Retention
- Who is responsible for retention at the University and how are retention activities to be coordinated?
- Role of University College
- Role of Graduate Studies
- Role of Student Affairs
- What is the target population - level, cohort?
- Why do some students persist to graduation and other fail?
- Why do students voluntarily leave the University?
- Should we perform an exit interview?
- What can we do to "save" those who are marginal/at risk students?
- How can we examine course-taking patterns to help students to succeed, both new students and transfer students? Are there options?
- What is the role of the early warning system?
- What specific information do we need to capture?
- Who should receive the information?
- What should be done with the information?
- Do we want invasive or informational interventions?
- What is the role of academic advising? Peer advising? Mentoring? Tutoring?
- How does the admission standard affect retention?
- What is the minimum numeric standard common to the successful student?
- Math? Verbal? High school GPA?
- Transfer GPA?
- What do the numbers tell us about students who are potentially at risk? Math? Verbal?
- Do or should the six traditional colleges have varying admission standards?
- Do college standards adversely impact retention?
- Are threshold courses used to identify at risk students and pose a necessary barrier?
- Can we identify the successful student?
- What do we need to know about the "at risk" population?
- Create a profile?
- What can the data tell us? Do we know what data we need?
- How does our current infrastructure support (or not) retention efforts?
- What role does the physical campus environment play in retention?
- How does the transition from commuter to residential campus affect student retention?
- What role does housing play?
- What is the role of campus engagement? Social/community connections? Volunteerism?
- What about course attendance?
- Ability to use available technologies for review (canvas, pod-casting, course capture, etc.?
- Is it possible for these technologies to replace physical course attendance?
- Should the attendance policy be reviewed?
| Chair | Charles Wilson |
| Steering Committee Representative |
Zhao Yang |
| Data and Assessment Committee Representative |
Worth Pickering |
| Committee Members | Bonita Anthony Michael DeBowes Carol S. Henry Judy Luedtke David D. Metzger Terri M. Matthews Matthew J. Oliver Bob Spina Bon Stansberry |
Minutes, Meeting Dates and Agenda
Related Data
- FY 100 Students Progression Chart
- Braxton, John M., Faculty Professional Choices in Teaching That Foster Student Success, 2006
- Cuseo, Joe , The "BIG PICTURE": Key Causes of Student Attrition & Key Components of a Comprehensive Student Retention Plan
- Demmert, Jr., William G., A Native American Response: Why Do Colleges and Universities Fail the Minority Challenge?, 2006
- Habley, Wesley R, , McClanahan, Randy, What Works in Student Retention? Four-Year Public Colleges, ACT Information for Life's Transitions, 2004
- Hearn, James C., Student Success: What Research Suggests for Policy and Practice, 2006
- Kuh, George D., Kinzie, Jillian, Buckley, Jennifer A., Bridges, Brian K. , Hayek, John C., What Matters to Student Success: A Review of the Literature, 2006
- Maguire, Linda, How Well Are Students Prepared For College? The Perception Gap Between High-School Teachers And College Professors, 2008
- Perna , Laura W., Thomas, Thomas, A Framework for Reducing the College Success Gap and Promoting Success for All, 2006
- Retention for Fall 2007 Freshman by High School GPA and SAT Total Score Grid, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, October 2008.
- Schmidt, Peter, "Use of Part-Time Instructors Tied to Lower Student Success", The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 14, 2008.
- Tinto, Vincent, Student Retention: Research and Practice
- Veilleux, Richard, New Program Aims to Help Freshment Succeed, 2003
- WHITE PAPER: Evidence-Based Course Scheduling, Where is the Evidence for Student Success? The Enrollment Management Disconnect
- Meeting & Recommendation Summaries
- Old Dominion University NACADA Final Report 11/19/09