HSI Full Task Force

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HSI Full Task Force

• California State University
• Los Angeles
• Site Visit October 9, 2007

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History of HSI at CSU-LA

• CSU-LA- First HSI serving institution
• 20 years ago a Caucasian university
• Natural phenomena
• African American population
• Asian population
• Undergraduate/Graduate population
• Gender

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Transition to HSI at CSU-LA

• No strategic plan in place
• No strategic plan to maintain
• Number one goal Strategic Plan
• Key to retention- Meets students needs
• Increase in drop out/stop out rates

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How met recruitment needs

• Brochures- English/Spanish
• Family involvement
• High Schools
• Open houses
• Parent orientation
• Faculty involvement

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How met retention needs

• Deadlines for admissions and registration
• College based advising system
• Required a first year seminar course for all
  students, and a 300 level introduction course for
  transfers
• Required all students to complete remedial work
  within the first year of attendance. If did not
  comply dis-enrolled and sent to a Community
  College
• Second Language Conversation Labs
• Tracking System for faculty

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Continued

• EOP
• Grant for disadvantaged students
• Learning Communities
• Supplemental Instruction
• Consistent contact with advisors
• EASE Program for transfer students 66.6 from
  CC
• Most students transfer with 60 semester hours
• Remedial work and required courses completed
• Transfer Shock 87 at risk
• Survey taken within two to three weeks
• A 300 level course for transfer students

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Continued..

• Aspirations for retention
• Soar with Honors
• Honors at entrance with a 3.5 GPA
• Presidential scholarship with a 3.75 GPA
• MBRS, RUSH, MARC
• CSI Lab with 96 million grant

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Recommendations for HSI

• Partnership
• Title 3
• Title 5 Designation

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Recommended Practices

• Deadlines for admissions and registration
• Alter the Admissions application
• English/Spanish brochures
• Parent orientation in Spanish
• Introductory course for transfer students
• Remedial work completed within one year
• Learning Labs with ENG MTH 090
• Grants for Title 3, designation and investigate a
  grant for a CSI crime lab at MSCD

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Questions?