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Student Success

Student Success. Whose Responsiblity is it? What Faculty Don't Know or Understand. Gayle Fenton, Special Assistant to the Vice Provost for Student Success Terre H. Allen, Director, Faculty Center for Professional Development Timothy G. Plax, Director, Hauth Center for Communication Skills

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Student Success

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  1. Student Success

  2. Whose Responsiblity is it? What Faculty Don't Know or Understand Gayle Fenton, Special Assistant to the Vice Provost for Student Success Terre H. Allen, Director, Faculty Center for Professional Development Timothy G. Plax, Director, Hauth Center for Communication Skills Patricia Kearney, Editor, Communication Education 12th National Conference on Students in Transition Nov. 6, 2005 Costa Mesa, CA

  3. How do we define student success? • Organize and deliver educational programs that enable students to … • Stay in school, • Successfully graduate, • In a timely manner, • With a highly valued degree.

  4. 10 Misconceptions about Student Success

  5. M1: Most of our students graduate. Do your faculty know their institution’s graduation rate? Do your faculty know how their institution compares with the national graduation rate? Do your faculty know their college’s graduation rate? Do your faculty know their department’s graduation rate? Overall graduation rates nationally = 56.9% Rates: U.S. News & World Report, 2005 5

  6. M2: Students who fail to graduate lack the motivation to do so. • Most college students are highly motivated to succeed. • 70% of students nationally indicate that they expect to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher (NCES, 2003). • What about our students’ intentions? • 90% of CSULB students expect to complete their bachelor’s degree. • 48% intend to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. • 18% intend to earn a doctorate or professional degree. • And yet, national student graduation rates hover around 50%. Platt, based on 2004 freshman data

  7. M3: Starting at a community college is a good way to ensure degree completion. • What is the best route to degree completion? • The best route is a direct one. • 58% who begin a 4-year institution complete. • Only 10% who begin at a 2-year institution complete (NCES, 2003). • CSULB new junior transfer students 4-year completion rate = 61.5%.

  8. M4: Most of our students know how to succeed in school. • How many hours per week do your students report studying or preparing for classes? • Does your campus have these data? Samuelson, Fall 2004, Academic Advising Center

  9. M5: Working students make the best students. • How many hours per week do your students work off campus? • Do your faculty know? • Completion rates are significantly reduced for students who • Work off-campus more than 20 hours per week. • Attend school part time (Tinto, 2004).

  10. M6: Most of our freshmen have the skills to succeed. • How many of your entering students require remediation? • Do your faculty understand their students? 2001-2004 FTF Cohort - Novack

  11. M7: Remediating students is a waste of our resources. • What are the odds of students graduating who require remediation? • With remediation, students increase their odds of graduating: 4 in 10 will graduate. • These odds are comparable to those not requiring remediation. • However, taking remedial courses increases time-to-degree completion.

  12. M8: Men are more likely to graduate than women. • CSULB enrolled 2,653 FTF students in 1997. • Females = 63%. • Males = 37%. • Of the 1,681 FTF females enrolled, 44% graduated. • Of the 972 FTF males enrolled, 36% graduated.

  13. Why are fewer men enrolling and graduating? 1997 FTF 6-Yr Graduation Rate -- Novack 13

  14. M9: Ethnic background is no longer a major factor in student success. • How does race or ethnicity affect the odds of graduating? U.S. Overall Rates CSULB Rates Integrated Postsecondary Ed Data System Grad Rate Survey, 2003. Based on 6-yr graduation rates for full-time regularly admitted FTF 1998 -- Novack

  15. M10: Students who transfer enroll in more prestigious institutions. • How many of our students transfer to Research 1 institutions? • Less than 1%. • How many transfer to another CSU? • About 4%. • How many transfer to a community college? • About 17%. • How many total students transfer prior to degree completion? • Approximately 33%. 1997 Freshman Cohort – Novak, 2005

  16. What is your SSLI? How literate are your faculty about Student Success? 16

  17. Are we accomplishing our mission? • What constitutes student success? • Student retention rates. • Graduation rates. • Time to completion. • Value of degree.

  18. Who is responsible for student success? We All Are….

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