Rewriting Academic Standing for Success

1. Brian Lowery – Associate Registrar for Operations University of Oregon blowery@uoregon.edu Rewriting Academic Standing for Success

2. Overview • History of Academic Standing at UO • Scholastic Review Committee (SRC) • Evolution of AS • Goats • Loopholes • No-progress amendment • Examples • Closing the Gaps • Hypothesis • A Statistic – what we have found

3. History of Academic Standing at UO • October 10, 1883 • Students delinquent in their work are forbidden to attend skating rinks, dancing rooms, and other festivities on/off campus. • April 6, 1916 • Students with mid-semester passing grades in less than 9 hours of work to be on probation under supervision of probation committee for rest of semester.

4. History… • November 24, 1925 • Unofficial withdrawals resulting in marks of “Dropped” to be counted as failures • April 6, 1933 • Transfer students with poor records are to be admitted on probation • May 3, 1944 • Automatic “warning” given for term GPA below 2.00. “DQ” to be determined at the end of each academic year

5. History… • June 10, 1970 • Academic probation and suspension to be automated upon excessive accumulation of N hours (including F hours)

6. Scholastic Review Committee • April 6, 1933 • Became UO’s watchdog for Academic Warning, Probation, and Disqualification • Committee • Faculty • Advisor • Registrar • Continues to police academic progress • Disqualification, grade changes, retroactive Withdrawals, etc.

7. Original Policy – up to 1987

8. Post-Banner Policy 1987-2009 Address later Disqualification

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10. Post Banner Loopholes • Students on P2 could remain on P2 for multiple terms if term GPA >2.0 • Students could completely withdraw to save themselves from DQ’d • Students could beg for I’s and Y’s from faculty to save themselves. • Utilizing Resources/taking seats • And other things we don’t know about…

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12. Amended Policy – “No Progress”

13. Current Academic Standing PolicyEffective Fall 2009 Post-Banner Policy Cumulative GPA below 2.o “No Progress” Amendment Cumulative GPA above 2.o Effective Fall 2009

14. Example AW; No progress 1st term A2; No progress 2nd term P3; No progress 3rd term D2; No progress 4th term

15. Example

16. We’re Not Done Yet!

17. What the SRC didn’t catch • Probation P1/P2 • No progress • Remained in current status • Same tricks as before

18. Effective Fall 2010 – Closing the Gap Added “or” Term GPA = Null/0.00 Disqualification

19. Example New Policy Transferred with 86 credits. Term GPA < 2.o; AW CUM GPA < 2.0; P2 CUM & Term GPA < 2.0 DS! Instead: Continued for another term before DQ’d

20. What do we expect? • Progress • Alert/intrusive advising • Retention • Increased graduation rates • Less time to graduate

21. A stat… • Fall 2009 new system in effect • Percent DQ’d hasn’t increased • Students are being notified sooner – intrusive advising • Fewer have a lower cum GPA • More time/data needed for full effect of new standing • Does not include fix for null/0.00 GPA

22. Questions