Student Success Fall 2010 Convocation

1. Student Success Fall 2010Convocation

2. Mattering Schlossberg (College Impact) • Marginality — feeling that ones does not belong • Mattering — feeling that one belongs and is valued by others Students succeed when they feel valued by others; they “fail” (academically, socially, etc.) when they feel marginalized.

3. Thank You – 10 Years of Service Jonah Painter Unions Stephanie Preston AAAC Rhonda Sharp VPSS-BPRS Heidi Simon ADM Tina Gale Smith DSH Sheryl Webb SIS Michael Wilks DSH Barbara Wilson Unions KiritaBittinger DSH Yukiko Coons SIS Angela Griffin SSTS Rachel Kepner DSH Laura Kimble SHS Lisa Pinamonti Kress ADM Terry Lee Lund DSH Mary Ellen Martinez DSH Richard Osborn, Jr. Unions

4. Thank You – 20 Years of Service Amy Braide DSH Betty Colbert OUR Donna Hurd SHS Sheri Phillips SIS Peggy Robinson DSH

5. Thank You – 30 Years of Service RoxannBlann SIS Robert Buchanan DSH Kip Grosshans DSH Gary Kampfer Unions Chris Romero DSH

6. University Updates • Chancellor’s Priorities • New Provost Jeff Vitter • Administrative Reorganization • Strategic Planning • Fall Enrollment

7. Student Success: Our Focus • Effective recruitment • Student retention through graduation • Strategies: • Use data to provide time-sensitive, personalized service • Work collaboratively within Student Success, across KU

8. Design 4 Success

10. Not Business as Usual • Data-Informed • Assessment-Guided • Outcome-Based • Real-Time Interventions

11. Effective Recruitment • Matt Melvin, New Associate VP for Recruitment and Enrollment • Key messages being developed • New tools will be purchased • Every Person Is a Recruiter

12. Retention Through Graduation KU’s: • 78% First-year retention • 32% Four-year graduation • 60% Six-year graduation IU’s: • 88% First-year retention • 50% Four-year graduation • 72% Six-year graduation

13. Retention? Percent of New First-Time, Full-Time Freshman: • Return for 2nd year • Graduate within 4 or 6 years What Will It Take? • Freshman Class ≈ 4,000 • 1% Increase = 40 students

14. Use Data: Hardwiring • Retention rates remain unchanged despite our efforts • Most students don’t ask for help • Strategy: Use data to provide time-sensitive services

15. Collaborate Three Student Success Centers: • Recruitment and Enrollment Center • Academic and Student Life Center • Wellness Center Expanded Central Support in VPSS: • Business Operations • Communications • Data Analytics and Technology (DATA)

16. Recruitment & Enrollment Center • Real-time Interventions • Expanding prospective student pipeline • Targeting scholarships for recruitment rather than rewards • Place for You at KU • Help Desk

17. Academic & Student Life Center Real-time Interventions • 8-Week PRE-101 Course • Sociogram Project • Programming Board • Student Group Officer Training Day • Bounce Back Sessions for Students on Probation

18. Wellness Center Areas of Focus • Unlawful and Excessive Use of Alcohol • Sexual Assault/Misbehavior • Healthy Living/Obesity • Appropriate Use of Prescription Medications (Adderall)

19. So….What Does This Mean? • Example: Pilot Study with 6 Budig Courses • N=1438 full-time, first-time freshmen (39% of the new freshman class) • With 5 of the 6 reporting, 34% “flagged” • 34% of 1438 = 489 students • Translates to 10%+ retention • 3 of the 5 courses reviewed as of now • 64 students (1.5% retention)

20. 64 Students • 28 (44%) missing course assignment • 27 (42%) have failing grades • 7 (11%) no registered “clicker” • 2 (3%) no registered clicker in one course and failing a second course • 70% male / 30% female • 70% live on campus • ACT average = 23.9 • 39 (61%) have an enrollment hold

21. So….What Do We Do? • Contact the students to offer assistance • Hawk Link • RAs • Other affinity groups as identified • Offer additional tutoring groups • Provide faculty with information

22. Discussion and Questions

23. Concluding Comments • 40 students • Use data for real-time interventions • Collaborate • We make a difference! We are Student Success at the University of Kansas!