Student Success
Measuring Student Success After the Program Ends
Outcomes do not stop at graduation. The teams compounding their impact are the ones who stay in touch — and measure what happens next.
If your last data point on a student is the day they walked across the stage, you are measuring activity, not impact. Real workforce outcomes show up six, twelve, and twenty-four months later.
to land a livable-wage role when alumni stay connected to a structured pathway in the year after graduation.
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