Map-Works 2011 A First-Year Retention Initiative
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Map-Works 2011A First-Year Retention Initiative
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Fall to Fall RetentionFirst-Time Full-Time Freshmen
HLC: “Resident retention is too low for a population with a 3.4 high school GPAand average ACT composite of 23-24. The University needs to address itsretention issue and identify its cause(s)”
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MAP-Works• Educational Benchmarking INC (EBI) Founded 1984
-UW partnership since 1998 with satisfaction surveys
• Ball State University’s Early Alert Survey demonstrated success
• Fusion of BSU’s survey and EBI’s technology
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MAP-Works: How it Helps• Student Surveys
-Tool provides timely information to students to influence behavioral changes
• Survey Data-May be combined with UW retention data to determine patterns and program interventions
• Student Interventions-Tool provides designated faculty and staff with information to discuss concerning behavior with students
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MAP-Works: Data Elements• Student Transition Survey – Early Behaviors
-Tool provides timely information to students to influence behavioral changes-Learning (expected grades, grades earned in the past, basic study skills, maximization of study skills)-Connections (student activities and residence hall life)
-Making Healthy Choices (time management, eating healthy)
-Knowing Yourself (academic abilities and self-management)
• Data Uploads
• Campus Resource Uploads
• Institutional Specific Questions
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MAP-Works: Risk Indicator
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MAP-Works: Risk Indicator
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Access to MAP-Works: Groups
•Colleges•Advisors•Learning Communities•Ethnic Minority Students
* Initial groups defined through BANNER
•Athletics•Residence Hall Students•SEO
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MAP-Works: Interventions
• Information will be shared with students regarding the tool
• Confidentiality statement on the survey will discuss institutional use of results
• Faculty/Staff utilizing the system participate in training sessions
• Interventions are coordinated through notes within the system
•Students take the survey between weeks 5-7 of fall semester
•Veterans were added in 2011, transfer students will be added in 2012
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For More Information
www.map-works.com
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