AI-Ready Institution Webinar Series
The Students You're About to Lose
A 30-minute consortium briefing on turning data and AI into students who stay, and finish.
July 16, 2026
1 PM EST
Why You Should Attend
Most students who leave don’t fail out, they drift, and the warning signs sit in campus data weeks before anyone acts. Retention is one of the few enrollment levers an institution fully controls, but operationalizing it means connecting data across systems and reaching the right students in time. In this 30-minute briefing, CCF convenes a practical, vendor-neutral look at how predictive early-alert analytics and AI-assisted outreach help institutions intervene before students disengage.
What you’ll take away:
- Why the signals of attrition usually exist before anyone notices
- What predictive early-alert looks like across SIS, LMS, aid, and engagement data
- How AI-assisted outreach extends advisor reach without adding staff
- Why integration and engagement are the prerequisites that make retention work
About Speakers
Leonard Napolitano
4th Employee at Blackboard
Former CEO of Capture HIgher Ed
Former CRO of Parchment
Chief Value Creation Officer, ElevenX Capital
Raymond Todd Blackwood
Host, The AI-Ready Institution Webinar Series
Former VP of Product Management, Anthology (Ellucian)
President, QuickLaunch


