The easiest way to check in, connect, and intervene—before students give up.
Tailwind helps you listen to students at scale—using personalized text messages that uncover barriers and guide students to the right support, so they can keep going.
Tailwind helps you listen to students at scale—using personalized text messages that uncover barriers and guide students to the right support, so they can keep going.
With Tailwind, you find and focus on retaining your most at-risk students
Tailwind sends check-ins to your students via text, so you can see who’s struggling—before they withdraw.
We do this weekly, or at a personalized cadence for each individual.
Tailwind automatically routes students to supports that match what they need in the moment, increasing their awareness and engagement with your support resources
Staff know who needs help — right now — with data that flags at-risk students.
Tailwind then re-targets personalized outreach and check-ins to continue supporting your most at-risk.
But It's Not Always Easy to Find
of students said they wouldn't know where to go if they needed help for their mental health. Of those you said they needed help, 42% never sought it.
- CCCSE, Supporting Minds, Supporting Learners, 2024 National Report
of students screened positive for depression, with 20% meeting criteria for major depression.
- 2022–2023 Healthy Minds Study
of students reported that these issues had hurt their academic performance.
- CCCSE, Supporting Minds, Supporting Learners, 2024 National Report
With first-hand higher ed experience
Tailwind researches your strategic plan, and designs an SMS outreach strategy based on your specific goals, population, existing resources, and student journey.
We execute your strategy on your behalf, greatly reducing administrative burden, and zero need for onboarding to a new platform.
Expect response rates that vary from 15% - 40%+, and as many as 50-100+ referrals/week to various supports in your community, along with data to track the impact of ongoing check-ins with your persistence targets.
98% of text messages are opened, compared to 6-20% for email, according to Gartner Research
We like to share where we struggle, we just don’t like to start the conversation.
I think that all the texts were very supportive, and I was happy to receive them
It kind of gave me the kick in the but I needed to continue on with what I was doing, and not just give up at the beginning of the semester
The information, feedback, and support from the text messages helped on days when I felt alone or I couldn't complete a task. The support was amazing.
As the semester progressed, I answered more because I was like, this is actually a helpful thing.
Let's explore if we can apply our model to your campus!
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