Student Success Initiatives

STUDENT SUCCESS

INITIATIVESCSI, Unmet Prerequisite Advising,

QuickStart & MathStart

WE FOCUSED OUR ATTENTION ON: Creating a Comprehensive First-Year

Experience

Math Advising

College Student Inventory – Intrusive Advising

Evaluating and Revising IDS 101: College Success Strategies Course

PRE-ENROLLMENT PROGRAM

Targets Nontraditional Students and Last-minute Applicants

Free Eight-week Course to Aid Students in Overcoming Initial Barriers Assistance with the application and FAFSA Career Exploration Organization and Time Management Math Refresher Writing Refresher Computer Literacy Skills – Blackboard, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power

Point Preparation for Accuplacer Testing First-year Academic Plan

Referral COM 090 COM 091 College Level

5%

22%30%

43%Reading Placements

Referral ENG 095 ENG 096 College Level

0%

16%

43% 41%Writing Placements

24%35% 41%Math Placements

OUTCOME HIGHLIGHTS

MATHSTART Free ten-week course that targets students

who are below placement only in developmental math.

Conditional start status permits enrollment

in 10 credit hours.

Subsequent enrollment contingent on passing the course, retaking the arithmetic subtest, and placing into a math course.

MATHSTART 72 (74%) were successful completers in 2010-2011

Students average gain on retake of Accuplacer arithmetic subtest = 26 points

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WHY ANALYTICS Purdue University and Gardner Institute

grant – Building and Scaling Analytic Capacity

Data driven decision making (D3M)

Student engagement and retention

Funding implications – completion rates