Episode 85
Are We Measuring the Wrong Things About Retention?
- Guest name: Shaunak Roy
- Guest title: Founder & CEO
- Guest company: Yellowdig
- Host: David Brunner
Brief description of the episode
With enrollment pressure rising, retention is a leadership issue.
In this episode, Shaunak Roy, Founder and CEO of Yellowdig, explains why many institutions are still relying on lagging indicators while students disengage in plain sight. He shares how higher ed leaders can rethink engagement as an institutional strategy, support faculty more effectively, and use earlier signals to improve persistence before it is too late.
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