Appalachian State University SAT Policy and Procedures subcommittee

1. Appalachian State UniversitySAT Policy and Procedures subcommittee Belinda Ballew, Judy Haas, Al Harris, Vickie Hawkins, Elizabeth Peeler, Robert Lee, Lori Townsend

2. Charge #1 • Establish minimum GPA of 2.0 to be in compliance with UNC Policy Manual

3. Charge #2 • Define Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) • per UNC Policy Manual directives

4. Define SAPWhy? • Academics First: Board of Governor’s Policy 400.1.5, Fostering Student Success document • North Carolina institutions should establish “A system-wide minimum standard for … Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)” • Academics First Workgroup • “set academic progress and degree attainment as primary outcomes…” • Deemed “Improving retention, graduation rates and time to degree” as important aspects of such policies.”

5. What is already out there?

6. Good Academic Standing (GAS) • Good Academic Standing: Established and Prudent • Undergraduate students are considered to be in good academic standing upon admission to Appalachian State University. • To continue at Appalachian in good academic standing, undergraduate students must earn, as a minimum, an Appalachian cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all attempted hours. • Students failing to maintain, as a minimum, an Appalachian cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all attempted hours, will be placed on academic probation. • Effective?

7. Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) • Financial Aid, federal regulations • Students must be in Good Academic Standing. • Total attempted hours accepted toward the student’s degree must not exceed 150% of the published length of the program. • A student must earn at least 67% of his or her total attempted hours at Appalachian, as required for the degree. • A student who does not successfully complete any coursework during any one semester is not making SAP.

8. GAS + SAP =

9. Why not combine GAS and SAP? ASU requirements Financial Aid requirements

10. SAP • Change or adopt federal definition? • Already established • Tested • System-wide consistency

11. SAP • Currently, at ASU, applied ONLY to students receiving financial aid

12. SAP • Change to include all students • Fair • Reasonable

13. Satisfactory Academic Progress • Recommendation #1 • This committee recommends that the current, federal definition of Satisfactory Academic Progress be applied to all students for the purpose of identifying at-risk students for early intervention.

14. Define SAP: Philosophically, why? • The P&P subcommittee: • identify students and design actions/methodsby which a student could improve upon his or her less than satisfactory academic progress

15. More than identification  Intervene & Empower 

16. Good Academic Standing &Satisfactory Academic Progress • Recommendation #2 • The SAT Policy and Procedures subcommittee recommends requiredactions for students placed on academic probationdue to their failure to satisfy GAS measures. • Recommendation #3 • The SAT Policy and Procedure subcommittee recommends requiredactions for students deemed to be academic progress risks due to their failure to satisfy SAP measures.

17. Further… • All Appalachian students who fail to meet any GAS or SAP requirements will be required to engage in Academic Progress Pursuits (APPs) as appropriate for their status.

18. Academic Progress Pursuits (APPs) • ODS services • LAP services • Academic Coaching • Skill enhancement courses • Probation workshop attendance • Success plan/academic contract development

19. Early Alert Performance Reporting • Why? • Academic Affairs office has identified Early Alert Performance Reporting (EAPR) as a high priority. • Finish in Four recommends ASU develop “…programs and policies that support progression toward the degree...” and “monitor students’ progress” to “improve time-to-degree…” • by identifying and addressing deficiencies in performance, early in the semester, we will increasing student accountability, persistence, retention, and degree completion

20. Early Alert Performance Reporting • Affirm high performing students, promote • self-efficacy • motivation

21. Early Alert Performance Reporting • IRAP data indicates students who lose academic ground early, rarely regain their footing

22. Early Alert Performance Reporting • Graduated Implementation Plans • 2014/2015 all 1000 level courses • 2015/2016 all 1000 and 2000 level courses

23. Early Alert Performance Reporting nine early alert codes that indicate satisfactory performance or describe the reason for a student’s unsatisfactory performance in a course. S Satisfactory UA Unsatisfactory attendance UG Unsatisfactory grade(s) UP Unsatisfactory class participation UAG Unsatisfactory attendance and grade(s) UAP Unsatisfactory attendance and participation UGP Unsatisfactory grade(s) and participation UAGP Unsatisfactory attendance, grade(s) and participation X Never attended or stopped attending Comments field Nine Codes S Satisfactory UA Unsatisfactory attendance UG Unsatisfactory grade(s) UP Unsatisfactory class participation UAG Unsatisfactory attendance & grades UGP Unsatisfactory grades(s) and participation UAGP Unsatisfactory attendance, grade(s), & participation X Never attended or stopped attending Comments field

24. More to do.. • Faculty focus group • Work group • Data collection and analysis • Recognize strengths • ID weaknesses and overcome barriers • Modify as appropriate

25. Require use of Resources ID Have resources Motivate to use