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Enhancing Student Retention Through Effective Advising Strategies

Learn how active advisor involvement, data reporting, and mandatory advising programs impact student retention. Discover the use of student data, early warning indicators, and graduation tracking in improving retention rates at universities. Get insights on successful advising practices and the positive outcomes achieved. Contact Steve Johnson or Susan Parkinson at Utah State University for more information.

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Enhancing Student Retention Through Effective Advising Strategies

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  1. ADVISING IMPACT ON STUDENT RETENTION 2012 NACADA Region 10

  2. PRESENTERS • Steve Johnson Advisor, Undeclared Students - Website and Data Reporting, University Advising Center • Susan Parkinson Advisor, Liberal Arts - English, Creative Writing, Professional Technical Writing, Literary Studies

  3. ADVISING IMPACT - RETENTION • Student retention is not what we do • It is an outcome of what we do • What ranks the highest in retention? • A Caring Faculty • A Caring Staff – Advisors Active involvement of advising staff with students has become one of the significant factors in student retention

  4. EFFECTIVE USE OF STUDENT DATA • Critical in efforts to retain students • Develop reporting strategies for • Obtaining and sharing accurate student data • Analyzing and using this robust data • Sample report types that are used • First Term Students & Leave of Absence (LOA) • Early Warning Indicators & Course Repeats • Graduation and Close to Graduation

  5. FIRST TERM STUDENTS & LOA

  6. EARLY WARNING INDICATORS

  7. STUDENT REPEATS

  8. GRADUATION PACKET STATUS

  9. ASSOCIATES DEGREE CANDIDATES

  10. Why A Mandatory Advising Program • 2006 – data showed 25% of juniors and seniors in college dropped out • New Advisors for English major • Bottle-neck courses – no proof

  11. Why A Mandatory Advising Program • Update Advising Files and Documentation • Establish and repair advising relationship with students and English department • Teach students how to plan remaining semesters/classes • Inform students of graduation application process and deadlines • Data for tracking student progress toward graduation vs. drop out

  12. Implementing the Program • Use data reports to identify program participants - Sample Warehouse Data (link) • Use data reports to identify at-risk students • Use registration holds to enforce required meeting • Require students to correct errors on matriculations • Sample electronic advising file (link)

  13. How It Worked Out • Implemented Fall 2009-present • 73 juniors and seniors impacted for first semester, 34 the second semester • 89 of 107 in cohort have graduated, 13 students still on track for graduation • 4.7% drop out rate (5 students left USU) • Identity of students who left

  14. How It Worked Out • Project and manage enrollments for bottleneck courses - Sample Faculty Load (link) • Track students who do not register or apply for graduation • Better course planning and scheduling • Improved purposeful communication with students and department • Accurate alumni information

  15. Questions and Discussion • Share processes you are doing? • Ask any questions you may have? • Discussions on reporting?

  16. THANK YOU UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY • Steve Johnson 435-797-3373 Steve.Johnson@usu.edu • Susan Parkinson 435-797-3883 Susie.Parkinson@usu.edu

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