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Mapping the Path: Building Consensus around Clear Academic Pathways

This document outlines a strategic approach to developing clear academic pathways for full-time and part-time students across various programs. Focusing on critical contexts such as Nursing and Psychology, it emphasizes the importance of strategic course sequencing, default electives, and thorough program requirements. By fostering strong connections between academic advisors and faculty, and utilizing tools like the My Academic Plan (MAP), Sinclair aims to enhance student success rates. Lessons learned from engaging faculty and staff, along with a commitment to keep pathways updated, are also shared.

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Mapping the Path: Building Consensus around Clear Academic Pathways

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  1. Mapping the Path:Building Consensus around Clear Academic Pathways April 2013

  2. Developing Pathways • Developed for full-time (two-year plan) and part-time (four-year plan) students • Imbedded default electives • Strategically sequenced courses

  3. Providing Critical Program ContextExample: Nursing • Admission requirements • Wait lists • Basics about the profession

  4. Providing Critical Program Context Example: Nursing Program

  5. Laying Out Program Requirements Example: Psychology Program

  6. My Academic Plan (MAP) Tool Academic Advisor View

  7. My Academic Plan (MAP) Tool High-Level Student View

  8. Lessons Learned • The real power is connection between advisors and faculty • Curriculum becomes more prescriptive • Default electives; strategically sequenced courses • Ensureprocesses keep pathways updated

  9. Preparing Colleagues to Make the Jump

  10. Summary/Getting Started • 138 programs already completed at Sinclair • Widely engage faculty and staff • Share data widely • Identify key faculty and staff leaders • Decide on technology needed • Build a safety net

  11. Contact Information • Kathleen Cleary, Associate Provost and Managing Partner Director kathleen.cleary@sinclair.edu

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