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Wichita State in Brief

Wichita State in Brief. WSU is in a period of renewal and growth. See the new Strategic Plan handout The “Bardo Five” Overall quality Increasing enrollment Quality of student life Enhancing basic research Technology transfer. wichita.edu/Parking.

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Wichita State in Brief

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  1. Wichita State in Brief

  2. WSU is in a period of renewal and growth • See the new Strategic Plan handout • The “Bardo Five” • Overall quality • Increasing enrollment • Quality of student life • Enhancing basic research • Technology transfer

  3. wichita.edu/Parking Parking shuttles depart Hughes Metropolitan Complex (29th Street and Oliver) at roughly 10-minute intervals starting at 7 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. The last shuttle will arrive back at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at 10:30 p.m.

  4. Organizational Structure Academic Colleges Who are our Students? Degree Requirements

  5. Organizational Structure 5

  6. Kansas Board of Regents System • University of Kansas • Kansas State University • Wichita State University • Fort Hays State University • Pittsburg State University • Emporia State University • Washburn University • 25 community and technical colleges

  7. President’s Direct Reports • Vice presidents • Executive Director of Government Relations and Board of Trustees (Andy Schlapp) • Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Eric Sexton) • Internal Audit (Chris Cavanaugh) • EEO (search in progress) • [WSU Foundation (Elizabeth King)]

  8. Vice Presidents • Academic Affairs (Tony Vizzini) • Research and Technology Transfer (John Tomblin) • Campus Life and University Relations (Wade Robinson) • Administration and Finance (Mary Herrin) • General Counsel (Ted Ayres) • Information Technologies [reorganization in progress]

  9. Academic Colleges 9

  10. The Graduate School • Abu Masud, Interim Dean • About 3,000 current students • 12 Doctoral programs, 40 Master’s degrees, and more Jardine Hall, built 1930

  11. College of Fine Arts • Rodney Miller, Dean • 20 programs in the Schools of: • Art and Design • Music • Performing Arts Duerkson Fine Arts Center, built 1956

  12. College of Education • Shirley Lefever-Davis, Interim Dean • 4 departments, 21 Bachelor’s, 13 Master’s, 2 Ed.D. programs Corbin Education Center, built 1963

  13. W. Frank Barton School of Business • Cindy Claycomb, Interim Dean • 5 academic departments, several centers Clinton Hall, built 1970

  14. Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Ron Matson, Interim Dean • 17 academic departments • Largest college Lindquist Hall, built 1976

  15. College of Engineering • Vish Prasad, Interim Dean • 4 departments (9 undergraduate and 7 graduate degree programs) Wallace Hall, built 1977

  16. College of Health Professions • Keith Pickus, Interim Dean • 8 departments (23 programs) Ahlberg Hall, built 1980

  17. University Libraries • Don Gilstrap, Dean Ablah Library, built 1962 with additions in 1988 and 1999

  18. Coming Soon: The Honors College • Kimberly Engber, Director New Residence Hall, opens 2014

  19. Our Students 19

  20. The WSU Student Body • 14,893 students in fall 2012

  21. Undergraduate Demographics

  22. The Incoming Class This year Convocation will be 11am -1pm on Tuesday, August 27, in Koch Arena. About 1,100 new freshmen each fall About 900 new transfer students each fall

  23. Other Student Characteristics • 44% of Freshmen are the first in their families to attend college • 4.9% non-residents; 8.9% are international • Of domestic undergrads (about 86% of student body): • 71.3% are from Sedgwick County • 89% are from the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area • 97% are from Kansas (!)

  24. Other Student Characteristics, cont. • Only 1,000 students live on campus. • Our students have aWIDE range of talents, interests, motivations, backgrounds, support systems, mentors, role models, life experiences, life circumstances, etc.

  25. Student Success Statistics • 70.8% of full-time freshmen return for a second year • Coincidence? About 30% of freshmen earn a first-semester GPA of < 2.0 • 19.6% graduate from WSU within four years • 42.1% graduate from WSU within six years

  26. KBOR’s “Foresight 2020” • Increase freshman retention from 70% to 80% by 2020 • Increase six-year graduation from 40% to 50% by 2020

  27. Retention Matters • State scrutiny • HLC Reaccreditation • The benefits to individuals and families • Societal flourishing • Our moral duty to students

  28. Retention Matters • State scrutiny • HLC Reaccreditation • The benefits to individuals and families • Societal flourishing • Our moral duty to students • The university’s bottom line: • Each 1% increase in retention generates $415,000 in gross revenue—more than $4 million over ten years.

  29. Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation “Quality Initiative” • Improve freshman orientationprogram, include faculty participation. • Initiate measures to identify academically at-risk students with proactive advising. • Deploy the GradesFirst academic early alert system. • Deploy a revised student success course (WSU 101). • Increase Supplemental Instructionofferings.

  30. The Faculty Role in Retentionand Student Success • See the handout, “12 Reasons Students Drop Out”

  31. Academic Policies

  32. Degree Requirements What our students go through, or How to be a good advisor 32

  33. Advising • “Mixed Model” • In most colleges, professional advisers (yes, that’s how we spell it...) take care of students through their sophomore year or until they declare a major. • Faculty advisers take care of their majors. • BUT there are plenty of exceptions to this basic pattern: Your chair will tell you your role in the advising process in your department. • INFORMAL advising is a key part of your role.

  34. Info you need • Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs going back to 1995 are available on the Registrar’s website. • The Schedule of Courses is available several months before each semester begins (mid-November, mid-March). • See also: Academic Affairs Calendar (handout)

  35. Admission Requirements For Kansas residents attending accredited high schools: • Min ACT of 21; or • Rank in top 1/3rd of graduating class; or • Complete the “precollege curriculum” with at least a 2.0 GPA For transfer students: • > 23 transfer hours: Min. 2.0 college GPA • < 24 transfer hours: Min. 2.0 college GPA, and meet one of the freshman qualified admissions requirements. • NB, some colleges/majors have higher standards. • NB, beginning fall 2015, these standards will be changing.

  36. Tuition and Fees $187.40/crhr + $42.35/crhr + $17 per semester For a 15-hour course load: $2,811 + $652.25 = $3,463.25 (Plus any course/lab/department fees, plus books, etc.)

  37. Class standing • Freshmen: < 30 credit hours earned; • Sophomores: 30 to 59 crhr; • Juniors: 60 to 89 crhr; • Seniors: > 89 credit hours An undergrad is FULL TIME if enrolled in 12 or more credit hours in fall or spring semesters • 9 cr = FT for grad students • 6 cr= FT in summer

  38. Degree Requirements • Components of the degree • General Education (incl. “48 hour rule” for Foundation courses) • College Requirements • Major Courses and Requirements • Electives • Minimum for a Bachelor’s degree: 120 credit hours. • (Currently some Fine Arts degrees require 150 crhr!)

  39. Submitting Grades • myWSU (not Blackboard) • Final grades due four days after end of Finals (this fall, Dec. 17) • 5th week: email request for early alert feedback in GradesFirst • Mid-term grades encouraged NB: Whenever you submit a final grade of “F” you MUST give the student’s “Last Date of Attendance”—This is a federal Financial Aid requirement.

  40. Satisfactory Academic Progressfor Financial Aid • GPA • “Pace” (% of attempted courses passed) • Max. credits • NB there is no grace period: Students who drop below the standards are ineligible to receive financial aid. (There is an appeal process to be reinstated.) • Last year >1,300 students were suspended from Fin Aid for SAP violations

  41. Probation, Dismissal, Exceptions • Whenever CUM GPA < 2.0, student is placed on probation. • Students on probation who do not earn the minimum GPA in the next semester are dismissed from WSU. • Dismissed students may appeal to Exceptions Committee for re-admission (to another college).

  42. Introducing a New Course • Get the forms on the VPAA site. • Your chair/department should be part of the discussion from the beginning. • Must get department, college and university level approvals. • Note the special requirements for General Education courses.

  43. FERPA Basics • See handout: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

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