Case Studies Being focused on solutions means concentrating on client results. Our partner institutions have achieved great results with our software and services that easily justify their investment in Astra Schedule.
Classroom Space Optimization Leads to Big Energy Savings Like so many institutions, Eastern Illinois was under pressure to do more with fewer resources. Learn how EIU saved more than $85,000 in energy costs in one summer by making strategic scheduling changes on campus:. Eastern Illinois Case Study
Mississippi State Increases Student Capacity without Construction After a challenge to support a 5,000 student increase over the next few years, MSU engaged Ad Astra for a Capacity Managment Study. They didn't realize that their technology rooms had become the biggest bottleneck on their campus. Read about how MSU is addressing capacity issues head-on to support enrollment growth: Mississippi State Case Study
University of Iowa Stays Afloat During Massive Flood When the University of Iowa fell victim to a natural disaster, they were forced to shut down major areas of campus. The president did not want to cancel any classes, so schedulers had to get creative to find spaces for courses. Read about how their schedulers were able to reschedule more than 1,500 classes and hundreds of non-academic meetings in just a few days: University of Iowa Case Study
CSULB Attacks Capacity Bottlenecks to Support Enrollment Growth To accomodate the administration's enrollment groth goal fo 2.5 percent in the next 10 years, California State University at Long Beach planned renovation and construction projects. However, a Bottleneck Study from Ad Astra revealed that no new large lecture rooms, the type most heavily utilized by CSULB, were planned for the projects. Read about how CSULB used the findings and recommendations from the Bottleneck Study to make policy changes that would allow for growth in a shrinking environment: CSULB Case Study.pdf UBC Saves 4,650 Man Hours through Optimization Project After learning that they were about to lose more than 60 rooms to renovations and re-purposing, schedulers at the University of British Columbia had to devise a solution that would allow previously scheduled courses to be assigned into rooms while upholding an 80 percent fill ratio to maximize space utilization. Learn more about UBC's success reassigning courses to rooms while saving time: UBC Optimization Case Study.pdf LeTourneau University Optimizes its Scheduling Process Through sessions at the Astra Schedule Users' conference, LeTourneau not only learned how to use the pre-built interface with Jenzabar CX --nearly eliminating double data entry--but also learned how to layer scheduling scenarios to reap the greatest results. Find out how they've used these techniques to save time and increase efficiency: LeTourneau Case Study.pdf Santa Clara University Increases Visibility on Campus Three times per year, Santa Clara University was scheduling 1,200 courses with a pencil and paper. By automating room scheduling and combining events into Astra Schedule, Santa Clara was able to save weeks of scheduling time. Learn more about the changes the institution made to make its process more effective and efficient: Santa Clara Case Study.pdf
Cuyahoga's Five-Site Optimization Success After years of guessing a popular time for a course and shopping around in Banner to find a space, Cuyahoga Community College determined that another solution was needed. Tri-C used Astra Schedule to store course needs and instructor preferences and optimized all five sites with great success. Learn more about Tri-C's optimization results and how the institution is using preference data to make space upgrade decisions: Cuyahoga Community College Case Study.pdf
Stevenson University Averts Crisis during Exam Week When a thunderstorm hit Stevenson, MD during exam week, Stevenson University had to alert students and faculty of late exams and road closings immediately. Through the use of Astra Schedule, Stevenson not only greatly improved its exam scheduling process, but also was able to know which exams were meeting in which rooms. With this list, schedulers were able to spread the word about the roads and delayed exams. Read more about Stevenson's improvements to exam scheduling: Stevenson University Case Study.pdf
The University of Georgia aces final exam scheduling
The University of British Columbia tackles its space bottleneck Through collaboration with Astra Schedule, UBC has identified its space bottleneck (large capacity classrooms) and a plan for managing allocation of those rooms. In less than 30 days, UBC defined the problem, quantified the problem, developed an allocation plan, and presented a scheduling policy that supported that plan to the academic deans. To their surprise, the plan was received without resistance and is now in place. Learn more about this innovative approach to the common problem of academic space capacity: UBC Case Study.pdf
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