1)
improve the decision-making, or evaluative capabilities
of the institution through the establishment of a capacity
to produce the reports on retention, persistence, and
academic progress related to specific populations, courses,
or interventions;
2)
make the process of enrollment at SAC easier for the student;
and,
3)
have in place a new or improved mechanism to identify
students at risk for failure, both from their profile
when they enter college, and when they start to fail in
their coursework.