Location Washington DC Metro Area, United States, North America Regions East Coast Gender Female
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Elena Maria Cox was the CEO and co-founder at vibeffect.
Elena envisions each college as an ecosystem in which individuals grow and respond in unique ways. Further, she defines “growing” at this stage of life as happening across many dimensions beyond grade point average. Elena’s vision is a blend of Moneyball-thinking and decades of work in
complex systems facing a crisis or huge growth opportunities in both the USA and abroad. This is the result of her research on the greater access movement, which revealed a shocking truth: in a trend that began in the 1990s, 50-80% of incoming college students do not graduate.
Further research revealed that the definition of “success” in education, especially higher education, lacks consensus and often boils down to “not failing.” At this point, the solution emerged: to positively add to the education space, the highest level of thriving would need to be defined, proven, replicated, and then dissected and pushed out to students of all ages in relatable, relevant ways where they need and how they need to consume it.
