Working together to improve student retention
Upswing partners with HBCUs, HSIs, community colleges, and other institutions to help support non-traditional students throughout their journey to graduation.
Working together to improve student retention
Upswing partners with HBCUs, HSIs, community colleges, and other institutions to help support non-traditional students throughout their journey to graduation.
Upswing helps NC A&T retain students & save money
NC A&T experienced rapid growth in on-campus tutoring through its Center for Academic Excellence, but struggled to find ways to provide support for niche and upper-level courses. Through focus group data, they also found most students were studying during the hours of 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. when the on-campus Tutorial Lab was closed.
They needed a 24/7 academic support solution that would allow their diverse student body to not only choose the services that fit their own unique needs, but to also access those services on their own time and personal devices.
Featured Partners:
Flexible wraparound services for community colleges
Overcome obstacles to persistence and graduation
Upswing is proud to partner with 29 HSIs and 16 HBCUs. Despite enrollment growth, the completion rate of Black and Hispanic students is still much lower than those of White students. Through our work, Upswing has seen the following impact:
- Nearly 200,000 students at HBCUs have received access to Upswing
- 3,500 HBCU students have been retained
- 1.2M HSI students have received access to Upswing
- Over 22K HSI students have been retained
Winston-Salem State University
Administrators at Shaw University share their experience
Shaw University has partnered with Upswing over the past 3 years to provide their students access to tutoring, assignment review, Ana, advising and early alerts, mental health, and check-ins.
- Improved student GPA
- Increased access to student support resources
- Prepared students for graduation
Students First
Hear from administrators at Shaw University about their experience with Upswing.
