Giving Compass' Take:

• Salesforce has released Individualized Success Plans to help students build a strategy that fits their unique circumstances. 

• How can funders help students access the resources and information they need to make decisions about their education and careers? 

• Learn why students need both technical and college education. 

Today, higher education institutions aren't only serving students who are on traditional pathways. Student demographics are shifting, with three-quarters of students classified as "non-traditional", such as adult learners, part-time students, primary caregivers and those lacking a traditional high school diploma. Higher education institutions are also preparing students for the future workforce – 65% of students entering primary school today will ultimately work in jobs that don't yet exist.

Salesforce.org's Education Cloud is reimagining the student experience by providing innovative tools for educational institutions to focus on student success, and giving every student the foundation to drive their own success and prepare for the jobs of tomorrow.

Individualized Success Plans allows advisors to create holistic student success plans with goals, assignments and related tasks to help keep students on the graduation track. For example, whether it's first-semester onboarding, studying abroad, or getting off academic probation, success plans give students a clearly defined path to follow and advisors can keep an eye on their progress.

Flexible Scheduling Management supports multiple appointment types, such as walk-ins and advising pools, and scheduling models for departments outside of academic advising. This makes it easy for Career Services, Financial Aid, Tutoring Services, Health Services or other departments to schedule appointments with students in a single view.

Read the full article about Individualized Success Plans at SalesForce.