Increase Retention and Maximize Student Engagement
Strengthen your campus climate to help all students succeed
A welcoming, supportive institutional climate is crucial to help students succeed in their studies and post-graduate life.
With Hanover’s Student Success solutions, you’ll get insights into environmental factors beyond core academics that impact your students’ level of engagement. As a result, you’ll uncover areas of improvement to reduce student dropout and strengthen post-graduate outcomes.
60% of clients improved their retention rate within one year through Hanover’s support
Student success insights to identify at-risk students—and the supports they need most
Campus Climate Survey
Surveys students to understand elements influencing their experience across areas such as extracurricular activities, athletics, library and technology resources, transportation, security, belonging, and other elements of institutional climate and student life.
Student Success and Retention Analysis
Evaluates comprehensive data through a Graduation Early Warning Dashboard to identify which student profiles are at risk for not graduating, key triggers that may contribute to failures to graduate, and possible intervention points for improving graduation rates.
Dropped Student Survey
Alumni Outcomes Survey
Analyzes targeted young alumni post-graduate outcomes and career development to identify perceived strengths and gaps, earnings expectations, and satisfaction with their educational experience using a series of recent graduate and proprietary employer surveys to identify key factors that drive lifetime achievement.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Improves Retention Rates by 5% Using Research Insights
“Clarion has succeeded in raising our retention rates to totals significantly higher than the institution had experienced prior to using data-driven decision making. Using this retention data has helped us to develop interventions and identify high-impact programs that will not only help our students succeed, but also keep them here until graduation.”
– Ray Moneta, Director of Information Management and Institutional Research
Great Basin College Partners With Hanover to Boost Workforce Alignment
“Great Basin College partnered with Hanover Research to enhance data-driven decision-making and align our programs with regional workforce demands. This collaboration will provide valuable insights through regional needs assessments, student success analysis, and best practices for retention strategies. Our goal is to strengthen student engagement, improve retention, and ensure sustainable growth while expanding programs that build a skilled workforce. By leveraging research-driven solutions, we can better support economic development and create long-term opportunities for students and communities. For institutions considering external support, investing in strategic research ensures proactive, impactful decisions that drive student success and workforce readiness.”
Concordia University Irvine Supports Admitted Student Success with Survey Research
“We wanted to do a study that combined quantitative and qualitative methods, and Hanover offered that. We got deeper and better information than we would have had without it. The study provided additional rationale for the university to invest in workforce readiness and career services.”
— Peter Senkbeil, Vice President and Special Assistant to the President
Re-Envisioning ESL Programming from the Outside Looking in
“We were having to cancel ESL classes because there were not enough students … It didn’t make sense: There were more and more English language learners in the community, but they weren’t coming to us. We knew we needed help taking a fresh look at the problem.”
— Jennifer Kalfsbeek-Goetz, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Learning, Ventura College