USI’S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS

February 14, 2019

Dr. Shelly B. BluntAssociate Provost for Academic Affairs

Identifying and Admitting At-Risk Students

How does your institution define and classify a student as “at-risk” prior to admission?

• Students not classified as “at-risk” prior to admission

• Students not meeting admission requirements not admitted to university

Supporting and Monitoring All Students• First Year Experience (UNIV 101) for all first-time students

• Early Alert and Progress grades at weeks 3 and 6

• Degree Maps for all students

• Career Counseling available through Center for Exploring Majors

• Student Success Week (introduces academic support opportunities

• Required advising for all first-year students, students with undeclared majors and students not yet admitted to professional programs

• Programmatic Initiatives including Exploring Majors Fair, Career Planning Course, Living Learning Communities, Student Support Services (a TRIO program), and ScholarCorps Americorps member housed at USI

• CARE Team

Supporting and Monitoring All Students• Student Retention Predictor (a predictive analytics tool) used

by advisors

SRP Factors• High School GPA• Number of Days as Applicant • High School CEEB Code• Percent of Need Met (Financial

Need)• High School Diploma Type• Open House Attendance

Student Retention Predictor Results

Cohort Predicted Actual

2015 71.6% 69.3%

2016 72.5% 73.5%

2017 71.8% 76.2%

Ability to Pay for College

$ 0.00

$ 500,000.00

$ 1,000,000.00

$ 1,500,000.00

$ 2,000,000.00

$ 2,500,000.00

$ 3,000,000.00

Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Fall2018

Spring 2019

Current Students Outstanding Tuition and Fees

First Semester Freshmen Second Semester Freshmen First Semester Sophomore Second Semester Sophomore

First Semester Junior Second Semester Junior First Semester Senior Second Semester Senior

10,902,939 10,430,801 11,536,066

29,990,465 30,368,20731,428,720

3,788,205 4,372,912

4,457,262

T O T A L D O L L A R S T O T A L D O L L A R S T O T A L D O L L A R S

Pell Grants Direct (Student) Loans Parent PLUS Loans

Federal Financial Aid

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

Higher Education Award Adult Student 21st Century Scholarships State Incentive Grants Child of Diasbled veteran

State Financial Aid

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

USI Indiana Nationally

Aggregate Student Debt

2018 2017

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Cohort Default Rates

USI Indiana National Four-Year Public

Financial Literacy• Established Financial Care Team

• Streamline approach to assisting students develop a plan to pay for college

• Financial Peer Mentors program established

• Creating a Financial Wellness Center in Spring 2019

• Financial Literacy Website (https://www.usi.edu/financial-aid/resources/financial-literacy/)

Key Takeaways

• USI is identifying students as “AT-RISK” through predictive analytics and has developed an outreach plan specific for these students.

• The ability to pay for college has a significant impact on student success.

• New financial literacy programming is targeted toward first semester students.

QUESTIONS?