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General Faculty Meeting

General Faculty Meeting. August 26, 2009 Ralph Faudree Provost. Meeting the Needs of Students - Retention & Student Success. STUDENT RETENTION . Increase in first year retention = 1.6% (now 74.8%) Increase in 6 year graduate rate = 3.4% (now 39.4%)

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General Faculty Meeting

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  1. General Faculty Meeting August 26, 2009 Ralph Faudree Provost

  2. Meeting the Needs of Students - Retention & Student Success

  3. STUDENT RETENTION

  4. Increase in first year retention = 1.6% (now 74.8%) • Increase in 6 year graduate rate = 3.4% (now 39.4%) • Record number of graduates – 3,698 ! • Doctorates - 132

  5. DOCTORAL DEGREES EARNED(2003-2009)

  6. Retention Initiatives • Living Learning Communities • Fresh Connections (learning cohorts) • Early Intervention • At-Risk Students • Course Redesign • Career Beam • Student Engagement

  7. Living/Learning Communities • Carpenter Complex Architecture Foreign Languages Engineering • Honors • Emerging Leaders • ROTC • Music • New West Hall Opening Fall 2010

  8. Retention • Course clustering (connects different disciplines to a common theme) • Social and academic experience • Collaborative learning experiences • 22 Communities Fall 2009 • Fall 2009 • 60 faculty participating in 20 Fresh Connections • Over 480 first-time, FT freshmen in Fresh Connections • All colleges represented in Fall 2009 in Fresh Connections

  9. Retention

  10. Early Intervention • 1321 student referrals by ~170 faculty • Positive faculty feedback • Overwhelming student appreciation • Majority referred to Instructional Support Office • 1 semester retention rate noticeably higher • Mean GPA First time freshman: 2.6 to 2.8

  11. At-Risk Students • Additional counselors hired • More direct contact Result: lowest number ever on academic suspension • Prior average of 350 students • Spring 2009, 103 students

  12. Course Redesign • 18 Faculty Design Fellowships awarded • Math1910(Calculus for Scientist & Engineers) Course success rate of 45% rose to 77.3% • Acct 2010 Course success rate of 35.0% increased to 74.3%

  13. Virtual career success center • Combines career counseling, academic advising, use of technologies • Provides: enhanced student services; guaranteed internship 2000 student participants & growing!

  14. (% Seniors) Student Engagement • 18% - worked on research project with faculty member • 42% - participated in internship, practicum or field experience • 9% - participated in study abroad • 82% - evaluated entire educational experience as good or excellent

  15. Internships

  16. SETEsStudent Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness Spread over larger # of sections Overall results remain constant Ability to view grade when posted

  17. Retention is our Key to Growth • 1% of student body x tuition • Yield = • ~200 additional students • ~$1.2M additional funds

  18. Targeted Recruitment • Honors students • Dual Enrollment • Dual Admissions • Programs for Professionals • Out of State

  19. Number of Active Honors Students2003-2009 As of 8-19-09

  20. Dual Enrollment • >300 students last year • ~500 this year • Now includes Math course for Home Schooled • Participating high schools: • All 8 Shelby County public high schools • 7 Memphis City Schools • 1 private (Evangelical Christian School) • Home schoolers

  21. Off-Campus Enrollment at Major Sites

  22. UM Online – New 2008 & 2009 • Bachelors degrees totally online BA in journalism (public relations concentration) BA in history • Masters degrees online M.S. in Education with library information endorsement M.S. in Education with Reading concentration M.S. in Leadership (Policy studies) M.S. in Sports Commerce M.B.A. Business Administration • Certificates Undergraduate Certificate in Real Estate Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design & Technology Graduate Certificate in College Teaching

  23. Online Enrollment

  24. UM Online Programs Planned…in Progress • B.A. in Communication • M.P.H. in Public Health • MHA in Health Administration • MAT in Secondary Education • M.A. in Criminal Justice • M.A. in Political Science with International Relations concentration • Graduate Certificate in Engineering Project Management • Graduate Certificate in African American Studies • Graduate Certificate in Public Administration

  25. NEW GRADUATE PROGRAMS2007-2009 Approved Graduate Degrees/School or Department

  26. Sense of Place

  27. New University Center(spring 2010)

  28. New West Hall Dormitory

  29. Honors Hall

  30. Square Footage of Classroom Space Impacted Cumulative 262 “smart rooms”

  31. Enrollment

  32. Financial Assistance(fall)

  33. RESEARCH

  34. Information Technology Resources • High Performance Research Computing • NEW summer 2009 – Beowulf cluster; performance improvement >15x prior system [https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-hpc/public/index.html] • Research Networks • Connecting UTHSC, St. Jude Research Hospital, Memphis BioWorks • Direct, high speed connection to ORNL

  35. Next steps for faculty • Retain Undergraduate student • Recruit Graduate students • Critically reexamine curriculum focused on student success & learning outcomes

  36. Assist in University Continuity Planning • Utilize on-line resources • Build appropriate flexibility in assignment completion • Establish communication plans with your students

  37. Faculty • 47/55 petitions for T, P or T&P positive • 45 Promoted in Rank

  38. To FULL PROFESSOR…

  39. Dr. Joy ClayPublic Administration(health planning; health finance; health systems)

  40. Dr. Mark W. ConleyInstruction & Curriculum Leadership(adolescent literacy; assessment and literacy instruction)

  41. Dr. Lawrence EdwardsRudi E. Scheidt School of Music(choral conducting; jazz studies)

  42. Donna S. Harkness, J.D.Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law(clinical; elder law; trial advocacy)

  43. Dr. XiangenHuPsychology(human learning and memory; mathematical modeling; statistical analysis)

  44. Dr. Ronald LandisPsychology(workplace romance, sexual harassment in organizations ; HR management; organizational behavior; research methods in management)

  45. Dr. Daniel LarsenEarth Sciences(hydrogeology; soils; low-temperature geochemistry; sedimentology)

  46. Dr. Sanjay R. MishraPhysics(magnetic nanomaterials; magnetic nanocomposites for drug delivery; bioimplantable polymers)

  47. Leonard SchranzeRudi E. Scheidt School of Music(viola; chamber music; string quartet)

  48. Dr. William SeguiCivil Engineering(structural analysis and design)

  49. Elizabeth ThomasLowenberg School of Nursing(clinical; nursing leadership and management; physical, sexual and emotional violence)

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