NEWS

  Starfish Receives Series A Funding and Launches First Product

• Novak Biddle, the premier early-stage IT venture capital firm, funds Starfish for $3.15 MM.
• Starfish OFFICE HOURS™ removes the barriers that keep students from interacting with instructors, advisors, and mentors.
  

 Leading Publication Inside Higher Ed discusses Starfish
Faculty and administrators share their views on Starfish's first product

Starfish Retention Solutions™ is a student success company.   We help academic institutions engage, motivate, and graduate more students.

Our software solutions improve the delivery and assessment of your institution's student success programs.  Today, our focus is on the software services Starfish OFFICE HOURS™ and Starfish EARLY ALERT™.   Planned are solutions for tutoring, advising, and mentoring.   These solutions provide:

At-Risk Student Identification

A student’s network of instructors, residential and academic advisors, coaches, and parents identifies and tracks a student at risk.

Engage the whole community to support the student.

Self Service

Students discover resources, schedule help, and track referrals and other actions – all online. They share their plans and goals with both peers and service providers.

Meet busy students’ high service expectations.

Program Management

Program directors more easily recruit both peer and professional service providers, track certifications, and manage schedules. Providers view broad student information and easily document interactions.

Focus on student success, not process.

Assessment and Benchmarking

Senior leaders track their performance against benchmark institutions. Program directors easily survey participants and assess student outcomes against participation.  

Generate actionable data for continuous improvement.