Saturday, February 24, 2018

RPP #162: Starfish - Interview with Howard Bell


  • Interview with Howard Bell, Senior Vice President of Higher Education Student Success and the General Manager of Starfish at Hobsons. We discuss their Starfish Enterprise Success Platform including Early Alert, Connect, and Degree Planner, and how it helps scale student support initiatives in a way that enables students to engage with the campus community and achieve their academic goals. We also discuss:
  • Howard Bell
    SVP Hobsons
    • Interface with the LMS and SIS
    • Automatic flags and progress surveys
    • Predictive analytics framework
    • Student points of contact
    • New Degree Planner features
    • Partnering with student networks
    • Measuring return on investment
  • Links to Related Podcasts
    • RPP #101: Starfish Retention Solutions: Interview with David Yaskin (March 2012)
    • RPP #158: StudyTree - Interview with Ethan Keiser
    • RPP #159: AEFIS - Interview with Mustafa Sualp
    • Podsafe Music Selection 
      • "Run" from the new age piano album "Lines Build Walls" by Ehren Starks
    Duration: 38:58