Make Your Campus the Most Connected in America
Belonging Drives Everything. We Help You Measure and Build It.
“Connection is the new infrastructure.”
MATR gives Student Affairs a live view of how students are actually relating to one another and the tools to strengthen those relationships at scale.
“A strong sense of belonging measurably improves retention and persistence.”
“Student experience and belonging are now as predictive of completion as academic support.”
The Connection Crisis on Campus
Today’s students arrive on campus already carrying isolation and worry:
At the same time:
📉 Trust in institutions is declining.
↔️ Campus discourse is more polarized.
😖 Counseling centers are overwhelmed.
👋 Traditional “welcome week + a few programs” is no longer enough.
Students don’t just need more events. They need real relationships.
🛑 Disconnected students disengage.
🛑 Disengaged students leave.
MATR exists to help you change that.
From Isolated Individuals to a Connected Campus
Imagine being able to answer, with confidence:
“Where on campus are students most connected?”
“Which groups feel unseen or isolated?”
“Are our belonging initiatives actually working?”
Our vision is simple:
Help colleges become the Most Connected Campuses in America and make connection a visible, measurable asset for student success.
MATR turns everyday student conversations into relational intelligence: live insight into how students are connecting, where they’re struggling, and what’s working.
MATR: Relational Intelligence for Student Life
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Guided Conversations at Scale
MATR provides structured, meaningful prompts that help students move beyond small talk:
➡ For orientation cohorts
➡ For residence halls
➡ For student orgs, Greek life, athletics, and learning communities
➡ For cross-identity and cross-belief dialogues
Every conversation is opt-in, psychologically safe, and designed for connection—not debate.
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The Campus Connection Index™
As students participate, MATR generates a Connection Index for:
➡ The whole campus
➡ Specific residence halls
➡ Student organizations and teams
➡ Class years or identity-based groups
You see:
🔗 Relationship strength & cohesion
🧩 Where fragmentation or isolation is emerging
📈 How belonging shifts over time and after interventions
This is actionable data, not just another climate survey.
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A Competition for Good
MATR turns connection into a game:
🏆 Org vs. Org: Which student org, team, or hall has the strongest connection score?
🎓 Campus vs. Campus: Which institution will earn the title “Most Connected Campus in America”?
Students earn points for participating in conversations, hosting MATR dialogues, and strengthening their organization’s Connection Index.
It’s fun for students and strategic for Student Affairs.
Directly Mapped to Your Mandate
Extrinsic outcomes (what your institution is measured on):
📉 Higher retention and persistence by strengthening belonging
📊 Better campus climate metrics with real-time relational data
🧠 Improved mental health outcomes by reducing isolation upstream
🌍 Stronger DEI & belonging evidence for reports, accreditation, and boards
“When students feel they belong, they are significantly more likely to persist and succeed academically.”
Intrinsic outcomes (why you chose this work):
❤️ Students who feel seen, heard, and supported
🤝 More cohesive, compassionate campus culture
🌱 Student leaders who can actually navigate conflict and difference
🕊️ More understanding across identities and ideologies in a divisive time
MATR is the bridge between your mission and your metrics.
Turn Student Leaders into Culture Architects
Student leaders are juggling:
Conflict in their orgs
Sensitive campus conversations
Event planning and logistics
Expectations from administration and peers
Most of them have huge responsibility and almost no training.
MATR supports them with:
💬 Ready-to-run conversation frameworks for their org
📊 Org-level Connection Index to see how their members are doing
🚦 Early signals of burnout, disengagement, or bubbling conflict
🧭 Clear next steps: what to do this month to strengthen their community
They get to see, in real time, how their leadership is shaping belonging.
Simple to Launch. Powerful Over Time.
1️⃣ Co-Design the Pilot (2–4 Weeks)
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What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.
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2️⃣ Run MATR Conversations (4–12 Weeks)
3️⃣ Review Insights & Scale
Ready to Build the Most Connected Campus in America?
Whether you’re focused on first-year retention, campus climate, student mental health, or leadership development, MATR gives you a new lever: real-time insight into how students are actually connecting.
Let’s design a pilot that fits your campus.