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Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators

We work to improve access to student success services by reducing barriers to proven supports – like tutoring

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When we started Nimbus Learning, we looked to solve what we saw as a gap in support for students such as ourselves. Our peers would reach out for help but would be faced with a multitude of obstacles to access student success services. We watched as they put time and effort into finding help (whether that be finding tutors, mentors or other support) on top of an already intense workload, juggling school, jobs and family responsibilities. We watched their health, wellbeing and success suffer as a result.


When we connected with administrators to try to understand the problem, we saw ambitious and dedicated offices spending a significant amount of time every day on repetitive, time-consuming tasks. Tasks like emailing to match students with the right mentor, recruiting tutors, and tracking hours and time sheets.

Over the years, we have honed our method to make student success services more accessible while also cutting down on the administrative workload. The Nimbus Learning platform centralizes tutoring, mentorship and advising programs into one place, where service providers can make their availability known in a few steps and students can book what they need at the click of a button. We help tutors develop the tools they need to succeed in their first jobs, empower administrators to see every aspect of their program in seconds and guide future planning based on in-depth analytics.

We now work with administrators at over 25 schools, representing a quarter of a million students, to reduce the time that they spend on managing their student services by 52%. That return on time allows them to actually grow their services instead of just maintaining them. The results are efficient, budget-saving programs that provide more value to students, help students do better academically and, ultimately, help them succeed.

A graduate stands with his back to the camera, clad in his cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts through access to tutors — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of graduates throw their caps into the air in front of a university building. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A graduate stands with her back to the camera, clad in her cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of students sit at a wooden table, laughing as they hold cups of coffee. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A graduate stands with her back to the camera, clad in her cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of graduates throw their black graduate caps in the air
A graduate stands with his back to the camera, clad in his cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts through access to tutors — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of students sit at a wooden table, laughing as they hold cups of coffee. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of graduates throw their caps into the air in front of a university building. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A graduate stands with her back to the camera, clad in her cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A graduate stands with her back to the camera, clad in her cap and gown. Our mission is to improve student success and eliminate preventable student dropouts — without putting more burden on administrators.
A group of graduates throw their black graduate caps in the air

Our goals

Promote student success & retention

We connect those who have a passion for teaching with those with the motivation to learn. Whether it be in the classroom or as students look to develop skills outside of academia, there will always be a need to know more, understand more and improve.

Increase administrative efficiency

We want program managers to have more time to focus on what matters. Reduce silos, easily recruit tutors, manage your roster, get feedback and see what subjects are in high demand.

Support the student experience

We reduce the barriers to getting support. By putting all programs in one spot, students can easily see what is available to them, book sessions, communicate with tutors & mentors and leave feedback. Help students access the help available to them and create valuable student-to-student connections.

BUILD

accessible services

The Nimbus team - a group of 10 professionally dressed men and women make funny poses for the camera
CONNECT
communities
SUPPORT

learning and
development

STREAMLINE
time-consuming, inefficient logistics
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ELIMINATE

preventable
student dropouts

SUPPORT

learning and
development

ELIMINATE

preventable
student dropouts

At Nimbus Learning, we believe in preserving the human element when using technology. So we’d like to introduce ourselves – the team behind the technology.

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We are thrilled that we have this opportunity to provide such value to our partners and look forward to playing our part in creating a more connected academic experience.

You’ll keep ’em coming back to connect and learn. Connect
with our team to learn more!