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WhySeniorsLeaveandHowtoHelpThemGraduateShannonL.Johnson,EdD,MSWComeBacktoMānoaProgramattheUniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa21July2017,CAAConference

ForInterac7vePolls:PollEv.com/WhySeniorsLeaveortextWhySeniorsLeaveto37607

PresentationObjectivesAsaresultofthispresentaHon,parHcipantswillbeableto

•  Examineanddiscusswhyundergraduateseniors“stopout”whentheyaresoclosetofinishing

•  IdenHfyvariousdegreecompleHonprograms

•  UnderstandhowoneprogramaOemptstohelpseniorswhostoppedouttoreturnandgraduate

•  BebeOerabletodevelopadvisingstrategiestoreducesenioraOriHonandhelpwithpersistencetodegree


PresentationAgenda•  LiteratureReview•  OverviewofComeBacktoMānoa(CBM)Program•  DataCollecHonMethods•  WhySeniorsLeT•  WhySeniorsReturn•  MajorImpactofCBMProgram•  AdvisingStrategies•  NextSteps/FutureThoughts•  Q&A


LiteratureReviewReten%onandPersistence•  Mostlyfocusesonfirstyearstudentsandsophomores•  ThreecriHcalelementsofpersistence:•  EarlyconnecHontolearningsupportsystems•  First-yearprogramming•  Solidacademicadvising(Drake,2011)

LiteratureReview–cont’dSeniorA1ri%on•  Limitedresearch•  Differentpredictorsforearlyvs.latedropout(Ma&Cragg,2012-2013;

Neumann&Finaly-Neumann,1989)

•  PredictorsofAOriHon:•  DemandinglearningcondiHonswithoutadequatesupport

(Neumann&Finaly-Neumann,1989)

•  DissaHsfacHonwithacademicexperience,accesstoinformaHon,andqualityofeducaHon(Mohretal.,1998)

•  SignificantcompeHngprioriHesforstudents’energy,Hme,andaOenHon(Huntetal.,2012)

•  Male*,in-state,highschoolGPA≤2.5,sciencemajors,nursingstudents,studentswithoutmeritaidinthefirstyear(Ma&Cragg,2012-2013)


DegreeComple%onIni%a%ves•  ProjectWin-Win•  AdultCollegeCompleHonNetwork•  CollegeCompleHonAgenda•  NaHonalCoaliHonforCollegeCompleHon

LiteratureReview–cont’d

ComeBacktoMānoaProgram

•  ProgramestablishedJune2014–onecoordinatorhired•  HousedadministraHvelyinOutreachCollege•  InspiredbyTheGraduaHonProjectattheUniversityofNewMexico

•  IncorporatedcomponentsofProjectWin-Win

Nov2013900SeniorsleT/yearà

ProposalforCBM

ComeBacktoMānoaOverviewTheComeBacktoMānoaprogramsupportsundergraduateseniorswholeQUHMānoatoreturnandgraduate

Ø Seniorstandingwith90+creditsand2.0+GPAØ Notenrolledinlasttwosemesters

MajorStrategies•  Reachingouttoformerstudents•  Workwithreferralsandstudentswhofoundwebsite•  BuildingpersonalconnecHons•  PersonalizedguidanceandassistancefromadmissiontograduaHon•  OngoingcommunicaHonandaccessibility•  Advocateonbehalfofstudents•  Supplementmajor/collegeadvisors–NOTreplacethem

ComeBacktoMānoaProcess

Assessment

ReduceCandidateSet

ContactandAwardDegrees

ContactandReenroll

IdenHfyCandidatesinTargetedGroups

PotenHalsEligibles

DefineTargetedGroups

WhyDidn’tEligiblesGraduate?ReasonsStudentsEligibleforDegreeDidNotGraduate

(outof41Eligiblestudentsasof17July2017)

Didn’tapplyforgradua%on 12

Eligibleundernewrequirements 7

Didn’tresubmitgradua%onpaperwork 6

PeHHongranted 6

Finishlastcourseatanotherschool 4

Decidednottodoublemajor 2

InsHtuHonalError–failedtoawarddegree 2

Transfercoursesnotevaluated 1

GradewithheldbyStudyAbroadforFinancialObligaHon 1

CBMOverview–cont’d Fall2014àpulled2274,outreachto1072students(PotenHals)

Fall2015àpulled2530,outreachto493newstudents

“Greatwaytohelpthosethatwanttofinishdegreesbutdonotknowwheretostart.Thankyou!”

Fall2016àpulled2973,1517Poten7als,nooutreachbut257newstudents

Spring2017àpulled2998,outreachto1551PotenHals(397new)

“Itmadeitaloteasierforsomeoneinmysitua7ontoreturntoschooltofinish.It'sadifferentsitua7onthanafreshmen[sic]ortransferstudent,soitwasreallynicetohaveaprogramdedicatedtohelpingpeoplelikemefinishourdegree.”

DataCollectionMethods

Banner(OutreachDataSets)

2012Leavers’Survey

(UHMānoa)

IntakeInterview

2016CBMSurvey

CBMBasicDemographicsFall2014OutreachDataSet

Fall2015New

OutreachDataSet

2016SurveyDataSet

Spring2017

OutreachDataSet

GenderFemale 49.9% 50.1% 52.4% 49.7%Male 49.9% 49.9% 47.6% 50.1%NotAvail/NoAnswer 0.2% 0 0 0.4%

AgeAverage(Mean) 31.5 30.5 31.8 32.4Median 29 28 29 30Range 20-86 21-72 21-73 21-88

CumulativeGPAAverage(Mean) 2.69 2.66 2.58 2.69


WhySeniorsLeft2012

Leavers'Survey CBMIntake

2016CBMSurvey

NumberofSeniorRespondents 76 134 50PERSONALReasons 58% 59% 76%FINANCIALReasons 42% 16% 56%ACADEMICReasons 41% 25% 16%InsufficientSUPPORTSERVICES 13% 13% 24%

WhySeniorsLeftPERSONALReasons•  Healthconcerns(2012Survey,CBMIntake)•  Familycircumstances/responsibiliHeschanged(CBMIntake,2016Survey)•  Acceptedafull-Hmejob(2016Survey)•  Wantedtobeclosertohome(2012Survey)

FINANCIALReasons•  CostoflivingtoohighinHonolulu(2012Survey,2016Survey)•  Needtoearnmoneytotakecareofself/family(CBMIntake,2016Survey)•  TuiHonandfeesnotaffordable(2012Survey,2016Survey)•  My/parent/familyloansweretoohigh(2012Survey)

WhySeniorsLeftACADEMICReasons•  Earnedpoorgrades(CBMIntake,2016Survey)•  DidnotfeellikeIcouldgetajobwithaUHMdegree(2012Survey)•  Wasunpreparedforcollege-levelwork(2012Survey)•  Classeswerenotconvenient(CBMIntake)•  Didnottakeenoughresponsibilityforlearning(2016Survey)

InsufficientSUPPORTSERVICES•  Inadequateacademicadvising–“thoughtgraduated”(2012Survey,

2016Survey,CBMIntake)

•  Facultyunhelpful(2012Survey)•  Feltuncaredabout–likea“number”(2016Survey)•  BureaucraHcadministraHveprocesses(CBMIntake)

WhySeniorsReturn

“Thishasbeenoneofmybiggestregretsinlife.”

“IamaFIRSTgenera7onCollegeGraduate...Icomefrom[a]verypoorfamily...Ihopetosetagoodexampletothefuturegenera7ons.”

IntrinsicMoHvaHon CareerAdvancement Financial

BarrierstoGraduation•  Affordability•  Noteligibleforfinancialaid•  Scholarshipsbasedonmeritorfull-Hmeenrollment•  Lackoffunds,60.8%•  InsufficientHmeduetoworkingfullHme,56.7%

•  Academic•  Needonline,evening,orweekendcourses•  Neededcoursesonlyofferedduringday,35.5%•  Neededcoursesonlyofferedoncampus,35.5%

•  Hawaiian/SecondLanguagerequirement•  AdministraHve•  Paper-laden,duplicaHve,inconsistent,andface-to-face

processes•  LaterregistraHonforreadmiOedstudents

ImpactofCBMProgramin2.5Years

88Graduated

11AnHcipatedto

GraduateinAugust

142Re-engaged(Enrolled&Eligibles)

CBMRunningSynopsis(asof13July2017)Unique#ofstudentstowhomoutreachwasattempted(Potentials,Eligibles)

AllContacts(ActivePotentialsincludingreferrals,Eligibles)

#StudentsEnrolledpersemester

AnticipatedGraduating

ActuallyGraduated

Fall2014 1072 55 1 1 1Spring2015 48 12 4 3Summer2015 6 15 6 4EligiblesAwardedDegrees 21 21Fall2015 493 69 25 12 9Spring2016 28 28 10 10Summer2016 2 13 3 3EligiblesAwardedDegrees 12 12Fall2016 7 32 11 10Spring2017 1639 115 24 8 7Summer2017 9 23 11EligiblesAwardedDegrees 8

RUNNINGTOTALS: 3204 339 173 88

Unique#ofStudentsEnrolledthroughCBM: 101Re-engaged(PotentialsenrolledandEligibles): 142TotalUHMCreditsRegisteredFor 988TotalUHMTuitionBroughtIn $448,888

AY15

AY16

AY17

“ThisprogramwasexactlywhatIneededinmy7meofneed.IdoubtedmyselfandwasashamedofthefinancialburdenofstudentloansIhadaccruedwithnothingtoshowforit.Ifearedonecalculuscoursewouldkeepmefromgradua7ng,fromrealizingmygoals.Theprogramhelpedme.Icanonlyimagineitwouldhelpothers.“

AdvisingStrategies•  ProacHveAdvising•  AppreciaHveAdvising•  MoHvaHonalInterviewing•  PrescripHveAdvising


NextSteps/FutureThoughts•  Fundingforstudents•  Moreintensiveoutreach•  Onlineforms(e.g.,graduaHon,changeofmajor)•  Ongoingresearch•  ConHnuecollecHngandanalyzingdata•  First-generaHonSeniorswhostoppedout

•  Mentoringprogram/peeradvisors•  Introductoryonlinecourse

“AlthoughIhavenotComeBacktoManoayet,IknowmycurrentacademicstatusandwhatisneededtoachieveaBAwhenIreturn.Iamveryhappytoseethisnewprogramexists!”“Thankyouforallyourhardworkandmo9va9oninhelpingmecompletemydegree.”

“Inowhavemydegree…fromUHaQer7yearsofabsence!TheadvisorneverjudgedmefortakingsuchalongbreakandshehelpedmakesurethatallthehardworkIdidwasworthit.”

“Putitthisway....ifitwasn'tforthisprogram,Iwouldnothavemydegreerightnow.”

“ThankyouSOMUCH!Iamindeepgra7tudeforALLoftheassistanceyouhaveprovided.Iwouldhavegivenuponcomple7ngmydegree...Youhaverenewedmyinterestsinfurtheringmygoals!IcannotTHANKYOUENOUGH!!!!”

Questions?ShannonL.Johnson,EdD,MSWComeBacktoMānoaProgramCoordinatorUniversityofHawaiʻiatMā[email protected]/credit/come_backhOps://cbm_shannon.youcanbook.meMahalo!

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•  Ma,Y.,&Cragg,K.M.(2012).SoClose,YetSoFarAway:Earlyvs.LateDropouts.JournalofCollegeStudentReten7on,14(4),533–548.

•  Mohr,J.J.,Eiche,K.D.,&Sedlacek,W.E.(1998).SoClose,YetSoFar:PredictorsofAOriHoninCollegeSeniors.JournalofCollegeStudentDevelopment,39(4),343–354.

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