Improve student retention through wraparound support

With budgets decreasing, it may be tempting to pull back on student support services. However, wraparound student support prevents dropouts and is actually a smart, effective cost-saving solution.

Improve student retention through wraparound support

With budgets decreasing, it may be tempting to pull back on student support services. However, wraparound student support prevents dropouts and is actually a smart, effective cost-saving solution.

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Decrease Drop-Outs Through Holistic Support

Today’s increasingly diverse college students need support that meets them where they are. Upswing brings together all the resources that students need to stay on their journey towards graduation. Everything from academic support to mental health to basic needs can be found in one accessible and easy-to-use platform.

Tutoring & Assignment Review

With the tutoring module, you can use your campus tutors, Upswing tutors, or a combination of both. Our unique all-in-one tutoring platform gives you the flexibility to provide 24/7 tutoring support.

Basic Needs

Students can get connected to resources and state and federal benefits to help them and their families find food, housing, and financial support.

Advising & Early Alerts

Bring your advising online with easy-to-schedule appointments and empower your advisors to track and set early alerts for students.

Mental Health

Provide 1:1 teletherapy sessions or online peer support for your students to ensure they are provided with timely and professional mental health support.

Proactive SMS Support

Send proactive messages to students through Ana about add/drop deadlines, important events, and more. Students can also reply back and receive answers to questions.

Instant Messaging

Allow your students, administrators, advisors, and tutors to connect like never before with in-platform messaging.

Upswing Helps Retain More Students

Upswing’s platform and suite of solutions are proven to improve student retention on average by 0.789 percentage points. We do this by providing the right support at the right time.

Students love how easy it is to get support right away. They can schedule a tutoring session, meet with an advisor, submit a paper for feedback, and more all in one place. Administrators love how they can manage their data and reporting in one system. They can better understand student engagement, usage, and efficiently manage campus resources like tutoring.

Watch our video to learn more about how our solutions work together to help students like Mateo to learn, connect, and feel more confident each day.

Built with today’s students in mind

Upswing’s holistic platform and Ana was built to help more non-traditional and historically marginalized students graduate college. Our products and services are designed to be accessible and welcoming to students who need support, wherever they are. Dig in deeper to our solutions by downloading our white paper on supporting non-traditional learners.

Actionable Data to Predict Student Usage & Behavior
Early intervention meets proactive intervention with Ana

Expand your student support team with Upswing

You and your team can feel confident when using Upswing’s holistic student support platform. Every Upswing partner, no matter their size, receives a dedicated and passionate team to ensure their success. Your account manager, technical support specialist, and customer support team are available to help whenever you need it. Our support includes:

What our partners say

"Upswing is helping our students tremendously, mainly because of accessibility. It is hard to be available to students 24/7 but this tool allows us to provide the support that they need! The staff at Upswing are extremely helpful and every time I have needed assistance they have been there with the solution. I would highly recommend this product!"
Amy Anderson
Amy Anderson
Director of Tutoring & Mentoring,
NC A&T
"Upswing allows us to expand services to times of the day when the college isn't open but students are in search of academic support. This is especially useful for adult learners who typically balance college on top of already busy lives as parents and employees."
Gabrielle McCutchen
Gabrielle McCutchen
Dean of Student Engagement,
Durham Tech
"Upswing's platform is intuitive and user-friendly for new students. Upswing HEROs and tech teams are open to new ideas and strive to keep the platform customizable to meet specific schools' needs. The platform takes care of channeling workflow for tutoring and assignment review allowing my team to focus on helping the students. The dashboards allow admins to keep a real-time pulse on the overall workflow."
Neena Wilson
Neena Wilson
Math & Science Resource Center Manager,
Indiana University East
“The Upswing team is friendly, helpful, and timely with responses to questions or concerns. The fact that they listen to the needs of their clients to help make their product easier to use and more specific to the needs of our student athletes.”
Terri Craft
Terri Craft
Dean of Academic Services & Assessment,
Andrew College
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