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Student Success Update

UGE Division Meeting

Aug 17, 2011

StudentSuccess

UndergraduateEducation

Academic AdvisingAcademic Support

Academic EnrichmentRetention Services

P-20 InitiativesColleges andDepartments

FacultyDegree Programs

Academic AdvisingCourse Innovation

ResearchEngagement

StudentAffairs

Co-curriculumK-WeekUK 101

Counseling ServicesStudent Organizations

LLCHousing

EnrollmentManagement

Recruit and MatriculateTransfer Services

Financial Aid/ScholarshipsRegistration

Undergraduate Experience

Institutional DiversityAcademic Advising

& Support Student Activities

Engagement

International ProgramsStudy Abroad

International Programming

InformationTechnology

CELT

Libraries

IRPE

InformationTechnology

CELT

Libraries

IRPE

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1st and 2nd Year Retention - 2000-2010 cohorts

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201060

65

70

75

80

85

77.7

79.3

77.1

78.4 78.9 77.8

76.4

81.0

80.3

81.8 81.3

70.872.5

68.270.2 70.4

68.9 68.471.1 71.0 71.2

1st to 2nd 1st to 3rd

Cohort Year

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BLUE = Projected

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*estimated

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First Year Retention – First Gen

2006 2007 2008 200960

65

70

75

80

85

First Gen Not First Gen

718 students

3393 students

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Improving the Quality of the Cohort

Cohort Total APP* Students Math APP Students

2009 766 478

2010 468 253

2011** 314 233

*APP = Academic Preparation Program Students with ACT scores in Math, Reading or Writing below College Readiness Standards as defined by SB 1.

**Estimated.

Student Engagement Programs

(SA)

UG Studies, UG

Research…

AE Study, IAC,

etc…

CARESFirst

ScholarsRSPSSS

Disability ResourcesAMSTEMM

Student Success Center

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What can you do?

• As we interact with students, remember that they are the centrality of our existence.

• Be there to help students find appropriate resources

• Submit Student Alerts on students you are concerned about.

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SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER

Bringing student operations closer together…

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The University of Kentucky’s QEP is

MCXC !!!

Drs. Deanna Sellnowand Diane Snow (QEP Co-Chairs)

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• Quality Enhancement Plan• A core requirement for SACS Reaffirmation of

Accreditation: • “. . . a carefully designed course of action that

addresses a well-defined and focused topic or issue related to enhancing student learning” (SACS Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation, 2007, p. 3).

What is a QEP?

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What is our QEP?• Multimodal

Communication Across the Curriculum (MCXC)

Why are we here today?• To tell you what it is

and to generate “buzz”

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Why MCXC?1) It’s what employers want.

Association of American Colleges and Universities

(Hart, 2007)

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• “[Only] one in four employers thinks . . . colleges are doing a good job” (p. 2).

• 89% said colleges should place greater emphasis on developing students’ “ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing” (p. 9).

• 81%: critical & analytical reasoning skills

2) 2009 Follow-up . . .

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3) UKCoreDesign principle #3

(vertical integration)Learning outcome #2

(written, oral, and visual communication)

4) Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)

Communication Requirement in the Major (CRM)

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5) We’re “Number 1”! This program is unique

nationally!!

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Faculty Development• To help design

instruction, assignments, and assessment tools to achieve profession-appropriate communication learning outcomes

Student Tutoring• To help create and

refine classroom communication projects (flat/static print, face-to-face, digital/online)

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Thoughts?

Questions?

http://www.uky.edu/SACS/QEP.html