Overview
The National College Access Network (NCAN) and its member organizations use Modern Campus Message over the summer to support their students’ transition from high school to college and beat Summer Melt. The summer intervention was based on the behavioral economics research by Drs. Benjamin Castleman and Lindsay Page. The research shows an 11% increase in matriculation as a result of sending personalized text message “nudges” to students during the summer between high school and college.
The Implementation of Modern Campus Message
NCAN designed a Summer Melt campaign with pre-written text messages over a period of 16 weeks that were personalized to students’ college choices. Member organizations could choose to opt in to the program to support their students. The messages included information on financial aid, tuition bills, class registration, new-student orientation and more. Students could text back and connect with advisors for help in real time. Sixteen organizations joined the Summer Melt campaign, with a total of 2,827 students served.
Results
The program showed impressive results, with student engagement rates of 75% and an average response rate of 64% per message. Sixty percent of students were highly engaged, meaning they responded to a majority of the text messages from their advisors. NCAN will continue its summer melt texting initiative with its members and Message each summer.
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About Modern Campus
Modern Campus empowers 1,700+ higher education institutions to attract, engage, and retain learners for life with software solutions that enable a modern student experience.
The Modern Campus learner-to-earner lifecycle platform powers solutions for web content management, conversational text messaging, catalog and curriculum management, career pathways, student engagement and development, and non-traditional student management. The result: innovative institutions engage their modern learners for life, while providing modern administrators with the tools needed to streamline workflows and drive high efficiency.
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