Pathways Analytics vs Auto-Grad Solutions

Colleges across the nation are adopting innovative measures to improve graduation rates, with “auto-grad” systems emerging as a popular solution. These systems, often modified from existing degree audit frameworks, aim to streamline the path to graduation.

The Challenge with Current Systems

While auto-grad solutions represent progress, they fall short in providing a comprehensive view of student progress. Critical insights, such as identifying students who are veering off their academic path or determining which courses will be in high demand for the next semester, remain obscured. This limitation necessitates a labor-intensive, individual review process for each student.

In contrast, ZogoTech’s Pathways module allows anyone to see every requirement each student needs to complete, for every program – in under a second. Discover more ways Pathways Analytics is setting a new standard for academic success:

ZogoTech
Others

Auto-grad / Auto-award	ZogoTech	Others
Auto-grad / Auto-award	Auto-grad / Auto-award
All students who have completed the requirements for ANY credential (not just the declared program)?		Partial
All students? Looking at every student ever enrolled allows you to see students who might be close to a credential who may have dropped out years ago.
All programs?		Maybe
All Catalogs?

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Others

Course Planning	ZogoTech	Others
Course Planning	Course Planning
Which courses are needed next semester?	Yes, shows which courses every student needs and which ones they are enrolled.	No. Only by looking up each student individually.
Who could graduate this semester?		No. It has to guess by looking at students 90% complete.
Which courses might be needed for next semester, assuming students pass all their enrolled courses?		No. Only looks at completed semesters. Does not include semesters where registration is still in progress and oftentimes does not even include semesters which have begun but have not finished.

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Others

Off-track	ZogoTech	Others
Off-track	Off-track
Identify groups of students off-track? (e.g. My caseload)		No. Only by looking up each student individually.
Identify groups of students close to completing ANY credential?	Yes, see ALL students who are 50%, 75%, x% complete with ANY credential.	No. Only by looking up each student individually.

ZogoTech
Others

Non-Degrees	ZogoTech	Others
Non-Degrees	Non-Degrees
Certificates		Maybe. Often only includes degrees.
Non-credentials (e.g. OSAs, ICLCs)

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Others

Setup / Maintenance	ZogoTech	Others
Setup / Maintenance	Setup / Maintenance
Quick Setup?		No. Could take months to hack your audit system.
Automated?
Integrates with SaaS SIS?
Limited burden on production?

Testimonials About Pathways Analytics

“Our team has been auto-awarding credentials for years, but it was always an extremely time-consuming and manual task. Pathways Analytics has not only dramatically streamlined this process for NCTC, but it has uncovered hundreds of additional unawarded credentials over the past 3 years. In 2023 alone, Pathways Analytics helped us find 706 credentials, which is estimated to be $1M+ in performance-based funding.”

"We found 1,800 students who had completed their degree but were not yet awarded. We were able to take that data, provide it to our degree audit team, and they were able to go out and find those students. Let them get awarded. Success points and money back to the institution."

“Pathways Analytics identified more than 1,000 completers who were not yet awarded. This resulted in an additional $364,000 in performance-based funding for the college.”

“Within 1 term, Pathways Analytics has identified over 300 possible completers, over 400 near completers, and more than 500 off-path students.”

"Just in the first few years, we generated enough in Texas Success Point funding to pay for the software."