USA success , but now we are collaborating and working cross-departmentally in new and nimble ways to accomplish this four-year graduation goal . We are working harder than ever on a campus-wide scale , which is helping to create a more inclusive culture .”
Miller and IRT ’ s scope is extremely broad . Operating a team of 100 staff with a $ 10 million budget , the team ’ s expertise includes management of enterprise systems , campus applications , identity management , cyber security , technology service centers , websites , mobile apps , reporting , learning space provision , wireless and other infrastructure .
Faster , smarter A large part of IRT ’ s recent energy has been channelled into implementing the Sac State Graduation Ecosystem , encompassing a series of integrated tools backed by analytic capability to help students succeed faster .
Central to this is the KEYS to Degree Toolbox , a suite of online tools designed to help students manage all aspects of their University experience – from scheduling their courses , managing financial aid , to assessing their progress via real-time dashboards , and , ultimately applying for graduation .
Short for ‘ Kit to Empower Your Success ,’ the KEYS to Degree Toolbox includes the Smart Planner program , a bolt-on to Oracle ’ s PeopleSoft enterprise system from The Burgundy Group that was launched at Sac State in fall of 2016 . “ This helps our students , a large proportion of whom are first generation , to set a semesterby-semester plan using a guided roadmap to achieve academic goals and finish on time ,” Miller adds . “ And while we continue to collaborate with colleagues in Academic Affairs and Student Affairs to build all of our degree programs in the tool , we ’ ve reached a threshold of 8,500 students who have tried using Smart Planner , which is around 40 percent of those who are currently eligible .”
Miller communicated the University goal to complete implementation of Smart Planner , i . e . make all degree programs available by the end of spring 2017 . Academic Affairs , Student Affairs , and IRT each play an ongoing
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