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Retention Subcommittee

Retention Subcommittee. Update to the Strategic Enrollment and Retention Task Force April 29, 2010. Meeting Dates. February 1, 15 March 1, 9 (Webinars on Retention) March 22 April 5, 19. Data Reviewed. Student-Centered Services (Student Affairs & Enrollment Management)

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Retention Subcommittee

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  1. Retention Subcommittee Update to the Strategic Enrollment and Retention Task Force April 29, 2010

  2. Meeting Dates • February 1, 15 • March 1, 9 (Webinars on Retention) • March 22 • April 5, 19

  3. Data Reviewed • Student-Centered Services (Student Affairs & Enrollment Management) • Recommendations from Presidential Task Force on Student Success • ACT & high school GPA for Fall 2009 freshmen (by college) • Predictive model for academic standing following year 1 (freshmen)

  4. Date Reviewed • Fall 2008 undergraduate student “leaver” data • By college • By credit hour (i.e., class standing) • High enrollment first-year courses • Percent of DFWI grades for high-enrollment courses taken by freshmen

  5. Data Reviewed • Percent DFWI for low & moderate enrollment first-year courses • Comments from Foundations of Excellence Survey of Students • Comments from Foundations of Excellence Survey of Faculty/Staff

  6. Data Reviewed • Hardwiring Student Success: Building Disciplines for Retention & Timely Graduation (University Leadership Council – Education Advisory Board) • Survey of current programming to meet best practices • CHANCE retention/graduation data • Transfer “leaver” data

  7. Preliminary Goals • Targeted first-year retention rate for freshmen = 80% • Places NIU at 75% for like institutions • Strategies • Intervention with high-risk freshmen • Intentional advising at orientation • Systematic monitoring through first year • MapWorks • Early alert • COMS, ENGL, MATH

  8. Preliminary Goals • First-Year Strategies – Continued • Implementation of Foundations of Excellence recommendations • Mid-semester check

  9. Preliminary Goals • Four-Year, Six-Year Graduation Rates • Priority should be given to four-year graduation rates • Six-year rate • Return to 51%-52% • Five-year plan = 54%-55% • Four-year rate • 30%

  10. Preliminary Goals • Graduation Strategies • Retention coordinated through Office of Student Academic Success • Retention Council • Student Success Specialists • One per college • Coordinated through Office of Student Academic Success

  11. Preliminary Goals • Graduation Strategies – Continued • Establish four-year plans • Publish four-year plans for students • Develop milestones for intervention • Success in key courses • GPA Thresholds • Unified record keeping system tracking interventions

  12. Preliminary Goals • Graduation Strategies – Continued • Collect data on leavers • Exit surveys • Exit interviews • Identify potential leavers • Transcript requests • Financial holds

  13. Preliminary Goals • Graduation Strategies – Continued • Identify students with graduation impediments • 90 hours plus • Applied for graduation • Unfulfilled requirements • Enhance Advising • High touch • Best practices • Fall 2010 Campus Summit

  14. Preliminary Goals • Transfer Students • Retention data not tracked in the past • Preliminary data • First-year rate = 75% • Target rate = 80%-85% • More analysis is needed before establishing strategies

  15. Additional Goals • Decrease number of undergraduates who leave NIU prior to graduation • Increase number of students who leave for community colleges and return to graduate from NIU

  16. Work To Be Done • Finalize strategies for freshmen • Develop strategies for transfer students • Further analysis of data • Four-year institutions vs. community colleges • Feeder community college success rates • College and departmental data

  17. Work To BE Done • Identify partners for success • Establish outcomes for all strategies • Establish targets for: • CHANCE • Graduate students • Law students

  18. Work To Be Done • How to capture graduation success • Degrees per FTE • How to institutionalize culture of retention • CHANCE expectations • Graduate School & Law

  19. Questions and Comments

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