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Help and a Home B ase: Retaining at Risk Students for Degree Completion. Presenters Lilly Sanchez-Saqib Dean’s Office, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dr. Poppy Capehart Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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Help and a Home Base: Retaining at Risk Students for Degree Completion
Presenters Lilly Sanchez-Saqib Dean’s Office, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dr. Poppy Capehart Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Can we do a better job? • Texas four year graduation averages for four year public universities is: 49.3% • National average is : 29.9 % • Texas rates are better than the national average but we are still lagging significantly behind our peer schools nationwide. • University of Virginia: 85% graduation rate • College of William & Mary: 82% • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 76%
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ViceChancellor Executive Dean Associate Dean Associate Dean Associate Dean AGLS NUTR POSC AGEC ENTO BAEN ANSC SCSC HORT PLPM RPTS WFSC BCBP ALEC ESSM
Admission Process • Student brings AGLS sponsorship contract • Signatures from student and Academic Advisor • Change of major • Removal of registration holds • Paper work • Registration of designated courses
Questions?? Q & A