Academic Management at Tecnológico Nacional de México Campus Oriente: Planning Strategies to Strengthen Student Trajectories and Retention

Abstract

Academic management is positioned as a strategic component for strengthening higher education, particularly in technological institutions where planning needs to integrate educational processes, student support and the monitoring of student trajectories. Student retention is associated with academic, personal, economic, family and institutional conditions that may influence educational continuity, making it necessary to establish mechanisms for early identification, guidance and timely support. Within this framework, the analysis examined planning strategies associated with academic management and their relationship with strengthening student trajectories and retention at the Tecnológico Nacional de México Campus Oriente. A qualitative, descriptive and documentary approach was adopted, following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines to organise the search, selection and analysis of specialised publications. The findings identified academic progress monitoring, early detection of difficulties, tutorial support, institutional coordination and the use of academic information to inform decision-making as relevant components. It was concluded that planning has greater scope when these components are integrated into continuous, flexible and coordinated processes capable of responding to students’ needs and creating institutional conditions conducive to educational continuity and student retention.