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Student Success: Yes we can!

Student Success: Yes we can!. Mark J. Felsheim, Ph. D. February 29, 2012. Key Components of an Enrollment Management Plan. Comprehensive and focused Build on strengths then look for new opportunities Empower and engage students Early and intensive intervention Empower staff

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Student Success: Yes we can!

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  1. Student Success: Yes we can! Mark J. Felsheim, Ph. D. February 29, 2012

  2. Key Components of an Enrollment Management Plan • Comprehensive and focused • Build on strengths then look for new opportunities • Empower and engage students • Early and intensive intervention • Empower staff • Create a connection for students • Continuous analysis/improvement • Celebrate successes

  3. Comprehensive • Stages of student success and UW Superior role; • Exploration – Pre Middle School • Awareness – Middle School • Readiness – 10-11 grade • Transition to College – 11-12 grade • College Success 1 – Enrollment and goal setting • College Success 2 – Getting engaged and making connections • Transitions – Preparing for graduation • Reconnecting – Maintaining connections with alumni

  4. Focused • Develop a theme – Plan For Success • Research proven tactics: • Help students develop a plan for success • Early and intrusive intervention • Getting students engaged in their learning • Building connections • Student advocates • Student ambassadors • Advising • Undergraduate research

  5. Hennepin Technical College Overview of Student Success Strategies Assumptions: • HTC sets high expectations for its students to help them succeed both at HTC and after they leave • Good planning by students is essential to success • Students need to learn to take responsibility for their own success • HTC is committed to helping students learn how to plan and to give them the tools to succeed • HTC provides a significant amount of student support

  6. Build on Strengths The University of Wisconsin-Superior is a comprehensive university that offers a challenging academic environment where first-rate professors share their passion for learning, engage students in a lifelong quest for knowledge, and prepare them for the real world.

  7. Build on Strengths • Lock up local schools • Examine current data • Where are most of our students coming from? • What is our relationship with the larger community? • What is our relationship with local K-12? • What is our relationship with the tribes? • What is our relationship with Duluth and Lake Superior College? • Do we recruit in the Cities? • What do current students say? • What do graduates say? There’s a reason its called Superior!

  8. Look for New Opportunities • Do more with the First Nations • Recruit in the Cities • Expand our transfer student population (MnSCU and WTCS) • Look for new markets • Latinos • Hmong • African-American • Immigrants

  9. Empower and Engage Students • Students with a plan are more likely to succeed • Early and intrusive intervention • Create connections – an advocate/adviser system • Student Engagement • Student Ambassadors • Clubs • Sports • Undergraduate research • Internships • Mentoring

  10. Empower Staff • Encourage decision making • Planning • Long range • Short range • Rapid response • Recognize and celebrate • Personal Improvement Plans • Opportunities for growth • Support personal/professional development

  11. Continuous Analysis/Improvement • Collect and analyze data • Celebrate Successes • Look for opportunities • Compare with other institutions

  12. Can I Deliver? • Creative Problem Solver • Developer • Strong Communication Skills • Positivity • Strategic • People Focused

  13. Big Bend Community College - Europe • Led largest site • Letters of recognition from two separate military communities • New program offerings • Responsive

  14. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

  15. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

  16. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

  17. Century Community andTechnical College

  18. Century Community and Technical College • Grew by over 54% in five years • Became Minnesota’s largest two year college • Went from 4% non Caucasian to 26% • Started one of the first first-year experience programs at a two year college – national model • Started PACE program all participants went on to college • Rapid growth in Career and Life Planning classes • Started E-learning program from scratch

  19. Hennepin Technical College

  20. Hennepin Technical College

  21. Hennepin Technical College

  22. Hennepin Technical College

  23. My unique skills • Creative Problem Solver, People Person • Dedicated, Committed, Productive • Sense of Humor, I Care! Mark “has proven himself to be a change agent and an individual that can apply creative talents in the development of practical yet positive solutions.” Richard Rogers, Ph. D. College President. • “Mark’s compassion, empathy, humility, and professional advice have helped solve issues related to people and their work.” KimChau Ngo, Multi-cultural advisor. • “Mark is an ethical and fun person. “Kathy Matel, Student Success Coordinator.

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