Mike Mullen update on UK Retention, Spring 2011, University Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities (UCAPP)

Retention Update for UCAPP

Mike MullenAssociate Provost

Division of Undergraduate Education

Institutional Interest in Retention and Graduation RatesFlashback to 2005 - 2007

Top 20 Business Plan - do more by 2020 Increase overall enrollments by up to 7000 Increase graduation rates to 72%

4118 Undergraduates admitted in 2006 (+7.7%)

2007 - One year retention rate dropped – 76.4%

Provost declared “War on Attrition.”

First Year Retention and 6-Year Graduation, 2000-2006

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65

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77.7 79.377.1 78.4 78.9 77.8 76.4

59.1 59.8 59.161.4

57.759.6

56.4

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Retention and 6-Year Graduation Rates – UK and Top 20 Benchmarks for 2009

Retention Graduation0

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80.3

59.5

93.882.1

UK Benchmarks

Source: UK Institutional Research

TOP 20Georgia TechOhio State UPenn StateRutgersTexas A&MUC-BerkeleyUC-DavisUCLAUC-San DiegoU of FloridaU of IllinoisU of MarylandU of MichiganU of MinnesotaUNC-CHU of PittsburghU of TexasU of VirginiaU of WashingtonU of Wisconsin

Retention Rates vs ACT- 2007

An Equal Opportunity University

UK

Office of Institutional Research

GOALS

90% retention

72% graduation

Shorter time to graduation

Factors Affecting Student Success

Academic BackgroundHS GPAStandardized TestsCredit for Prior Learning

Attitude and Motivational Institutional FitAcademic Self-confidence and CommitmentTime Management Skills

Financial and Socio-economic BackgroundParent Educational AttainmentFamily IncomeDistance from Home

2009 Demographics and RetentionYes No

African American 71.8 83.0

First Generation 74.1 83.4

Lower Socio-economic as measured by Pell Grant

73.3 84.1

First Gen + LSES 75.4 81.9

Male 80.3 83.2

Out of State 80.7 82.0

2009 Retention by ProgramsYes No

Discovery Seminar 83.12 83.0

Honors 96.3

UK 101 82.0 81.5

UK 110

Out of State 80.7 82.0

What have we done so far?

Advising staff additions

K-Week activities

UK 101 expansion

Academic Enhancement expansion

More freshmen living on campus

Academic Alerts and Midterm Grades

Financial Alerts and Financial Ombud

Targeted interventions by cohort

Enrollment, First Year Retention and 6-Year Graduation, 2000-2009

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77.779.3

77.178.4 78.9 77.8

76.4

81.0 80.381.8

59.1 59.8 59.161.4

57.759.6

56.4

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Examples of Success

First Generation Status and Enrollment in UK 101 Retention for all Cohorts 2006-2009

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74.3

82.7No UK 101UK 101

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Benchmark First Year Retention = 93.8%

Impact of “The Study” on DEW– 2008-09

MA 109 MA 123 CHE 1050.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

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40.0

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32.5 33.335.3

25.623.5

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36.0 37.3 38.7

Overall With Peer Tutoring No Peer Tutoring

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Impact of Peer Tutoring at “The Study” on Retention

High School GPA - 2009

< 2.5 2.5 - 2.99 3.0 - 3.49 3.5 - 4.00

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52.1

68.6 72.7

88.4

72.0 75.983.3

89.6

No Participation Participation

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Economic Indicators

The Cost of Time to Graduation

4 Years 5 Years 6 Years$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

$45,000

$50,000

$55,000

$34,936 $43,670 $52,404

Total tuition and fees of $4367/semester and assuming full-time enrollment

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What does Retention Mean in $$

A 1% increase in retention maintained over four years is ca. $600K, for just that cohort.

Maintaining our current gains over four years is ca. $3.3M, for just that cohort.

Compound that by enhanced retention and graduation for all cohorts in a four year period.

More on the HorizonGen Ed revision and implementation - ACADEMIC

Expand Living Learning Communities & Residential

Colleges

Focus on the Sophomore

Progress to degree analysis, degree navigation

Consolidate Student Success programs

What can Departments/Colleges do?Course redesign, curriculum mapping, advising,

track student progress, monitor curriculum

bottlenecks

First-year courses and activities in the major

Continued emphasis on Academic Alerts and

midterm grades

StudentSuccess

UndergraduateEducation

Academic AdvisingAcademic Support

Cross-college Academic EnrichmentRetention Services

P-20 InitiativesColleges andDepartments

FacultyAcademic ProgramsAcademic AdvisingCourse Innovation

Engagement

StudentAffairs

Co-curriculumK-WeekUK 101

C&TOrganizations

LLCHousing

EnrollmentManagement

Recruit and MatriculateTransfer Services

Financial Aid/ScholarshipsRegistration

Undergraduate Experience

Institutional DiversityAcademic Advising

& Support Engagement

International ProgramsStudy Abroad

International Programming

InformationTechnology

CELT

Libraries

IRPE

InformationTechnology

CELT

Libraries

IRPE