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Setting the Stage for SEM. Enrollment Behavior. SEM Data Team August 22, 2012. ISU Retention/Graduation. Also: A bout 1 of every 2 transfer students to ISU graduate from here. Year 4+?. Year 4. Enrollment Profile. ISU Retention. Survey Findings. Retention.
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Setting the Stage for SEM Enrollment Behavior SEM Data Team August 22, 2012
ISU Retention/Graduation Also: About 1 of every 2 transfer students to ISU graduate from here. Year 4+? Year 4
Enrollment Profile ISU Retention Survey Findings Retention
What percentage of the Fall 2011 First-time Freshmen are conditional admits? ISU Retention Enrollment Profile Survey Findings Retention 12% 15% 20% 22%
New FreshmenFirst-time Full-time Bachelors Degree Seekers (FTFTBDS)
Race/EthnicityIndiana HS Graduates & ISU Freshmen Source: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
First-time Freshman Profile High School Rank 9% - Top 10% 29% - Top 25% 69% - Top 50% High School GPA 19% - 3.5 or higher 52% - 3.0 or higher 88% - 2.5 or higher High School Other 23% - Acad Honors Diplomas 20% - 21st Century Scholars
First-time Freshman Profile • Where are they from? • 85% Indiana • 13% Out of State • 2% International • Where in Indiana? • 28% Marion & surrounding • 19% Vigo & surrounding • 10% Northwest Indiana • What else? • 53% Women • 80% Live on Campus • Almost half are Pell Recipients • Over half are 1st Generation
What is the national average 1-yr retention rate for 4-yr public institutions? ISU Retention Enrollment Profile Survey Findings Retention 72% 75% 78% 81%
National 1-yr Retention Rates 74.3% National Average = 78.4% Source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment
National1Yr Retention RatesTraditional/Liberal 4Yr Publics • Traditional (18–24 ACT, 1290–1650 SAT, Majority admitted from top 50% of H.S. class) • Liberal (17-22 ACT, 1230-1530 SAT, Majority admitted from bottom 50% of H.S. class) • ISU: 17-22 ACT, 1200-1520 SAT, 69% admitted from top 50% of H.S. class ACT Institutional Data Questionnaire
State benchmark retention rates:four year publics Source; US News
Potential retention peers – retention and graduation rates Source: AACRAO SEM Consulting
What group showed the greatest decrease in 1-yr retention rates from 2009 to 2010 ISU Retention Enrollment Profile Survey Findings Retention Conditional Admits Unconditional Admits
New FreshmenFirst-time Full-time Bachelors Degree Seekers (FTFTBDS) 60.7% 63.3% 41.0%
ISU 1-Yr Retention Rates (FTFT BDS) African Americans and Whites
Cluster analysis variables • ACTComposite • ACTEng • ACTMath • ACTWriting • SATMath • SATVerbal • SATWriting • FAFSA • MotherHiGrade • FatherHiGrade • EFC • Total gift aid • Need gap (direct costs less gift aid) • Ethnicity • Gender • Residency • CondAdm • HSGPA • HSPctRank • HS_Dipl • Pell • 21stCS • LaptopSch • MeritSCH,
NSSE Senior Survey results show ISU compares favorably to its peers in which area? ISU Retention Enrollment Profile Survey Findings Retention Active and Collaborative Learning Level of Academic Challenge Enriching Educational Experiences Supportive Campus Environment
Summary of Results NSSE/BCSSE/FSSE • Providing Enriching Educational Experiences is an area in which ISU compares favorably to others in its Carnegie class. • Highest ISU participation in internships/coopsand culminating senior experiences – also most valued by faculty • Other favorable results: • service learning participation (seniors) • making class presentations (first-year) • working with other students (first-year) • Very little difference in quality of academic advising rating • Lower rating of the entire educational experience compared to our Carnegie class
MapWorks ReportsBenchmark, Factors & Question Details • Our Select 6: • Central Washington University • Eastern Kentucky University • Indiana University-Purdue University (Fort Wayne) • University of Akron • University of Southern Indiana • Western Kentucky University
MapWorks 2010 Responses Intent to leave ISU Peer Connections • Avg: 4.85 Social Aspects • Avg: 4.59 Social Integration • Avg: 4.17 Homesickness: Separation • Avg: 2.82 Commitment to Institution • Avg: 3.41 • Avg:5.53 • Avg:5.31 • Avg: 5.31 • Avg: 4.12 • Avg: 6.04 Freshman who intended to Leave ISU after 3 weeks N=108 All MapWorks survey respondents
Guiding questions • How could the first year at ISU better engage students with our expectations for them, academically? • Social engagement appears to have a strong impact on our first-year students: • What are the opportunities to leverage this to improve their academic performance? • How can we identify and engage those students who show greater risk for lack of social engagement, early in their first semester?