The Story Hook
What's happening at Larkspur State University?
Business Administration undergrad — the largest program by headcount — runs withdrawal at ~26.6% against a school-wide mean of ~7.7% (+2.99σ), with the drop concentrated at the sophomore fall-to-spring transition.
The People
Three protagonists.
Hero Persona
Fiona Yakubov-Redwing
Vice Provost, Enrollment Management
"The aggregate is not the answer. I need to name the program and the term."
Protagonist
Malik Chowdhury-Whittaker
Retention Lead, Undergrad Advising
"Give me the sophomore-fall data and I can retune the advising load."
Analyst
Perpetua Lönnrot-Vasquez
Institutional Research Analyst
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Ready to build?
In Beat 2 of the workshop, you'll pick Larkspur State University as your storyline. Claude Code has already read the semantic model, knows the personas, and understands the signal in the data. You describe the dashboard you want in plain English. It builds.