Student Experience
and Success
A student's experience beyond the classroom shapes how far they go. When students feel they belong, get sound advice, stay well, and know where to turn for help, they learn more, progress further, and are more likely to reach the goals that brought them to college. Unifex brings together scholarly research and institutional data to collaboratively strengthen belonging, wellbeing, advising, and academic support, so more of your students thrive.
BELONGING
+3.4 pts
Higher four-year degree attainment for every 1-point gain in students' first-year sense of belonging.
MENTAL HEALTH
43%
Of students who have considered stopping out rate their mental health below average or poor, nearly double the 23% of peers who have not.
ADVISING
61%
Of alumni look back on their academic advising as good or excellent, leaving room to grow for nearly four in ten.
ACADEMIC SUPPORTS
+13 pts
Students more likely to continue their enrollment when they know of five or more campus support services.
A three-phase approach that starts with your campus, not a template.
1
Evaluation
We take time to understand your unique needs through student surveys, focus groups, and interviews with faculty and staff, before jumping to conclusions.
2
Collaboration
We bring stakeholders together in an in-person workshop to share findings, test ideas, and design practical solutions that fit your context.
3
Implementation
We stay with you through implementation for constant calibration and lasting impact. We work alongside you to deliver, not just recommend.
30 min
A brief belonging exercise raised first-year completion for less-supported groups, but only where campus culture backed it up.
Walton et al., Science (2023)
6 years
How long first-year belonging continued to predict degree attainment in a national study of 21,700 students.
Brady & Gopalan (2025)
BELONGING
Help every student find their place
Belonging is not a soft outcome. Students who feel part of their campus seek help sooner, engage more fully, and are more likely to earn their degree. And belonging can be built, well beyond the first week of orientation.
How Unifex helps with belonging
Review orientation, first-year programs, and student life for gaps
Design community-building practices that fit your campus
Measure belonging and see which students feel it least
MENTAL HEALTH
Improve student mental health awareness and support
Mental health shapes everything from focus in class to a student's decision to keep going. Depression and anxiety have eased in recent years but remain high, and need often outpaces counseling capacity. Wellbeing is a campus-wide effort.
37%
Of students report moderate to severe depression symptoms.
Healthy Minds Study (2024–25)
49%
Of students who considered stopping out cited emotional stress.
Lumina Foundation–Gallup (2025)
How Unifex helps with mental health
Assess and enhance awareness of mental health supports
Identify opportunities to address mental health support gaps
Work with faculty and staff to develop a culture of resilience and support
ADVISING
Advising that keeps students moving forward
Advising is shifting from one-off course selection to proactive, relationship-based support for students' academic, career, and personal goals. Opt-in models reach students who already know how to ask for help; proactive ones reach everyone, before small problems become reasons to leave.
55%
Of students received guidance on the courses and sequences required to graduate.
Inside Higher Ed Student Voice (2023)
+67%
Growth in degrees conferred at Georgia State after proactive, data-informed advising.
AGB case study, Georgia State University
How Unifex helps with advising
Assess your advising model, caseloads, and student experience
Implement a professional, proactive advising model
Connect advising with career services and student supports
ACADEMIC SUPPORTS
Academic support students actually use
Tutoring, supplemental instruction, and learning centers work best when students know about them and when support is built into the courses where students struggle most. Too often, help exists on paper but goes unused.
How Unifex helps with academic supports
Make support visible and easy to reach, before students fall behind
Review effectiveness of academic support to enhance student outcomes
Connect disparate supports into a coordinated ecosystem
