Improve student outcomes with informed action
Lucy brings your institution's outcomes data and a library of student-success research together, so you can see where students are falling behind and what has worked elsewhere.
Who Lucy is for
The people doing student-success work at colleges and universities.
- Administrators, deans and department chairs setting priorities
- Advisors, faculty and student-success staff changing practice
- Program managers leading a transformation effort
How Lucy helps
Ask in plain language. Lucy answers with evidence you can check.
- Compares your graduation outcomes with peer institutions using IPEDS data
- Finds and cites guidance from leading student-success organizations
- Works with your own documents and spreadsheets once you sign in
Why it matters
Gaps in completion fall hardest on first-generation, low-income and racially minoritized students.
- Focus effort where the gaps for your students are largest
- Ground decisions in evidence rather than anecdote
- Move from analysis to a plan your team can act on
Built on trust. Designed for higher education.
Sources you can read
Answers that draw on research list their sources, so you can go to the original.
Honest about limits
Data analyses come with their caveats and the strength of the evidence, stated plainly.
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About Lucy
Named in honor of Lucy Stanton Day Sessions, one of the first Black women in the United States to complete a four-year collegiate course of study, Lucy.education represents persistence, access, and the transformative power of education. Born in 1831, Lucy Stanton broke barriers at a time when both racial and gender discrimination severely limited educational opportunities. She became a powerful advocate for literacy, abolition, and educational advancement throughout her life, using learning not simply as personal achievement, but as a tool for community empowerment and social mobility.
Her story reflects the mission at the core of Lucy.education: helping students — especially those from historically underserved backgrounds — navigate systems that were not always designed for them, and building practical, individualized pathways to success. Lucy Stanton's legacy is not only about academic excellence, but about resilience, advocacy, and creating opportunity where barriers once existed. She is an ideal namesake for a platform focused on improving graduation outcomes, expanding access, and ensuring that more students are supported all the way through completion.
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