SMART ANNUAL ACADEMIC PLANNING

Strategize annual plans that progress your students.

Plan smart schedules every year with Ad Astra's Annual Schedule Planning solution.

✔ Build intelligent annual schedule templates
✔ Unblock students from progressing
✔ Plan for faculty and resource needs
✔ Guide the schedule building process

LET'S TALK ANNUAL PLANNING

Partners in success since 1996 | Serving 550+ campuses with 4.5M students

"I can look at program metrics to see if there's a scheduling conflict."

Jim Lynch, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), shares how Ad Astra's annual scheduling capabilities significantly improved student outcomes.

By refining pathways and optimizing course schedules around a data-informed plan, MVCC increased productive credit ratios, reduced average time to degree, and improved Degree Velocity® by 19%.

STUDENT DEGREE PROGRESS INSIGHTS

Identify and remove barriers to student progression in your annual plan.

Remove barriers in your plan before they materialize in the schedule and enable students to start and finish their academic program without having to change modalities, locations, or time-of-day.

✔ Blocked student details	✔ Course recommendations
✔ Completion Path™ analyses	✔ Degree Velocity® and retention

Ad Astra Success Stories

Learn how institutions just like yours are achieving their outcomes with smarter planning and scheduling solutions.

An annual schedule to support second chance learners

Discover how Glenville State University Improve course offerings for Second Chance Pell students with annual planning.

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8% increase in retention year over year

See how Northwest Missouri State University leveraged Ad Astra’s scheduling tools to create operational efficiency, transparency across departments, and ultimately help improve student outcomes.

20+ hours per term saved

Discover how Butler Community College said goodbye to manual processes & automated their scheduling process, saving 20-30 hours of work each term.

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Ten Tips from Three Trailblazers in Annual Scheduling

Learn tips, strategies, and challenges from three higher education leaders as they navigate the transition to an annual schedule planning process.

$350k savings during a multi-year configuration of academic building resources

When Western Kentucky had to reallocate 156 rooms due to a building shutdown, Ad Astra powered fast rescheduling decisions using room and resource data – ultimately helping the university achieve a six-figure savings.

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Using Data to Create an Annual Schedule at Mohawk Valley Community College

Jim Lynch, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mohawk Valley Community College, shares how Ad Astra's annual scheduling solutions significantly improved student outcomes and improved Degree Velocity® by 19%.

Watch Now

SMART ANNUAL ACADEMIC PLANNING

Strategize annual plans that progress your students.

Partners in success since 1996 | Serving 550+ campuses with 4.5M students

"I can look at program metrics to see if there's a scheduling conflict."

ANNUAL SCHEDULE TEMPLATES

Draft annual schedule templates to plan your academic year.

STUDENT DEGREE PROGRESS INSIGHTS

Identify and remove barriers to student progression in your annual plan.

Academic Program Intelligence

Improve program success with a holistic view of outcomes and needs.

Schedule Auditing and Guardrails

Use your annual plan to guide and audit your schedule building process.

Let’s talk about your institution's planning needs.

Ad Astra Success Stories

An annual schedule to support second chance learners

8% increase in retention year over year

20+ hours per term saved

Ten Tips from Three Trailblazers in Annual Scheduling

$350k savings during a multi-year configuration of academic building resources

Using Data to Create an Annual Schedule at Mohawk Valley Community College

✔ Target term types	✔ Multi-term templates
✔ Template saving and sharing

✔ Program-level overviews	✔ Financial margin
✔ Course demand calculations

✔ Annual schedule building views	✔ Robust roles and permissions
✔ Schedule building workflows