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No First-Year Student Left Behind

No First-Year Student Left Behind. Marcy Esler Director of Student Retention Mary Ann Giglio Director of the Student Learning Center Andrea Chauncey Coordinator of the First Year Experience SUNY College at Brockport. Inventory. Who are the first-year students?

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No First-Year Student Left Behind

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  1. No First-Year Student Left Behind Marcy Esler Director of Student Retention Mary Ann Giglio Director of the Student Learning Center Andrea Chauncey Coordinator of the First Year Experience SUNY College at Brockport

  2. Inventory • Who are the first-year students? • What are the practices that affect first-year students? • Prior to first semester • During the first three weeks • Remainder of first year • Ongoing • What are the policies that affect first-year students? • What data do we collect about our first-year students?

  3. Who are the First-year Students? • Points of entry • Definitions of “first-year” students • Subgroups

  4. Practices that Affect Freshmen Prior to First Semester • Mission and Vision Statements • Open Houses • Brochures • Gifts • Mailings • Placement • Summer Reading • Orientation Programs • Peer Mentoring • Academic Expectations • Parent Newsletter and website

  5. Vision Statement The State University of New York College at Brockport’s vision: Is that all students successfully complete their first college year establishing a foundation for understanding their own lives in the context of a diverse world and for completing their degree

  6. Mission Statement The State University of New York College at Brockport: Is committed to providing and assessing a comprehensive educational experience that promotes both the academic and co-curricular success and engagement of all students in their first year of college

  7. Practices that Affect Freshmen During the First Three Weeks • Welcome Weekend • Freshman Seminar • Block Scheduling • Department Receptions • Early Warning System • Freshman Council • Clubs Fair

  8. Practices that Affect Freshmen Remainder of Year • Surveys • Your Right to Know • Advisement Handbook/Registration/Major Declaration • Mid-term Grade Reports • Health Center Initiatives • STEPS to Success (probation program)

  9. Ongoing Freshmen Structures • First-year Success Web page • Student Learning Center • Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching • Newsletter for Faculty • Special Admit Programs • Job Shop • Faculty-in-residence

  10. Admissions Letters from academic departments to prospective students Computer Skills requirement Assignment of freshman advisors First Semester Curriculum Freshman Seminar Add/drop Major declaration RD interventions Mid-term/probation letters from advisors Registration schedule Restriction from certain courses Greek recruitment Probation/dismissal Parking Policies Affecting Freshmen

  11. First Year Data Collection • Pre-enrollment • Pre-term • First Year • Subsequent Years

  12. Recommendations • Disseminate Mission and Vision Statements • Reconfigure Student Retention Committee • Annual faculty seminar on instruction of first-year students • Focus on career development early in semester • Study longitudinal trends in Early Warning Advisement Questionnaire

  13. Who are the First-year Transfer Students? • Points of entry • Definitions of “first-year” students • Subgroups

  14. Progress to Graduation

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