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The CeliaConnect blog.
Practical writing on summer melt, yield modeling, engagement analysis, security architecture, and the mechanics of running AI on Slate without ever touching a student name.
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7 min readStealth melt is bigger than summer melt: what the data says about silent applicants
Stealth melt — applicants who quietly fade mid-cycle without formally declining — is larger than summer melt and mostly invisible. Here is what the data shows.
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8 min readA security due-diligence checklist for higher-ed AI vendors
A buyer's guide for institutions evaluating AI vendors: the questions to ask, the documents to request, and the red flags to watch for before signing a DPA.
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8 min readEngagement, Readiness, Yield: the three questions every admissions counselor should answer daily
The three analyses CeliaConnect runs on every student every day — what they measure, what signals drive them, what the output looks like in Slate.
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8 min readHow AI reads Slate without ever seeing a student's name
A technical walk-through of the no-PII architecture that lets CeliaConnect analyze Slate data without student names, emails, or addresses leaving Slate.
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8 min readThe complete guide to preventing summer melt
Summer melt costs U.S. institutions billions in lost tuition every year. Here is how to measure it, understand it, and design interventions that actually work.
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