Dubbed “AI-Driven Excellence: Transforming Student Success from Recruitment to Graduation,” the goal of the initiative is to enhance “operational efficiencies in student recruitment, admissions, progression and successful graduation.”
The university plans to procure AI tools that can identify prospective students and engage with them via personalized marketing efforts, enhance retention through student performance insights, streamline administrative processes and improve AI literacy through an expansion of classroom curriculum.
The following IT items are also included in the university’s exceptional items request:
- $7.9 million for an aerospace engineering initiative
- $4.4 million to expand online learning programs
- $820,300 to establish a TSU Center for Nursing Education, Research and Maternal-Infant Health online program
- $390,000 for TSU’s pharmacy satellite campuses
- $250,000 for IT components of its student success initiative, Tiger Success Unlimited
