KSU Navigate Timeline

KSU Navigate Implementation Timeline

  • May 2022: Input from Kent State community members.
  • June - July 2022: RFP issued.
  • May - Dec. 2022: An all-campus academic success group met to evaluate vendors to provide a solution for a software platform for scheduling tutoring, supplemental instruction, peer academic coaching, and more.
  • Oct. 2022 - Jan. 2023: Vendor presentations and demonstrations.
  • Jan. - Feb. 2023: The academic support group reviewed EAB Navigate 360 as a solution for the tutoring platform.
  • May 2023: EAB is approved vendor.
  • Summer - Fall 2023: Data integration with EAB.
  • Fall 2023: A student contest successfully renamed the tool from Navigate 360 to KSU Navigate to reflect Kent State’s branding, and the team has implemented the software for a spring 2024 tutoring pilot at select campuses.
  • Fall 2023 - Spring 2024: Advising and tutoring pilot groups work to setup KSU Navigate.
  • Mid-Spring 2024: Tutoring pilot launched at the Ashtabula Campus, Geauga Campus, Trumbull Campus, Tuscarawas Campus, Twinsburg Academic Center.
  • Summer 2024: Piloting advising, tutoring and academic coaching at select locations in our 8-campus system.
  • Fall 2024: Full university-wide rollout of academic support services (advising and tutoring) through KSU Navigate platform.