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Best Higher Education Student Success Platforms Reviews 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

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Slate

By Technolutions

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Slate is a software designed to support admissions and enrollment management processes in higher education institutions. The software provides functionalities for managing applications, communicating with prospective students, scheduling events, and tracking interactions throughout the recruitment and admissions cycle. Slate integrates data management and workflow automation to streamline administrative tasks, facilitate decision making, and improve the efficiency of admissions operations. The software enables institutions to organize applicant information, monitor progress, and generate reports that aid in analyzing admissions performance and strategizing outreach. Through its configurable platform, Slate helps educational organizations address common challenges in student recruitment, applicant engagement, and enrollment management.

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Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform

By Civitas Learning

Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform is a software designed to support higher education institutions in improving student outcomes through the use of data analytics and actionable insights. The software aggregates data from multiple campus sources to provide real-time information on student engagement, persistence, and progress. It offers features for identifying at-risk students, enhancing advising workflows, and aligning institutional resources with student needs. The software aids administrators and educators in decision-making processes related to enrollment, retention, and degree completion by providing predictive analytics and reporting tools. Its capabilities help address challenges related to student success, resource allocation, and operational efficiency within academic environments.

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Jenzabar Retention

By Jenzabar

Jenzabar Retention is a software designed to support higher education institutions in managing and improving student retention rates. The software provides tools for tracking student engagement, identifying at-risk individuals, and facilitating early intervention strategies. Through data analytics and reporting features, the software enables institutions to monitor academic performance, attendance, and other factors that may contribute to retention challenges. Jenzabar Retention offers capabilities for personalized communication and workflow automation to address individual student needs and streamline support processes. The software aims to assist educational organizations in proactively responding to retention issues and enhancing institutional effectiveness in supporting students throughout their academic journey.

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Salesforce Education Cloud

By Salesforce

Salesforce Education Cloud is a software designed to support institutions across higher education, K-12, and other learning environments in managing relationships and streamlining administrative processes. The software offers tools for student communications, engagement tracking, recruitment, admissions management, and alumni relations. It provides workflow automation and analytics features that enable organizations to gain insights into student success, retention, and campus-wide activities. The software facilitates collaboration among faculty, staff, and students by integrating data from various sources to create a unified view of constituents. It addresses the business problem of fragmented data and manual processes in educational operations by centralizing information and automating routine tasks.

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SEAtS Education Success Platform

By SEAtS Software

SEAtS Education Success Platform is a software designed to support educational institutions in managing student engagement, attendance, and academic performance. The software enables automation of attendance tracking through integration with existing campus systems and digital check-ins, providing analytics and reporting tools for identifying patterns in student activity and participation. It assists faculty and administrators in monitoring compliance and retention metrics while offering centralized data management for interventions and support initiatives. The platform also allows configuration to address institutional policies and workflows, aiming to improve operational oversight and the student experience by streamlining processes related to academic engagement and progress.

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What are Higher Education Student Success Platforms?

A higher education student success platform serves as a specialized tool to enhance student support and engagement in academic settings. It offers features for managing student data, facilitating proactive interventions, and fostering collaboration among academic advisors and other support staff. These platforms address challenges like efficient data management and streamlined support processes, aiming to improve student passing rates, retention rates, graduation outcomes, satisfaction scores and engagement.

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Features of Higher Education Student Success Platforms

Updated March 2025

Mandatory Features:

  • User access and security: Offers robust user access controls, including role-based access, granular permission settings and multifactor authentication, to protect sensitive student information, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations and safeguarding data from unauthorized access.

  • Self-service portals: Provides students with self-service portals to access their academic records, schedule appointments and request support, empowering them to take control of their academic journey.

  • Case management: Manages and tracks student cases, including academic, personal and financial issues, with the ability to assign tasks and follow-ups, ensuring comprehensive and coordinated support.

  • Early alert system: Identifies and flags at-risk students based on predefined criteria, such as attendance, grades and engagement metrics, allowing for timely interventions to support students before issues escalate.

  • Integration capabilities: Integrates with other institutional systems, such as learning management systems (LMS), student information systems (SIS) and financial aid platforms, ensuring seamless data flow and reducing administrative burden.

  • Analytics and reporting: Provides basic analytics tools and reporting capabilities to track key performance indicators (KPIs), such as retention rates, graduation rates and student satisfaction, offering insights into the effectiveness of student success initiatives.

  • Centralized student data management: Collects, stores and manages comprehensive student data from various sources in a centralized database, ensuring a unified view of each student’s academic journey for informed decision making and personalized support.

  • Communication tools: Integrated communication tools for email, SMS and in-platform messaging (accessible via web and/or mobile apps) enable seamless and efficient communication between students, advisors, faculty and support staff.

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