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TWU Success = Student Success

2012 Fall Faculty Assembly Pioneering a Vision by Embracing Teamwork. TWU Success = Student Success. • Dr. R. Neely, Provost/VPAA • Gary Ray, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Services. - Overview of Today’s Presentation -. 2011-12: Progress Foci for Coming Year - Arenas of Action

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TWU Success = Student Success

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  1. 2012 Fall Faculty Assembly Pioneering a Vision by Embracing Teamwork TWU Success = Student Success • Dr. R. Neely, Provost/VPAA • Gary Ray, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Services

  2. - Overview of Today’s Presentation - • 2011-12: Progress • Foci for Coming Year • - Arenas of Action • - SACS • - Student Success • - Visioning and Planning • Setting the Stage for Visioning (Bob & Gary) • - Trends in Texas: Challenges to Maximizing Student Success • - Changing Climate of Higher Education • - TWU Success-based Admissions • - Recruitment/Admissions: Key Characteristics

  3. 2011-12: Progress Communication & Engagement 2011-12Arenas of Action Student Success SACS Accreditation Faculty Support Data-driven Decisions E-innovation Innovative Program Exploration Academic Plan Implementation Continuous Improvement

  4. Continuous Improvement “There is a compelling public stake in education. As educators, we have a responsibility to the publics that support or depend on us to provide information about the ways in which our students meet goals and expectations. But that responsibility goes beyond the reporting of such information; our deeper obligation -- to ourselves, our students, and society -- is to improve. Those to whom educators are accountable have a corresponding obligation to support such attempts at improvement.” (From: American Association for Higher Education – 9 principles of good practices in assessing students) “Margaret Spellings may be secretary emerita, but the assessment and accountability movements – which predate her commission – are alive and well. And, if colleges think they can ignore these pushes, they are seriously misguided.” From: Assessing Assessment, Inside Higher Education, Jan. 23, 2009

  5. 2011-12: Progress Communication & Engagement 2011-12Arenas of Action Student Success SACS Accreditation Faculty Support Data-driven Decisions E-innovation Innovative Program Exploration Academic Plan Implementation Continuous Improvement

  6. - Academic Foci for Coming Year - • Arenas of Action • SACS • Student Success • Visioning and Planning Today’s Emphasis

  7. - SACS Progress & Timeline - • compliance report (Sept. 10) • focused report (TWU response) • site visit (April 8 – 12) • Quality Enhancement Plan (January, 2013)

  8. - Quality Enhancement Plan - PIONEERING PATHWAYS: LEARN BY DOING • Focus: equip students with knowledge and professional • skills through “experiential learning” • Pilot Project (2012-2013) intended to: • Identify appropriate assessments for student experiences; • Explore ways to further enhance opportunities already • available to maximize learning and value for students; • c. Audit current opportunities and devise a project that can • encompass TWU’sdiverse set of disciplines.

  9. - Overview of Today’s Presentation - • 2011-12: Progress • Foci for Coming Year • - Arenas of Action • - SACS • - Student Success • - Visioning and Planning • Setting the Stage for Visioning (Bob & Gary) • - Trends in Texas: Challenges to Maximizing Student Success • - Changing Climate of Higher Education • - TWU Success-based Admissions • - Recruitment/Admissions: Key Characteristics

  10. - Today’s Emphasis - Foci for Coming Year - 2011 Arenas of Action - SACS - Student Success - Visioning and Planning Set Aside TWU Success = Student Success

  11. -TWU Visioning Process - “2013 – 2016: From Visioning to Integrated Planning” • Methodology: • - designed to answer four critical questions • conducted in phases • cross-cutting committees • involve multiple university stakeholders • progress must be measurable

  12. 2013 – 2016: From Visioning to Integrated Planning Visioning Question #1 - To maximize a distinctive image and to ensure ongoing competitiveness for TWU, what should be the size and composition of the student body by 2016? Key issues for consideration: quality – quantity, transfer – FTIC, grad – undergrad, distance ed vs F2F, other Potential Data: Demographic trends in N. Texas and DFW metroplex, current TWU metrics, etc.

  13. - Trends in Texas: Challenges to Maximizing Student Success - Creusere, M., C. Fletcher, M. Neal, & M. Shook. 2011. State of Student Aid And Higher Education in Texas. TG Research and Analytical Services (www.tgslc.org/pdf/sosa.pdf) **** Key Findings: Basic Demographics • Texas population projected to grow rapidly • Increased college/university enrollments

  14. - Trends in Texas: Challenges to Maximizing Student Success - Key Findings College Readiness: The Challenge • Texas ranks last in high school completion • Texas high school students lag behind students nationally in college readiness • Most undergraduates in Texas attend two-year institutions • Half of Texas community college 1st -year students do not return for their 2nd year • Nearly half of undergraduates in Texas enroll in school part-time • Thirty percent of undergraduates in Texas are age 25 or older

  15. - Trends in Texas: Challenges to Maximizing Student Success - Key Findings Affording College • Texas highly dependent on federal government for student aid (8% higher than national average) • Texas students highly dependent on loans (60% of students have loans, again 8% higher than national average) • More than half of undergraduates in Texas do not receive grant aid (54%) • The federal Pell grant covers less than 1/5 of average public four-year costs • Texas Poverty Rate Sixth Highest in Nation • One in four Texans lacks health insurance • One-fourth of Texas children live in poverty ($21,756/family of four)

  16. -Implications for Future - Increases in university enrollment Marginally-prepared students Great(er) financial need Universities are expected to respond – will be held accountable

  17. - Financial Importance of a College Education - • Better educated workers have higher worklife earnings

  18. - Financial Importance of a College Education - • Gender Differences • College graduates experience less unemployment

  19. “Pioneering a Vision by Embracing Teamwork” • Academics and Enrollment • Increases in university enrollment • Marginally-prepared students • Great(er) financial need • 4. TWU’s mission to prepare students for a more • knowledgeable and better life

  20. TWU Mindset & Message for the Coming Year(s) • Continuous improvement • Collaboration and partnering • SACS/QEP • Student Success • Interdisciplinarity • Competiveness • Innovation • Efficiency • Scalability • Wellness • Gratification from work

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