Starfish Early Alert System

Starfish is an early alert system designed to facilitate communication between instructors, students, academic advisors and other campus resources. Through an institutionalized partnership with EAB, the college invested in the early alert system as a way to proactively communicate with students in their college journey. A grant-funded Starfish Administrator was hired to design a training model, and provide service and resource access to students, faculty and staff. The Starfish Administrator has redesigned the STC Starfish website to include step-by-step PDF and video instructions and has developed an intervention plan for students flagged for support. During year two of the grant, the college invested in an Administrative Assistant to assist the Starfish Administrator with the various duties and functions of the Starfish platform. Additionally, in year two, the college will hire a Guided Pathway Specialist to provide additional support to the Starfish team. Aligned with the DHSI program, STC plans to institutionalize the Starfish Administrator position after grant expiration to sustain the important services this position has established to support student persistence.

Objective 3.1

At least 75% of students who receive Starfish direct intervention support will successfully pass their course(s) for which they were flagged in Starfish.

Year 1

Enrollment Term	Total Flagged	Unduplicated Count	Total Passing	% Passing
Fall 2020	1,808	1,409	634	45%
Spring 2021	1,729	1,543	707	46%
Summer 2021	110	96	41	43%
Totals	3,647	3,048	1382	45%

Note: The Unduplicated Count does not include students enrolled in courses that did not have grades or who may have dropped those courses before the census date.

Result: Objective 3.1 was not met.

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Objective 3.2

At least 70% of students who receive Starfish direct intervention support will re-enroll the following semester.

Year 1

Enrollment Term	Total Flagged	Unduplicated Count	Total Re-Enrolled	% Re-Enrolled
Fall 2020	1,808	1,326	847	64%
Spring 2021	1,729	1,354	837	62%
Summer 2021	110	98	74	76%
Totals	3,647	2,778	1,758	63%

Note: The Unduplicated Count does not include students who graduated and did not re-enroll.

Result: Objective 3.2 was not met.