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The College Student Inventory Surveys

Use these early-alert surveys to identify at-risk students, focus advisors on key concerns, and link students to resources.

Optimize Your Student Retention Efforts by Intervening Earlier

Encoura’s student success surveys and analytics help you identify undergraduates at greatest risk, understand their receptivity to support, and connect them with relevant campus resources.

Motivational assessment reports provide actionable data for the class, key subpopulations, and individual students, supporting efficient, effective, and timely interventions.

Identify which students are at risk and receptive to assistance.
Intervene with students earlier, when the chance for success is greater.
Create a systematic structure for assessment and intervention at the most critical points during a student’s college career.
Make retention strategies more effective and efficient by basing them on reliable student data.

Three Retention Surveys for the Most Critical Milestones of a Student’s Journey

The College Student Inventory (CSI)

Assess each student in your incoming class using the leading noncognitive indicators of college student success.

Reveal What Drives Each Student

Receive detailed information on student motivations, areas of risk, receptivity for specific student services, and plans for re-enrollment.

Intervene Before Students Disengage

Identify at-risk students for timely and effective outreach and intervention.

Increase Yield With Relevant Outreach

Increase student yield by incorporating data-informed communications that match students’ needs with campus resources.

Make Every Advising Moment Count

Inform advising meetings and student programming with a list of top recommendations by student, cohort, and specific populations.

Target Support With Confidence

Access nationally normed data identifying student’s strengths, challenges, and receptivity to support.

THE COLLEGE STUDENT INVENTORY DETAILS

CSI AUDIENCE

Traditional undergraduates, transfer students, adult learners, online learners, and graduate students at four-year or two-year institutions.

CSI TIMING

Typically administered as part of a checklist after admittance, during new student orientation, as part of a student seminar course, or within the first few weeks of a term.

CSI SCALES

The CSI Scales are organized under Academic Motivation, General Coping Skills, and Receptivity to Support Skills.

The Mid-Year Student Assessment (MYSA)

Assess students at the mid-point of their first year so you can adjust your interventions to meet their current needs.

Act on Changing Student Needs

Identify changes in academic and social needs and concerns, providing a springboard for mid-year action planning.

Turn Support Gaps Into Action

Reveal gaps between receptivity to support services at the beginning of the year and use of services by mid-year.

Anticipate Each Student’s Path

Pinpoint completion plans, learning which students expect to complete their degrees at your institution, transfer, or withdraw.

THE MID-YEAR STUDENT ASSESSMENT INVENTORY

MYSA AUDIENCE

Students who completed the CSI earlier in the first year.

MYSA TIMING

Typically administered toward the end of the first term or early in the following term.

MYSA SCALES

The MYSA Scales are organized under Student Information, Motivation Assessment, Student Needs and Interests, and Institutional Impressions.

The Second-Year Student Assessment (SYSA)

Curb the “sophomore slump” or assess the needs of transfer students.

Protect Second-Year Momentum

Identify specific needs of at-risk second-year students and transfer students, including their level of engagement, commitment to college, and receptivity to assistance.

Build More Relevant Campus Support

Prioritize engagement strategies to design or update campus services to match the needs of your cohorts.

Bridge Interest & Engagement

Compare student receptivity to assistance in their second year to their use of campus services in the previous year.

THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENT ASSESSMENT DETAILS

SYSA AUDIENCE

Second-year students and transfer students at four-year and two-year institutions.

SYSA TIMING

Administered either prior to, during, or immediately following the first term of the second year of college.

SYSA SCALES

The SYSA tracks data across seven scales: Academic Confidence, Commitment to College, Engaged Learning, Leadership, Financial Security, Transition, and Family Support.