Western Governors University (WGU) – the largest nonprofit, competency-based, online higher education institution in the US – has selected the Aera Decision Cloud platform to create an industry-first Decision Intelligence solution for scalable, personalized student support.
Using the platform’s decision capabilities, WGU will help close equity gaps, increase student course completion rates, and improve graduation outcomes in higher education.
“There are many projects focused on using AI in higher education, but we are focused on something more fundamental – empowering better decision-making at the individual level to drive completion, return and equitable outcomes for our students at scale.”
With 74% of WGU’s approximately 176,000 students coming from one or more underserved populations, WGU is committed to improving graduation rates and equitable attainment.
By implementing a Decision Intelligence ecosystem WGU can identifying struggling students and determining the type of outreach and instruction needed to get them back on track.
“Aera’s leadership in Decision Intelligence provides the decision ecosystem capability we need to reinvigorate the promise of higher education,” said Jennie Sanders, Vice President of Instruction, Western Governors University. “There are many projects focused on using AI in higher education, but we are focused on something more fundamental – empowering better decision-making at the individual level to drive completion, return and equitable outcomes for our students at scale.”
Fred Laluyaux, Aera Technology CEO, said: “Collaborating with the Western Governors University team, we are demonstrating the amazing power of Decision Intelligence and its ability to enable meaningful student and instructor outcomes and achieve new milestones for AI and human teams.”
