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Kristin Bechter Deanna Donaugh Stephanie St. Jacques

Are Major Interest Areas Useful? Enhancing the Advising Experience through an Intentional Approach to Guide the Exploration Process. Kristin Bechter Deanna Donaugh Stephanie St. Jacques 9 th Annual KASADA Conference May 16, 2011. Presentation Overview. History of interest areas

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Kristin Bechter Deanna Donaugh Stephanie St. Jacques

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  1. Are Major Interest Areas Useful?Enhancing the Advising Experience through an Intentional Approach to Guide the Exploration Process Kristin Bechter Deanna Donaugh Stephanie St. Jacques 9th Annual KASADA Conference May 16, 2011

  2. Presentation Overview • History of interest areas • Use of interest areas with exploratory students • Presentation of data • Roundtable discussion

  3. Why do interest areas exist? • Graduation Planning System • Provides roadmaps to degree completion • Categorized degree system to assist students select a major • 45 Credit Hour Rule • Students in the Exploratory or Generalist majors need to have declared their major by the time they reach 45 KSU credit hours.

  4. Why do interest areas exist? Exploratory students who select their major within first year have higher retention rates then those that do not.

  5. Use of the Interest Areas • All majors are broken into 13 interest areas. A major may be in more than one interest area. • During the KSU admissions process Exploratory students can select one of 13 interest areas on their application. • This is not required. Fall 09 only 20 students selected during the application process. • During Destination Kent State students were asked to rank their interest areas. • They were asked to rank again later in the semester.

  6. 13 Interest Areas • Business • Communication, Journalism & Media • Computers, Math & Technology • Design & Visual Arts • Education & Teaching • Healthcare • Hospitality & Tourism • Human Services & Social Sciences • Languages, Literature, & Cultures • Law, Public Safety, & Government • Performing Arts • Science & the Environment • Sport & Recreation

  7. Revisions from 2009 to 2010 • 2009 • Destination Kent State • Check any area interest area • Dance and Visual Arts • 7th Week • Rank areas of interest • Design and Visual Arts • Provided difficulty in comparing data • 2010 • Destination Kent State • Rank areas of interest • 10th Week • Rank areas of interest • Allowed for a seamless comparison of data • Afforded students a little more time to explore major interests

  8. Fall 2010DKS to 10th Week Rankings Only including students that ranked interest areas both at DKS and 10th Week

  9. Fall 2010 - Only including students that ranked interest areas both at DKS and 10th Week

  10. Fall 2010 Freshman Declared Major Compared to #1 Interest Area

  11. Fall 2010 Freshman Declared Major Compared to Top 3 Interest Areas

  12. Discussion Questions DISCUSSION *All data was attained through KSU Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness

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