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Welcome to the first annual CWU Summer Institute on High Impact Practices (HIPs) . June 21 st and 28 th , 2013 Wellington Event Center. Current High Impact Practice Team. Stuart Boersma : Professional Development Coordinator, Mathematics.
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Welcome to the first annual CWU Summer Institute on High Impact Practices (HIPs) June 21st and 28th, 2013 Wellington Event Center
Current High Impact Practice Team • Stuart Boersma: Professional Development Coordinator, Mathematics. • Kandee Cleary: Director of Diversity and Inclusivity, and Sociology (chair). • George Drake: English (chair), Writing Across the Curriculum Committee. • Kara Gabriel: Director of Undergraduate Research, Psychology. • Jenna Hyatt: Director of Residence Life & New Student Programs. • Vicki Sannuto: Director of Career Services.
Why a Summer Institute on HIP? • Attendance at past AAC&U conferences • Support from the Provost’s Office • New Professional Development Coordinator
We all have the same goal: Student SuccessBut how do we measure it? • Retention rates • D/F/W • (5/6 year graduation rates) • Credit to degree • Career/grad sc. placement • Student Learning
How does the state measure student success? • Graduation rate? Washington state’s public institutions produce degrees at the 3rd-lowest total cost in the nation while having the best 6-year graduation rate (Office of Financial Management, WA).
UW TESC WWU UW WSU WWU CWU CWU TESC WSU EWU Nat’l Nat’l EWU • Each WA public campus is above the national average in freshman retention and all but EWU bested the national average in time-to-degree. • “CWU projects an increase in degree production due to two new strategies aimed at retaining students: a dual-admissions pilot program, and an on-line course alternative” (2012 Baccalaureate Performance Plans – Statewide Context, Office of Financial Management, WA)
Can we help those at risk even in the face of increased enrollments… • 72.5% of full-time CWU undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid (average amount is $7,526) • What can we do to make their students’ time at CWU successful?
Positive Student Behaviors – “Educationally Purposeful Activities” (NSSE): • Investing time and effort. • Interacting with faculty and peers about substantive matters. • Experiencing diversity. • Responding to more frequent feedback. • Reflecting and integrating learning. • Discovering relevance of learning through real-world applications.
High Impact Practices increase positive student behaviors by using: • Frequent feedback to students. • Active learning. • Increased student engagement. • Inquiry-based approaches to learning. • Collaborative experiences. Single multidimensional experience: HIP
Increasing student engagement in educationally purposeful activities through High Impact Practices helps some students more than others….
Why Do HIPs Work? • Create Engaged and Supportive Community • Involve Students in Purposeful Learning • Connect Learning with Larger Questions and Real-World Settings • Require Higher Order Inquiry, Exploration and Problem-Solving • Engage Diversity as a Resource for Learning
High Impact Practices Need to be Done Well • Set appropriate expectations. • Public Demonstration of results/accomplishments • Allow students to synthesize and integrate their learning. • Reflective essay. • Require purposeful effort • Activities demand that students devote considerable time and effort to purposeful tasks. • Require daily decisions that deepen students’ investment in the activity.
High Impact Practices Need to be Done Well • Build Relationships • Activities demand that students interact with faculty and peers over a period of time. • Provide rich and frequent feedback • HIPs need to be continually evaluated: • Assessment should be built into each HIP. • What are the documented benefits? • Who is benefiting? • Intentionality and Connections • Scaffold: 1st year/ middle years / capstone
What Do We Do? What Could We Do? • First Year Seminars and Experiences • Common Intellectual Experiences • Learning Communities • Writing-Intensive Courses • Collaborative Assignments and Projects • Undergraduate Research • Diversity/Global Learning • Service Learning, Community-Based Learning • Internships • Capstone Courses and Projects
We Invite You To • Think outside the box! • Form/Strengthen partnerships between units: • Librarians • University Housing and Residence Hall Coordinators • Faculty • Academic Advisors • Career Counselors • Graduate Assistants • Department Secretaries • Administrators • Student Transitions and Academic Resources (STAR) • Douglas Honors College (DHC) • Study Abroad • Disability Services • Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement
Today and Next Friday • Group Discussions • HIPs and CWU • Presentations • What are HIPs and Why we Care about them • Collaborating Across Units at CWU • Developing an Intentional Undergraduate Program • Writing in Learning Communities • Building a Community for Diverse Students • Mixed Doubles Lunch • Making HIPs successful at CWU • Birds of a Feather Lunch • Intentionality and CWU • Individual/Team Time • Work on your own ideas/projects/partnerships
Next Fall and Beyond… • It is up to us! • A handful of dedicated individuals • A few dynamic teams • A couple of innovative partnerships • KUDZU! • HIP Central Learning Community (HIP CLiCk)? • What else can we – as active and dedicated members of the campus community – do to support HIPs???