Case Study
Help Students Plan For Paying For College
Austin Community College enrolls over 43,000 students across 11 campuses. Most students (77%) attend part-time, and 5,500 students are classi ed as “First-Time-in-College.” Austin Community College’s Student Money Management O ce supports students through nancial literacy initiatives that help them save money and plan for paying for college. Austin Community College uses Signal Vine to help students plan for paying for college. Implementation Implementation The Student Money Management launched a texting pilot with Signal Vine in December 2016. The goal is to help students better budget their money throughout the semester. Sta use Signal Vine’s text messaging platform to send targeted text messages to First-Time-in-College students, though other students are welcome to sign up for the pr