Edward C. Moore Symposium Getting Students to the Finish Line What Does It Take?

1. Edward C. Moore SymposiumGetting Students to the Finish Line What Does It Take? Charles R. Bantz Chancellor of IUPUI February 25, 2005

2. Getting to the Finish Line? Fall 1998 Entering Student Cohort 5000 4500 4000 Predicted Graduates 3500 3346 Beginning Freshman 3000 Number of Students 2500 816 2000 574 1500 243 Transfers as Freshman or 1576 259 Sophomores 17 1000 Transfers as Seniors Transfers as Juniors Degree 446 419 - 500 Non 133 0 Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

3. The Doubling Challenge Baccalaureate Degrees Conferred

5. Getting to the Finish Line What Works? • Preparation • Support • Engagement

6. The Pipeline: What to Expect Which of the following states will have the highest percentage increase in “minority” non-Anglo population of high school graduates by 2018? • Kentucky • Indiana • Arizona • Florida • Illinois • Michigan • Texas • California • New Mexico

8. The Pipeline: We are now enrolling equal portions of transfer and entering students – about 3,000 new transfers per academic year.

9. Transfer Students with GPA < 2.00AY2000-01 through 2002-03

10. Predictors of Success“Raising the Graduation Rates of Low-Income Students”Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education

11. 90 10 9 80 8 70 7 60 6 50 5 Percent Earning a BA Degree (Bars) Odds of Completing a BA Degree (line) 40 4 30 3 20 2 10 1 0 0 Calculus Algebra 2 Algebra 1 Geometry Pre-Algebra Trigonometry Pre-Calculus

12. Support • Interventions • Supplemental Instruction • Learning Communities • Peer Mentors • Academic Advising • Russ Edgerton’s Powerful Pedagogies (beginning to do better) • Undergraduate Research • Study Abroad • Service Learning • Co-curricular Activities • Internships

13. Support Choice of Major Influence on Retention • 35% of non-returning first-year students cite uncertainty about academic and career goals as an important reason for not returning.

14. Impact of Learning Communities on Student Retention Retention Rate N Regular Admits 657 Participants 75% 291 Non-Participants 71% Conditional Admits 572 Participants 63% Non-Participants 202 45% EngagementCommitted (self-direction) / Attachment (bonding)

15. EngagementLiving/Working On/Off Campus

16. Engagement: Student/Faculty Interactions Asking Questions in Class Participation in Team Assignments Outside Class Discussions with Faculty Outside Class Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions Retention Rate % Never 75 3 Sometimes 80 42 Often 81 32 Very Often 90 23

17. Build on Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year Project: Final Report Card from Two-Year Pilot Project Highest grades Assessment Measures Coordination of FYE Activities Lowest grades Diversity Communicating curriculum expectations Gateway Project to enhance retention at IUPUI Link faculty development and student learning. Link career development with academic advising from entry to graduation. Council on Undergraduate Retention and Graduation: Recommendations

18. Identify factors barring success of transfer students and implement interventions Increase use of technology to foster deeper learning E-portfolio Online Fellows to aid faculty in use of technology for teaching/learning The Senior-Year Challenge -- Catherine Souch leading subcommittee to explore issues bottleneck courses tracking students in the major and follow-up special difficulties for transfer students financial aid issues) Council on Undergraduate Retention and Graduation: Recommendations

19. Golden Opportunities for EngagementPeople in Places

20. Golden Opportunities for EngagementPeople in Places

21. Golden Opportunities for EngagementPeople in Places

22. Golden Opportunities for EngagementPeople in Places

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24. Thanks!Please Send CommentsCBANTZ@IUPUI.EDU