Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Navigate platform?
EAB describes itself as a “comprehensive student success management system designed to enhance retention and degree completion for Idaho State University” with the goal of “leveraging technology, research, and consulting to drive meaningful student success improvements.”
EAB is an industry leader in student success that currently works with more than 500 postsecondary institutions, and dozens of state institutions that are much like ISU. Navigate provides predictive analytics and early interventions for students, linking administrators, advisors, deans, faculty, other staff, and students through a single platform designed to allow for the proactive management of student success. With a click of a button, faculty will be able to notify an intervention team about students who need immediate assistance. Using the same platform, students will be able to gather information, tap into resources, and communicate with academic advisors and faculty.
How will this platform support retention efforts at ISU?
Student retention is a priority for Idaho State. Education has the power to transform lives, and it is our mission to create the opportunity for that transformation by supporting student success. To this end, Idaho State has invested in a powerful tool, the EAB Navigate platform, to help us identify support gaps and reach out proactively to and on behalf of students before they reach a critical impasse in their academic journey.
How will Navigate help faculty?
Navigate provides a comprehensive and constantly updated view of students’ progress, making academic information accessible to both faculty and staff, facilitating student support services across campus. Navigate provides predictive analytics and early interventions for students, linking administrators, advisors, deans, faculty, other staff, and students through a single platform designed to allow for the proactive management of student success. With a click of a button, faculty will be able to notify an intervention team about students who need immediate assistance. Using the same platform, students will be able to gather information, tap into resources, and communicate with academic advisors and faculty.
How up to date is the Information in Navigate?
Navigate updates student information every 24 hours.
What type of information does Navigate quantify?
Navigate gathers fundamental information, such as enrollment data, majors, transcripts, and GPA. Faculty and staff can track and report student interactions, identifying and referring students who are experiencing difficulties.
Does Navigate replace Degree Works?
Navigate does not replace Degree Works. Information found in Navigate is a consolidated summary of the data found in Banner. Banner and Degree Works will remain our source of truth regarding student data.
How will Academic Advisors use Navigate?
Academic Advisors will be able to use Navigate to support those students that are identified by faculty as needing additional assistance, while tracking and maintaining their own cohort of advisees as they progress toward graduation.