Consultants at CECS provide a full range of educational consulting services.:

Postsecondary

  • Enrollment management systems development

  • Evaluation of institutional retention programs

  • Retention program development

  • Development and implementation of First-Year Experience Programs

  • Program and campus assessment planning

  • Pre-accreditation review

Data-driven and coordinated campus programs can easily result in 3 - 5% increases in student retention. Our consultants specialize in the development of data-driven, evidence-based campus-wide retention and student success programs. We work with institutions to develop locally viable strategies of assessing college readiness and risk, implement early warning and early outreach and intervention programs,  and evaluate the effectiveness of those programs.  This work involves close collaboration with student support services such as:

  • Academic Advising

  • Housing

  • Orientation

  • First-Year Programs/First-Year Experience

  • Career Services

  • Special Student Services

  • Student Activities Office

  • Institutional Research

Secondary

Consultants at CECS will work with state offices of education, districts, or individual schools as they grapple with issues of pre-mature departure, college and workforce readiness, and implementation of standardized assessment programs such as ACT's EPAS (Educational Planning and Assessment System.  We offer:

  • Training

  • Assessment program review

  • Assessment program development

  • College/workforce preparation program development

  • College/workforce readiness assessment planning

  • Comprehensive guidance program planning and implementation