Overview of Student Achievement Team

1. Overview of Student Achievement Team Presented by Susan Davies, September 9, 2013

2. Student Achievement Team: Purpose • Identify cultural and institutional conditions that influence student academic achievement, particularly retention. • Identify, recommend, and assess best practices. • Communicate these strategies to the Appalachian community. http://achievement.appstate.edu/

3. Student Achievement Team: Members • Faculty, including representatives from each academic college • Staff, including representatives from student services and student activities that directly impact student achievement • Students, including SGA representatives

4. Student Achievement Team: Roles • Each member is assigned to a minimum of one committee each academic year. Committees meet outside of the larger monthly team meeting. • Team Note-Taker – Nikki Crees • AsU Learn Site Administrator – Belinda Ballew • Expert Data Analyst – Heather Langdon • Web Site Administrator (http://achievement.appstate.edu/) - ???

5. Student Achievement Team: History • Founded as a Retention Management Team in 2003 • Charged by the Chancellor • Now, a sub-group of Enrollment Planning Council

6. Enrollment Planning Council • Executive group that will construct enrollment projections for the University • Consider large-scale, fundamental enrollment issues • Coordinate the creation of a strategic plan for enrollment management • Approve enrollment initiatives as they align with the strategic plan for enrollment management • Set priorities for sub-groups based upon each group’s goals for the academic year • Communicate with Deans Council, AP&P, & Chancellor’s Cabinet, as needed

7. Enrollment Planning Council Student Achievement Team (Retention) Transfer Services Committee & Transfer Advisory Board Undergraduate Student Recruitment & Transition Team University Undergraduate Advising Council Associate Deans AppLeap (Technology) • Purpose • To review and approve project management plans for technology initiatives • To ensure integration of all projects in BANNER. • Purpose • Manage class seat needs • Provide updates on enrollment • Improve communication from EM to depts • Discuss changes needed in Banner • Approve academic initiatives • Purpose • Identify cultural and institutional conditions that influence student academic achievement, particularly retention • Identify, recommend, and assess best practices • Communicate these strategies to the Appalachian community. • Purpose • Make recommendations regarding the recruitment of new students to meet strategic goals • Make recommendations to create a seamless student transition • Share recruitment numbers • Purpose - TSC • Advocate for services for transfer students • Assess and recommend improvements for the transfer student transition • Purpose – TAB • Enable/improve communication with community colleges • Develop policy and procedures to improve transition • Purpose • Make recommendations for improvement and consistency in academic advisement • Assess academic advisement • Recommend technological enhancements for advisement • Facilitate communication among advisors

8. Enrollment Planning Council Members • Standing Members • Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management (Susan Davies) • University Communications (Megan Hayes) • IRAP Director (Bobby Sharp) • Distance Education (Mary Englebert) • Graduate School (Holly Hirst) • Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (Mike Mayfield) • Student Development (Dino DiBernardi) • Representation from each sub-group • App Leap (Technology) Chair (Tena Miller) • Associate Deans Representative (Jay Jackson) • Student Achievement Team Representative (Lynn Gregory) • Undergraduate Student Recruitment & Transition Chair (Lloyd Scott) • University Advising Council Chair (Jeni Wyatt) • Transfer Services Committee & Transfer Advisory Board Chair (Jane Rex)

9. SAT: Where do our ideas go from here? SAT Recommendations (Policy, Programming)

10. Example from 2010-2011 SAT Recommendation: Pilot MAP Works This is where we just figure out how to make it happen together, after we have a start on resource allocation ….

11. Example from 2012-2013 SAT Recommendation 2.0 minimum GPA