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The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU

Presented to the SMART Group November 16, 2007. The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU. What is student retention?. First time full time freshmen 1 year rates Persistence at WSU(continuing to enroll from year to year) Persistence in any higher education institution

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The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU

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  1. Presented to the SMART Group November 16, 2007 The Business of Keeping Students: A Look at Retention at WSU

  2. What is student retention? • First time full time freshmen 1 year rates • Persistence at WSU(continuing to enroll from year to year) • Persistence in any higher education institution • Time to graduation • Reaching the academic goals

  3. Why is retention important?

  4. First Time, Full Time Retention Percent returning second year

  5. 6 year Graduation rate

  6. 6 year graduation rates KS schools

  7. Why is this an incomplete picture? • FTFT group represents about 1,000 to 1,100 students each year • Part time • Nontraditional • Graduate students • Continuing education • Transfer students

  8. Fall 2005 Cohort study done by OIR

  9. Fall 2005 cohort --who did not re-enroll Fall 2006

  10. 768 Transfers tracked

  11. Withdrawals Profile 57.6% were in good academic standing Of the Fall 2005 enrollees, 22.5% of freshmen withdrew 18.4 % of sophomores withdrew 23.1 % of juniors withdrew 36. 5 % of seniors withdrew

  12. Transfer students time to degreetransferring with 30 or more sch

  13. What are the steps to managing retention?

  14. Our aim Help students reach their academic goals. Degree Continuing Ed Certificate Personal fulfillment

  15. What retains students? ENGAGEMENT

  16. Engagement What is the one best thing we should do to increase student engagement and success on our campus?

  17. National Survey of Student Engagement “Make it possible for every student to participate in at least two high impact activities, one in their first year, and one later in their major field.” Kuh

  18. High impact activities • Student interaction with faculty/staff and peers • Early—freshmen seminars, learning communities, Service Learning • Later—Research with faculty, Study abroad, Senior Capstone

  19. WSU Engaging FY Activities

  20. Seniors Engaging

  21. Who is responsible for retaining students? YOU

  22. What can you do? All the advertising in the world can be undone in a second when a student encounters someone who ignores them, gives them wrong information, or treats them badly.

  23. Questions/comments

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