Retention
Keep more students enrolled, progressing, and completing.
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT PLATFORM
Build an institution that defines the future.
EdascendFrom intelligence to institutional impact.See where to lead, know what to change, and turn better decisions into stronger retention, enrollment, and funding.
The platform
Explore the Edascend platform
Edascend’s applications combine workforce intelligence and curriculum data to identify opportunities, recommend actions, and track progress in retention, enrollment, and funding.
Executive Compass
See where your institution stands and where it can grow. Executive Compass brings together an institution-wide view of opportunities across curriculum alignment, transfer pathways, employer partnerships, and grants, ranked by their potential to improve retention, enrollment, and funding. Go from signal to insight to action, and start defining the institution of the future.
Benefits
- Uncover your institution’s biggest growth opportunities
- Know where to act for the greatest impact
- See what’s working across retention, enrollment, and funding
Features
Institutional performanceSee where you stand against peers and how you’re progressing with the Retention, Enrollment, Funding (REF) Index.
Opportunity rankingCompare opportunities across decision applications by their potential impact on retention, enrollment, and funding.
Action plansTurn prioritized opportunities into clear next steps for the teams responsible.
One source of truthBring teams together around shared data, priorities, and progress.
How can we become the #1 institution in employability, curriculum alignment, employer partnerships, transfer mobility, grant funding
Each Edascend application connects signals to insights and gives you implementation-ready advice to improve retention, enrollment, and funding.
The REF Framework
We build for the outcomes that create leading institutions.
Retention, enrollment, and funding are the outcomes that define institutional strength. REF gives Edascend and its customers a shared framework for understanding where the institution stands, deciding what to improve, and measuring whether the work made a difference.
Enrollment
Attract more students into programs with strong, durable demand.
Funding
Increase the resources available to support the institution's mission.
Our Methodology
Know what moves the institution.
The REF Index turns retention, enrollment, and funding into one continuous measure of institutional strength, showing your performance over time and relative to peers.
REF index
74.0/100
RRetention
80.1/100
EEnrollment
67.8/100
FFunding
74.0/100
2-Year public schools | CA
We use the same framework to size the potential impact of different actions, compare priorities on common terms, and focus the institution on the moves most likely to improve performance.
How It Works
From signals to impact.
Edascend uses workforce intelligence, peer benchmarks, and skills demand to show where your curriculum stands and where your institution can grow. Evaluate opportunities, put them into action, and track their impact on retention, enrollment, and funding. All in one platform.
Signals
Up-to-date, automatically refreshed market data.
Workforce Intelligence
Peer Benchmarks
Skills Demand
Curriculum Alignment
Your programs, continuously reviewed.
Signals
Your Curriculum
Curriculum Alignment
Opportunities
Visualize and assess your growth paths.
Curriculum Alignment
Employer Partnerships
Transfer Pathways
Grants
Impact
Build the future of your institution.
Retention
Enrollment
Funding
How to get started
Get started defining your institution's future.
01
Get Your Assessment
We build your first REF Index Assessment from public data and your program inventory. Immediate deliverable, no integration required.
02
Meet With Our Team
Explore what your assessment reveals, discuss your priorities, and see how Edascend can help you pursue the opportunities that matter most.
03
Put Your Plan Into Action
Move forward with Edascend. Keep your curriculum aligned with changing demand, act on new opportunities, and track your progress in retention, enrollment, and funding.
Ready to see it on your data?
Connect with our team to see where your institution stands, and how Edascend could help you define your future.