![]() ![]() ![]() When roaming, the average business traveller will use 3G/4G 40% of the time within the EU, and 30% of the time outside the EU the rest of the time using Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi Cost Index outlines the actual costs of connectivity for business travellers and the impact of unchecked mobile data roaming costs. Failure to see connectivity as an essential part of business travel is badly bruising business' wallets." Business travellers expect connectivity across multiple devices, wherever they go, in order to work productively. Rene Hendrikse, VP EMEA, iPass, commented, "Mobile working has become ingrained in the fabric of many businesses, yet even in today's cost-cutting environment, businesses are wasting money unnecessarily by failing to manage connectivity services and costs for their business travellers when working abroad. In contrast, enabling business travelers with a global Wi-Fi network would realise savings of at least 50%, as documented by the Wi-Fi Cost Index report: equivalent to EUR 2.9 billion per year. This means that a minimum of EUR 5.8 billion was spent in 2012 by European business travellers merely to get online. During 2012 1 European business travellers made 65.1 million international business trips with an average spend on essential connectivity per trip per traveller of EUR 89.23 when travelling within Europe, EUR 155.41 when travelling to the USA and EUR 167.27 to Asia 2. As a result, at least EUR 2.9 billion per year is being wasted. ( NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobile services for enterprises and telecom service providers, revealed in its Wi-Fi Cost Index report, that European businesses are overspending by at least 50% through unmanaged connectivity charges from business travellers making international trips. A second cohort will be enrolled in the study in the fall 2017 semester.REDWOOD SHORES, CA-(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - iPass Inc. The three participating institutions will launch their iPASS interventions in the spring 2017 semester. The study will track students’ outcomes over three years in order to compare the performance of students in the program group with that of students in the control group. Over the course of two semesters, students in the program group will receive personalized outreach from academic advisers, enhanced communication of risk assessments and early alert warnings, and required advising sessions that incorporate information from iPASS technologies. Students will be randomly assigned to a program group, which will receive a more intensive iPASS intervention, or to a control group, which will have access to existing iPASS technologies and standard advising services at the institution. MDRC, in partnership with the Community College Research Center ( CCRC), is working with three iPASS grantee postsecondary institutions to build their advising and student support capacity and conduct randomized controlled trials to evaluate the impact of a more intensive student experience with iPASS. MDRC, in partnership with the Community College Research Center ( CCRC), worked with the study institutions in an initial planning phase through 2016 and is launching randomized controlled trials at three iPASS postsecondary institutions in spring 2017. This study will address two areas of need: first, increasing the capacity of institutions to engage in high-quality iPASS practices by combining technology with redesigned advising that provides sustained, strategic, and proactive support to students and second, building the evidence base on the potential impact of integrated, comprehensive, technology-mediated advising. In the absence of iPASS, these data may be siloed in different departments or software systems. This is achieved by integrating student data such as academic performance in current classes, progress toward a degree, and risk or early alert indicators. These tools and the integrated data help advisers better support students, provide students with more detailed information about their academic progress, and guide them to additional resources that can help. The iPASS initiative provides technology tools and data about students’ academic performance to both students and advisers. Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS) is an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which recently made its second large investment in 26 colleges and universities engaged in technology-mediated advising reform. ![]()
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