michigan Technological University.
