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Graduation Rate Improvement Plan UPDATE F or Strategic Resource Planning Council. November 27, 2012. Undergraduate Student Success. Required for: Tier One Status New Programs Sustained and New Funding GRIP is response to Framework Focus: “Undergraduate Student Access and Success”.
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Graduation Rate Improvement Plan UPDATEFor Strategic Resource Planning Council November 27, 2012
Undergraduate Student Success • Required for: • Tier One Status • New Programs • Sustained and New Funding • GRIP is response to Framework Focus: “Undergraduate Student Access and Success”
UT System Chancellor’s Framework • Undergraduate Student Access and Success measures • Number of degrees: demographics; 4-year grad rates – FT/FT and transfer • Financial impact: cost; student debt burden • Blended & online learning
UT System’s Goals for UTSA • Full-time/first time rates in 10 years: • 4-year graduation rate ≥37% • 6-year graduation rate ≥ 65% • UTSA’s current non-CAP (“native”) success rates • Freshman to Sophomore Retention – 71% • Four-Year Graduation Rate - 12%
GRIP and UTSA Student Success • GRIP Mission • Implement (or improve) aids to success • Remove barriers • UTSA must succeed
Why a Cross-Campus Team? • Graduation is everybody’s business • Members know why and how things happen ‘in the trenches’ • Every division … • Dependencies & interrelationships • Need for unity in agreed-upon solutions
Role of the Cross-Campus Team • Regular review the 3 P’s that impact student success • Programs • Policies • Practices • Contribution of Team members • Insights • Expertise • Relationships
Team Activity Fall 2012 • Weekly meetings and reports • Every strategy’s goals and barriers presented • Excellent Team suggestions • Data & analyses
SPRC Contribution to GRIP Success • Most strategies entail reinvention • Others require funds (new or reallocated) • Prioritization • Creativity • Unequivocal support • Communication of ideas and issues