The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU
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Transcript of The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU
Presented to the SMART GroupNovember 16, 2007
First time full time freshmen 1 year rates
Persistence at WSU(continuing to enroll from year to year)
Persistence in any higher education institution
Time to graduationReaching the academic goals
School FY 2005 Cohort
FY 2004 Cohort
FY 2003 Cohort
FY 2002 Cohort
M4NR SL 71 73 74
L4NR SD 82 84 84 81
Peer 2 LV 70 72 73 72
Peer 3 (OU) 70 71 72 73
WSU L4NR
70 69 68 70
Peer 1 PS 68 65 65 65
School FY 2000 cohort
FY 1999 cohort
FY 1998
L4NR SD 58 53 47
Peer 3 O 44 45 47
M4NR –SL 42 43 45
Peer 2 LV 39 41 42
WSU L4NR
35 37 37
Peer 1 P 33 29 27
6 year graduation rate
Washburn 61
KU 59
KSU 56
PSU 51
FHSU 49
ESU 44
WSU 37
FTFT group represents about 1,000 to 1,100 students each year
Part timeNontraditional Graduate students Continuing education Transfer students
57.6% were in good academic standing
Of the Fall 2005 enrollees, 22.5% of freshmen
withdrew18.4 % of sophomores
withdrew 23.1 % of juniors withdrew
36. 5 % of seniors withdrew
2 year
3 year
4 year
5 year
6 year
L4NR SD
19 53 66 71 73
Peer 1 PS
26 48 62 68 69
Peer 3 (OU)
9 33 51 58 61
WSU L4NR
13 38 49 53 57
M4NR –SL
12 33 45 49 49
What are the steps to managing retention?
Help students reach their academic goals.
DegreeContinuing Ed
CertificatePersonal fulfillment
ENGAGEMENT
What is the one best thing we should
do to increase student engagement and success on our campus?
“Make it possible for every student to participate in at least two high impact activities, one in their first year, and one later in their major field.” Kuh
Student interaction with faculty/staff and peers
Early—freshmen seminars, learning communities, Service Learning
Later—Research with faculty, Study abroad, Senior Capstone
YOU
All the advertising in the world can be undone in a second when a student encounters someone who ignores them, gives them wrong information, or treats them badly.