About Our Company
  

Help Graduate More Students

Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. is a software company focused on enabling more students to graduate. Our success is predicated on the success of your students, and ultimately on the success of your institution.  Whether measured by increasing overall retention rates, deeper engagement with instructors or campus services, or better efficiency and utilization of resources - we are committed to helping your institution leverage the power of the academic community so you can help students achieve their greatest potential.

To Help, You Need to Know

The college community includes a wide network of educators, administrators and advisors with a shared goal - the retention and success of each student.  Even the smallest of campuses, however, face the enormous challenge of tracking each student's progress.  Too often, students slip through the cracks before the people who can help have had a chance to lend a hand.

Plug Students into the Network

Many students are not even aware that they are at-risk.  For some, they may know they're having trouble but can't find the help they need.  Sometimes the solutions are simple - solving accessibility issues for students with disabilities, or scheduling a few appointments with a tutor.  Sometimes the answers are harder to find, requiring time with a counselor or a change of academic direction.

An Experienced Team with a Powerful Vision

Starfish® is led by former Blackboard Inc. veterans looking to deliver innovative technology to enhance student success programs and dramatically improve education outcomes. Our core beliefs infuse everything we do from the design of our software, to the recommendations we give to our clients, to the way we manage our company:

• Live a mission that makes the world better.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to arrive at better results.
• Apply research and data to drive better decisions.

From Software To A Network Of People

With our roots in enterprise software, our ultimate goal is to empower a human network of providers and students collaborating on student success. Through our solutions, we enable institutions to create an online student success environment. This environment facilitates the delivery of programs such as academic advising, instructor office hours, tutoring, mentoring, and others – with the aim of improving retention and graduation rates. In addition, the Starfish system provides valuable analytics that enable institutions to optimize their programs for continual improvement.