University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Using Data to Change Campus CultureThe University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Experience

Michael R. WickAssociate Vice Chancellor for

Academic Affairs

Patricia A. KleineProvost and Vice Chancellor for

Academic Affairs

Wisconsin’s MostBeautiful Campus

The Status Quo

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Data Numb

A Tipping Point

Equity Scorecard

The Compass Project

PsychologyOf

Women

ResearchApprentice

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Student Success

Zoomed View

Experience-Informed

Degree Audit/Transcript Analysis

Experience-Informed

Preliminary Leading Indicators @ Eau Claire

Four-Year Graduation Rate

Impact: Gap between success rates of those completing and not completing milestone.

Opportunity: Percent not completing milestone.

Completed 60+ Credits in First Two Years

Four-Year Graduation Rate

System Support

• Templates

• Trajectories

• Flexibilities

Progress

• Supplemental Instruction

• Degree Audit & Transcript Analysis

• Compass Pilot

• Advising Initiatives

• Consults Cleanup

• Articulation Agreements

Lessons Learned

• Use “big picture” ideology to overcome faculty criticism of data and data collection process.

• Empower faculty to draw conclusions from the data rather than having those conclusions drawn centrally.

• Connect the data to the value system of the faculty.

• Share the data widely and openly.• Be prepared to be evidence-based in all

initiatives.

Questions

Michael R. WickAssociate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

wickmr@uwec.edu