Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student...
-
Upload
avis-patterson -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
0
Transcript of Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student...
![Page 1: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Committee onUndergraduate Student Success
April 26, 2010
Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition
![Page 2: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
1997 Postsecondary Education Improvement Act:“A major comprehensive research institution ranked nationally in the Top 20 public universities at the University of Kentucky.”
UK’s Top 20 Business Plan and Recalibration:Key components for improving UK Undergraduate Education• ACT/SAT Score – increase average (converted) SAT score
from 1128 to at least 1193• Student to Faculty Ratio – increase teaching faculty by 625• Programs and Services – gen ed reform, targeted support• Graduation Rate – increase by 12% (retention rate of 90%)
![Page 3: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Why Focus on Student Attrition?The Picture in 2007
![Page 4: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Why Focus on Student Attrition?The Competition
Retention Rate:UK – Original Business Plan: 77.8 percent20th Institution: 92.0 percent
Graduation Rate:UK – Original Business Plan: 59.6 percent20th Institution: 77.5 percent
![Page 5: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Guiding Principles for War on Attrition
![Page 6: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Guiding Principles
A “Systems Approach” for Recruitment RETENTION GRADUATION
![Page 7: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Results So Far
![Page 8: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Budget Cuts MatterACT/SAT score:• Top 20 universities (average) 1248• 20th university 1186• University of Kentucky 1096• Kentucky statewide average 990
Student to Faculty Ratio:• UK 17 to 1• 20th university 15 to 1
• Faculty UK needs to get to 20th: 197• Faculty positions cut in 2008: 71
![Page 9: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Retention Rates 2007
UK
![Page 10: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Source: The Education Trust. College Results Online http://www.collegeresults.org
School Grad RateMedian
SAT%
URMUG
EnrollUC-Riverside 66 1075 32.4 14,452
U of AL 65 1105 13.5 18,346
U of KY 61 1125 6.6 18,081
A Comparison - 2007
![Page 11: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Retention strategies
Alabama course redesign initiative in introductory mathematics Lowered DEW rate in college algebra from >50% to
~25% from 1998 to 2005, erasing differences between Afr-Am and White success
UC-Riverside learning communities in each college Retention rates in each LC measured centrally
![Page 12: Committee on Undergraduate Student Success April 26, 2010 Focusing on UK’s War on Student Attrition.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062721/56649f1d5503460f94c34903/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)