Education Advances

Bridge the gap by connecting learning to life

Aspirations Gap: Many students want to go to college but don’t actually apply and enroll.

Readiness Gap: Completing high school makes students eligible for college, but many fall short of being truly college-ready.

Match Gap: Students often struggle to find best-fit postsecondary options that meet their academic, social, and financial needs.

Success Gap: Even well-prepared students face obstacles in finishing what they start.

Student success is not easy

Who am I?

How will I succeed?

What do I want to be?

How will I get there?

What do I care about? What are my talents? How do I learn?

Who will advocate for me?What resources will help me reach my goals?

Which career path will I enjoy?What education is required?

What’s my plan for success?Where should I go after high school?

Diverse Student Needs

Financial Difficulties

Not Academically Prepared

Low Receptivity for Advising

First-Generation(Maybe ESL)

UnpredictableWork Schedule

Third-Time’s-a-Charm Student

Parent / Caregiver / Breadwinner

Educators have similar struggles

Who are our students?

How do we knowwhat’s working?

How are we helping them?

What could wedo better?

Fragmented ApproachesThe Challenges

Academic advisors

Student success coaches

Tutoring (on campus / online)

Financial Counselors

Peer coachesFaculty Living learning communities

High school student-to- counselor ratio

471 : 1

The average high school student spends 20 minutes or less PER YEAR talking with a school counselor.

A delicate balance in higher education …

Access Completion

Success means different things to different students so understanding intent is critical

All students shouldbe aware of their postsecondary options

Early AlertCase

ManagementAcademic Planning

Appointment Scheduling

Learning Management

System

Student Information

System

Advising Center

Management

Predictive Analytics

Institutional Research

Email / SMS Degree Audit Tutoring System

Information is locked away in different places

High Stakes

First-time, full-time students that complete a two-year degree

First-time, full-time students that complete a four-year degree

31% 59%

Our vision

We envision a future where education advances

every student to meet their full potential – a future where equal access to high-quality educational opportunities and advocates enables students to improve themselves, their communities, and the world.

Education Advances

Our mission

Our mission is to empower students to connect learning to life by making informed choices across a lifetime of education decisions. Hobsons products and services maximize student success and institutional effectiveness.

Connecting Learning to Life

College and Career Readiness

Admissions and Enrollment

Student Success and Advising

Hobsons helps students identify their strengths, explore careers, create academic plans, match to best-fit educational opportunities, and reach their education and life goals. Through our solutions, we enable thousands of educational institutions to improve college and career planning, admissions and enrollment management, student success and advising for millions of students around the globe.

 

What we do

We made a difference … globally 12,000+ institution

s

13 million students

100 countries

Connecting students to opportunity

College and Career ExplorationSelf-Discovery

Student support

Admissions Advising

Student Matching

Academic Planning

Self-Discovery Career Exploration

Academic Planning

College Preparation

College and Career Readiness

Naviance by Hobsons is a comprehensive college and career readiness solution that helps middle and high school students identify their strengths, explore careers, create individualized academic plans, and match to best-fit postsecondary institutions.

“Naviance has given our counselors less reactive

work and replaced it with a much more positive,

powerful, and data-driven outcomes-based

expenditure of time.”-Chuck Palmer, Assistant Principal

Union Mine High School

Union Mine High School improved their four-year college-going rate from

26% to 43%.

Create a data-driven culture

Success Stories

Actionable Student Views

Seamless ApplicationManagement

Multi-ChannelCommunications

Real-TimeInsights

Admissions and Enrollment Management

Radius by Hobsons helps match students to their ideal educational options by enabling institutions to connect with best-fit prospects and analyze each stage of the enrollment lifecycle, from initial inquiry and application through admission and graduation.

“The time and efficiency created by Radius was

equal to having an additional counselor working to help our

students.”-Mike Queen, SMC

Create operational efficiency to improve student service

Success Stories

Reduced acceptance date to deposit date and application turnaround time by 50%

Analytics

Student Success and Advising

Early alert Holistic advising Degree planning

Starfish by Hobsons helps all students engage with an informed, connected campus community dedicated to keeping them on track to reach their education and life goals.

“In order to achieve thegoals in our strategic plan,

it’s absolutely essential that we approach student success in a holistic way,

with good data to drive decisions. Starfish has

been an important partner in

that endeavor.”-Mark Askren, CIO, UNL

UNL’s six-year graduation rate increased from 57% to 67% in two years

Build a Holistic Approach to Student Advising

Success Stories

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