Faculty meeting the Challenges with the Grand Challenge Initiative These courses are engaging our first-year students in exploring multiple perspectives in areas of contemporary global significance. Fall 2010: 530 freshmen in 28 collaborative team seminars; Fall 2011: over 600 freshmen in 30 seminars Assessments are positive. A full assessment report was provided to the Faculty Senate at its May 2011 meeting. Newsletter – Fall 2011 Comparing assessment data from Grand Challenge courses with NSSE questions related to all courses: Thirty new grand challenge classes will be offered in the Fall 2011. INSIDE Grand Challenge Courses See Results Enrollment Updates & Student Success Progress on Navigating Student Pathways Visiting Scholars Announced Advancing the Global Campus at URI New Experiential Collaborative Classrooms Upgraded During Summer & more… OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
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Office of the Provost
1
Faculty meeting the
Challenges with the
Grand Challenge
Initiative
These courses are engaging our
first-year students in exploring
multiple perspectives in areas of
contemporary global significance.
Fall 2010: 530 freshmen in 28
collaborative team seminars; Fall
2011: over 600 freshmen in 30
seminars
Assessments are positive. A full
assessment report was provided to
the Faculty Senate at its May 2011
meeting.
2
Newsletter – Fall 2011
Comparing assessment data from Grand Challenge courses
with NSSE questions related to all courses:
Thirty new grand challenge
classes will be offered in the
Fall 2011.
INSIDE § Grand Challenge Courses See Results § Enrollment Updates & Student Success § Progress on Navigating Student Pathways § Visiting Scholars Announced § Advancing the Global Campus at URI § New Experiential Collaborative § Classrooms Upgraded During Summer & more…
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
Student Success 2
Making Significant Gains In Student Success: Graduation and Retention Rates Improved
§ First-year retention is at 80%. The significant increase has been in out of state retention - a 6.3% increase - an area of previous difficulty.
§ Six-year graduation rate increased to 62.7% (+2.7%) -- reflects an unprecedented 6% increase in graduation rate over the past 4 years – does not include
transfer students -- ~20% of the
graduating class.
Enrollment Planning is focused on increasing yield, quality, and selectivity
Fall First –year students
§ ~600 merit scholarship recipients for both in and out-of-state
Increase in:
§ Average SAT score from 1081 to 1096 and average high school GPA from 3.18 to 3.32
§ Diversity/students of color - 7%
§ Out-of-state yield from 11% to 15%
§ Total undergraduate applications, hitting over 20,000 for the first time Exceeding our freshmen class target
University of Rhode Island Six-Year Graduation Rates
46.343.1 42.1 42.6
53.6
40.3 40.837.1 37.9
47.4
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Graduation Year
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Under-represented Talent Development
First Year Retention Rates of First-time, Full-time Freshmen