Student Success

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Student Success

• Dec. 4, 2012

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Recruit, Retain and Graduate

• Long-term Enrollment Plan
• Ensure we enroll students who will be successful
  at BGSU
• Traditional UG student population
• Non-traditional UG student population
• Graduate Students (full-time and part-time)
• Why goal of 25,000 student headcount?

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Traditional UG Students

• Of highly qualified, admitted students, increase
  number of enrolled students (yield)
• Adjust scholarship program
• For example, increase number of honors
  scholarship awards
• Focus on majors with low yield rates
• For example, pre-professional programs
• Personalize admission programs for highly
  qualified students
• Better articulate the value of a BGSU
  undergraduate degree

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Non-Traditional UG Students

• Increase number of qualified transfer students
• Leverage articulation agreements to attract
  students in specific programs
• New transfer student orientation (day, evening,
  virtual)
• Workshops for community college
  counselors/advisors
• Increase outreach efforts in key metropolitan
  areas throughout Ohio
• Finish What you Started a degree completion
  program for stop-outs

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Graduate Students

• Aligned with the Graduate Programs Strategic Plan
• Develop new programs for professional masters
  programs as well as interdisciplinary programs
• Develop additional accelerated bachelor/masters
  programs
• Strategically allocate existing scholarship
  dollars

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Graduate and UG Student

• International
• Focus on specific countries and regions (China,
  India, South Korea, key countries in South
  America and Middle East)
• Faculty-led recruiting trips and affiliation
  agreements
• Visits to Embassies
• Alternative Delivery Methods (On-line, Hybrid,
  Weekend, Evening programs)
• Increase visibility of existing programs
• Develop additional alternative delivery methods
  of existing programs
• Develop new programs

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Retain and Graduate

• Academic and Administrative Policies and
  Procedures
• Support and Feedback for Students
• Progress Reporting
• Learning Commons
• Academic and Career Advising
• Academics
• Assessment of Student Learning
• Learning Assistants in Large Lecturers
• Linked Courses
• First-year Academic Seminar
• Faculty Support and Development (Grants and
  integration of centers)
• Ongoing Faculty Conversations (Craig Zirbel)

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How can faculty help?

• Retention
• Aligned with BGSU strategies,
• Identifying and developing partnerships with
  community colleges and domestic/international
  universities
• New Program development
• Built on existing BGSU strengths
• Aligned with future directions

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For DiscussionBGSU commitment to students

• Four year graduation commitment
• Experiential education opportunity for every
  student (internship, study abroad, service
  learning, applied capstone, etc.)
• Success based scholarships
• For qualified students, the ability to graduate
  debt free of tuition and fees