Florida Atlantic University is the proud recipient of the 2024 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation. The award recognizes institutions that responded to higher education challenges in innovative ways and achieved dramatic results. 

Florida Atlantic, one of the nation’s most diverse public institutions, was on a mission to increase its retention and graduation rates. Using a novel approach called team-based analytics, Florida Atlantic increased the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded by more than 950 annually. The data-driven strategy also helped nearly 3,000 students complete their degree, who otherwise would not have finished.

Today, Florida Atlantic’s four-year graduation rate is more than double what it was five years ago — with no student left behind based on income, race or first-generation status.

That’s the Atlantic Effect.

 

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