April 3, 2013, Student Experience Sub-Committee Meeting

STUDENT EXPERIENCESUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGApril 3, 2013 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

LSU Energy, Coast and Environment Building | Conference Room 1019

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Meeting Information

All articles and presentations will be posted on www.lsu.edu/LSU2015

This meeting is streaming live atwww.lsu.edu/tat

Carroll Suggs and Lt. General Russel Honoré, Co-Chairs

WELCOME

Dr. Mary Feduccia, Director of Career Services

LSU CAREER SERVICES

Erin Guruli, Director of Career Services and Employer Relations

LSU LAW CENTER CAREER SERVICES

LUNCH

Dr. Larry Tremblay, Louisiana Board of Regents Deputy Commissioner for Planning, Research & Academic Affairs

GRADUATION RATES

Dr. Christel Slaughter, SSA Consultants

SURVEY RESULTS TO DATE

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Responses to Date

Institution Count of Responses

LSU A&M 1236LSU Hebert Law Center 5LSU Agricultural Center 69LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center 78LSU Shreveport 126LSU Alexandria 39LSU Eunice 50LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans 733LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport 362LSU Health Services Division 10Total Responses 2708

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Top Priority

Student Experience

Operations and Technology

Research and Discovery

Finance and Revenue

Academics

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

218

267

386

798

1060

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Second Priority

Student Experience

Operations and Technology

Finance and Revenue

Research and Discovery

Academics

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

318

426

564

594

815

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Third Priority

Academics

Research and Discovery

Finance and Revenue

Student Experience

Operations and Technology

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

460

523

536

571

616

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Top Explanations for Those Who Chose Student Experience as One of Their Top Three Priorities

General student experience, needs, and enrollment

Student activities, involvement, and community Quality of education Opportunities for new/different learning

experiences Student recruitment and current enrollment Student retention Student preparedness before and after graduation

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Sample CommentsGeneral student experience, needs, and enrollment

“Students are the reason for the institution.” “As a student I often just feel like a statistic.” “I think that the Student Experience should be the top priority of the Transition

Advisory Team because the students fund the school and make up the University, and therefore should be the core concern of changes within the LSU system.”

“This is a college, not strictly a business. We need to get back to students enjoying this time of their lives!!!”

“If not for faculty and students, the university would not need to exist. Research expands existing knowledge and can transfer technology into application, but the role of the university is education of the populace, not training for jobs.”

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Sample CommentsStudent activities, involvement, and community

“I feel as if the other areas are well accounted for, but on the New Orleans campus especially I do not personally feel connected with anyone other than my department. I believe there could be more activities or event to unite the entire campus. LSU in BR has an excellent student experience, and I feel as though that is something the NO campus could improve the most.”

“It is hard to know everything that is going on on campus. I wish there was something that I could look at all of the activities and plan out what I could go to. Even something where I could plug in my interests and see what is going on. Like if there were and easier way to search for things to do on campus each night. There are many things that I am still discovering that I wish I had known about in the past.”

“LSU needs to do a better job of valuing the student experience outside of the classroom, providing tools for increased leadership and learning opportunities, and create a culture of student engagement beyond football!”

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Sample CommentsQuality of education

“If not for faculty and students, the university would not need to exist. Research expands existing knowledge and can transfer technology into application, but the role of the university is education of the populace, not training for jobs.”

“We need to ensure that students have a rich experience on campus. Learning occurs across a spectrum of environments, not just inside a classroom. Ensuring high quality programs and other educational endeavors is critical. Also, if your students have a rich, well-rounded experience, they tend to give money back to the institution once they graduate.”

“LSU is has a mission to educate. It must focus on providing tools for success and enhanced student experiences to retain and attract students (which are also vital to funding operations).”

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Sample CommentsOpportunities for new/different learning experiences

“More student interactive learning is needed to better bridge and integrate the basic sciences and clinical aspects of medicine.”

“Brick and mortar universities will only thrive if they provide a better learning experience than online schools. Group learning, flipping courses to utilize classroom time for more than lecturing, and research experiences must be provided at larger rates than currently done. The student experience must be conducive to learning in and out of the classroom.”

“The student experience should be closely linked to academics.” “Once the Academic programs and finance situations are stable, the next step

would be to ensure that students have access to the same experience regardless of the campus attended. These experiences should include both those met in the classroom as well as outside the classroom.”

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Sample CommentsStudent recruitment and current enrollment

“The students are who bring in the tuition dollars and thus their experience must be the best possible. Enhancing the student experience will help in future recruitment and possibly even in recruiting better professors to teach the students.”

“If we're not meeting student needs and expectations with regard to the "real" world, then we won't have much of an enrollment. Hence academics become moot.”

“From a recruiting and retention standpoint, the Student Experience is critical. It needs to be addressed in terms not only for traditional students, but also not-traditional, international, and online students as well.”

“Students should have the experience here that makes them want to give back to LSU. Not just financially, but also through volunteering, helping to recruit, and being proud to say they went to such a great school.”

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Sample CommentsStudent preparedness before and after graduation

“Better prepare students for real-world skills (i.e. job-hunting, budgeting, etc.)” “The UCFY and UCAC departments need to have better information prepared for

new students, with regard to moving into a students Major College. There seems to be a communication issue between the two with what a students needs are for moving into their Major College. An example is that students are told that they should take electives instead of following their Major Colleges flow chart in case they decide they do not want to major in that field.”

“Beginning students need much better study skills coming out of high school, and they need much more effective advisement on selecting a major and on career choices.”

“I am student. At the heart of the mission of LSU is training and educating students so they may better serve the public and the practice of medicine in the future. Students are most suffering from the inconsistencies in training sites, funding changes, access to patients and the lack of trained educators in the private sector of the private-public partnerships. Students are the future!”

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Sample CommentsStudent retention

“Without adequate student experience we will not be able to recruit students into the LSU System. LSU Shreveport needs students life and dorms(!). I firmly believe that students who spend a lot of time on campus excel in their academic (and later professional) life. This is directly correlated with retention. With students on our campus, we could get more students interested in research, student activities, etc.”

“Positive Student Experience = Retention.” “Retention of students should be a top priority, and we do that by using class time

effectively through active learning strategies and engaging students, building student networks and offering support services.”

“The student experience creates retention and builds future strong alumni and development.”

Group Discussion

KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DATE

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Sub-Committee Charge

Access and opportunity for students Student aid Student recruitment and enrollment

Support for student success to improve: Graduation rates Workforce and career opportunities

Service learning

Group Discussion

AGENDA AND DATE FOR NEXT MEETING