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UM System/UMKC Strategic Plan 2013‐2018 Strategy Statement UMKC’s Strategic Plan
By 2020, we will grow enrollment to 20,000 and increase graduation rates 10% by ensuring student success through a small‐college experience while leveraging our strengths in the visual & performing arts, life & health sciences, and entrepreneurship.
Cynthia Pemberton
Mel Tyler
Projected Missouri
Public High School Graduates
Projected Kansas Public High School Graduates
38,000
66,000
64,000
36,000
62,000
34,000
60,000
32,000
58,000
30,000
56,000
54,000
28,000
Source: 2012 data from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Source: 2012 data from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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UMKC Enrollment Trends
18,000
Student Retention Trends
80.0%
16,000
14,000
1,396 1,394 1,861 1,584 1,877
1,638 1,661 1,723 1,754 1,782
75.0%
12,000
10,000
Dual Credit High School
3,776 3,670 3,697 3,745 3,916
Doctoral‐Professional
70.0%
74.5%
74.0%
70.6%
74.9%
74.8%
71.3%
73.8%
71.2%
70.7%
73.3%
72.9%
71.4%
70.9%
71.5%
70.4%
69.2%
Graduate (non‐prof)
Undergraduate
8,000
65.4%
65.0%
6,000
4,000
8,765 8,740 8,467
8,663 8,585
60.0%
2008 Cohort
2,000
2009
2010
FTC
0
Fall 2010 (15,277)
Fall 2011 (15,492)
Fall 2012 (16,019)
Fall 2013 (15,746)
2011
FTC (excl. Prof.)
2012
2013
Transfer
Fall 2014 (16,160)
6‐Year Graduation Rates
UMKC Goals
65.0%
61.7%
60.0%
59.2%
57.4%
55.0%
54.8%
50.0%
51.3%
50.9%
45.4%
45.9%
49.7%
47.1%
45.0%
44.7%
44.1%
41.7%
40.0%
UMKC Goals:
57.6%
57.0%
43.1%
Enrollment Fall 2011 Fall 2014
Baseline
15,492
By 2015 By 2020
16,160
16,436
20,000
69.2%
72.9%
(FS11 cohort)
(FS13 cohort)
80%
85%
50%
55%
39.6%
37.1%
Retention
35.0%
30.0%
2003 cohort
2004
2005
FTC
FTC (excl. Prof.)
2006
Transfer
2007
2008
Graduation
43.1% 50.9%
(FS05 cohort)
(FS08 cohort)
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2020 Enrollment Goals
HEADCOUNT
Continuing
Undergraduate
Grad/Prof
New Students
FTC
Transfer
New Grad
New Prof
Online
Visiting
Readmit
DCHS
TOTAL
Fall 2013
9,125
Fall 2015
9,494
Fall 2016
9,684
Fall 2017
10,126
Fall 2018
10,779
Fall 2019
11,648
5592
3533
5771
3537
5,544
3,637
6171
3323
6488
3196
7088
3038
7653
3126
8387
3262
9576
3192
6,621
6,753
6,979
6,854
7,139
7,097
7,136
7,181
7,232
1078
1371
1065
513
1081
1398
1077
482
1074
1246
1125
509
1103
1426
1103
487
576
434
1584
574
422
1719
698
450
1877
589
427
1719
1125
1455
1127
493
200
595
425
1719
1147
1491
1127
513
200
500
400
1719
1170
1532
1127
513
200
500
375
1719
1194
1578
1127
513
200
500
350
1719
1218
1634
1127
513
200
500
321
1719
16,061
16,160
16,348
Fall 2014 FS14 Actual
15,746
Fall 2014 FS14 Actual
9,308
9,181
16,822
17,223
17,915
Fall 2020
12,769
18,829
20,000
CREDIT HOURS
Fall 2013
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
Fall 2017
Fall 2018
Fall 2019
Fall 2020
Undergraduate
Grad/Prof
DCHS
108,117
56,743.5
5,788
109,390.2
59,869
6,360.3
107414
59187
6243
112,479
62,032
6,360.3
115,631.5
63,476
6,360.3
124,244.8
61,461.24
6,360.3
138,479.9
59,348.51
6,360.3
146,709.5
57,053.71
6,360.3
157,407.1
52,469.03
6,360.3
170,648.5
175,768
172,758
181,041
186,472.2
192,066.4
197,828.4
203,763.2
209,876.1
TOTAL
QUESTION
Strategic Plan Goals
What is Goal 1 of our Strategic Plan?
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Goal 1: Place Student Success at the Center
Goal 2: Lead in life and health sciences
Goal 3: Advance urban engagement
Goal 4: Excel in the visual and performing arts Goal 5: Embrace diversity
Goal 6: Promote research and economic development
Goal 7: Increase sources of revenue
More information: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/strategic‐plan.asp
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Goal 1: Place Student Success at the Center
Academic Programming
Student Engagement and Success
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Cindy Pemberton, Co‐Chair Klassie Alcine
Ghulam Chaudhry
Steve Dilks
Jane Greer
Tamera Murdock
Dick Murphy
Jerry Place
Jim Sheppard
Tom Stroik
Peggy Ward‐Smith
Mel Tyler, Co‐Chair Arnie Abels
Larry Bunce
Eric Grospitch
Glen Jacobs
Bridgett Johnson
Eve McGee
Ginny Miller
Lynda Plamann
Tom Sandreczki
Kami Thomas
Susan Wilson
Data Reviewed
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Time to Get it Right
Time to Get it Right – One Year Later
Blue Ribbon Task Force
UMKC First Year Experience Report
Student Satisfaction Inventory
National Survey on Student Engagement
UMKC Retention Committee Report
Goal 1: Place Student Success at the Center
To provide the optimal learning experience for all students: outstanding academic programs, seamless student support, a vibrant campus community, and engaging locally, regionally, and globally.
 Provide excellent academic programs that challenge all students to achieve at a high level.
 Provide “high impact” educational experiences associated with student engagement and retention.
 Provide academic experiences that empower all students to contribute to a dynamic and complex world characterized by significant demographic and technological change.
 Create a service model that allows a one‐stop approach to meeting student needs (real and virtual).
 Develop proactive systems and programs to support student success.
Campus Conversations
Chancellors Leadership Series guest speakers:
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Dr. John Gardner, executive director for the Policy Center on the First Year of College
Tim Culver, Noel‐Levitz retention planning consultant Dr. Fred Bonner, Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University
Dr. Steve Robbins, Vice President of Research for ACT
Dr. Wes Habley, Principal Associate for ACT
Dr. Saundra McGuire, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at Louisiana State University
Dr. Steve Murdock, former Director of the US Census Bureau
Dr. Gail Hackett, then‐Provost
Kati Haycock, founder and president of The Education Trust
Dr. Bob Bontrager, former Assistant Provost at Oregon State University, and Dr. Bruce Clemetsen, Vice President of Student Services at Linn‐Benton Community College Metropolitan Community College Leadership Panel: •
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Dr. Tuesday Stanley, Vice Chancellor Student Development & Enrollment Management
Dr. Bernard Franklin, President of Penn Valley
Dr. Merna Saliman, President of Maple Woods
Dr. Fred Grogan, President of Longview
Mr. Gary Sage, President of Business & Technology
Dr. Don Doucette, Interim President of Blue River
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Strategic Plan Initiatives
Campus Conversations
Retention Retreat Presentations:
 Life Coach in the School of Education  Strengths‐Based Approach to Student Retention in the School of Nursing
 Retention Efforts (mentoring, learning communities, advising) in the School of Medicine
 Supporting and Retaining Students of Color in an Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program
Other initiatives
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UMKC Core
UMKC Connect
Major Maps
Math Course redesign
RooWriter Assessment
Career Development
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Coaching Program
Summer Bridge
Access 2 Success
UMKC Advantage Grant
15 to Finish
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Student Success Center
UMKC Central
University College
Honors College
Undergrad. Research
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Advising
Supplemental Instruction
Transfer Students
Early Alert
Student Success Center
 Opened Fall 2012: the mission of the Student Success Center is to provide high‐quality, integrated, and responsive
services that promote students’ academic and personal success in support of our retention and graduation goals and to meet the diverse needs of our students now and in the future.
 Offices include: UMKC Central, Academic Support and Mentoring, University College, Writing Studio, Welcome Center, Career Services, SEARCH, MindBody Connection, International Student Affairs, International Academic Programs, and School of Medicine Advising for Students in Years 1 and 2.
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UMKC Central
 Students rated overall satisfaction with UMKC Central as 4.93 on a 5‐point scale.  Write‐in comments included:
– I was very pleased with this service, the “one‐stop” center is a great idea
– They should have done this years ago
– Great system. Great people. Great service.
– Everyone at UMKC Central was great and really helpful. Can’t wait to come back with another issue! I was very pleased.
Honors College
 Develop an honors college which allows students who enter UMKC with advanced educational competencies to experience appropriate academic challenges that may include more focused and challenging courses and/or the opportunity to fast track into graduate/professional programs  Have hired a new dean (James McKusick) and developed curriculum aligned with new UMKC Core.
Undergraduate Research
Advising Task Force  Conducting research as an undergraduate with a faculty mentor is a key “high‐impact” learning experience.
 Expand directed undergraduate research to include experiences earlier in academic programs at the freshman and sophomore levels  Advising is one of the most important structured activities for students to interact with faculty and staff
 Task Force reviewed student survey data and conducted inventory of best practices, including the current Advisors Forum
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Create uniformity in advising across the Units
Develop comprehensive advisor training program
Implement electronic advising notes system
Staffing realignment and assessment program
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Supplemental Instruction (SI)  SI model was developed at UMKC in 1973 and is grounded in cognitive science research:
• Learning is a continuous and active process • New knowledge must be tied to existing knowledge
• Students should utilize several styles and strategies to increase their level of learning
 SI helps students fully engage in and understand how they learn so they can successfully master course content.
 Students who regularly attend SI earn a half to a full letter grade better than students who do not attend SI.
Early Alert System  Piloted Fall 2009, UFirst was designed to assist with students’ academic and social transition to college and to connect them with the support services they may need to be academically successful.
 In Fall 2011, UFirst became a BlackBoard module to provide better access for faculty.
 Currently, Early Alert is a function in UMKC Connect.
Transfer Students
 New transfers are our largest on‐campus undergraduate student population.
 Task Force reviewed issues and concerns related to seamless processes in transfer student recruitment, retention, and degree completion.
 Recommendations include:
• Establish an advisory committee for transfer student issues
• Develop or identify a survey for transfer students
• Hire a transfer coordinator to work on policy issues and strengthen relationships with Community Colleges (Autumn Ayers)
• Admissions has two recruiters who are responsible for directly engaging in recruitment activities with students and counsellors (Jacob Smallegan and open position)
Career Development  UMKC’s Comprehensive Career Development Experience will give all undergraduate students the foundation they need to learn about themselves, what major and career would be a good fit, and what they need to do in order to succeed in a chosen career.
 Includes career assessments, advisor training, academic courses, internship stipend program, and graduate placement reporting.
• Last year, 8 students received Internship stipends
• 347 students have completed 901 assessments using Journey
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Coaching Program
 The Coaching Program provides an environment of accountability to help students be successful
 Serves incoming freshmen on trial admission through Peer Mentoring & engaging programming
• Peer Coaches meet with students weekly to help them transition to UMKC
• The Peer Coaches help them develop time management, study skills, & adapt to their new social setting
 Serves current students who are on contract with the Financial Aid Office for not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress by matching them one‐on‐one with a Coach  Serves any student who needs development in the areas of time management, money management, study skills, or learning strategies
Summer Bridge
 ASM received a two grants to develop program: • Greater Kansas City Community Foundation's Patricia and John Morgan Academic Advancement Fund for the Circle of Excellence Initiative ($100,000) • Campus Retention Initiative (CRI) grant from the UM System ($40,000)
 Piloted Summer 2014: welcomed 17 students to an 8‐
week residential college experience that included enrollment in English and intermediate Mathematics.  16 of the participants successfully matriculated to UMKC this fall (the student who did not enroll still plans to attend UMKC in a future term).
 14 Scholars returned for Spring 2015.
 Support and mentoring of these students is ongoing.
Access 2 Success
UMKC Advantage Grant
 National initiative to increase the access and success rates of low income students and underrepresented minority students. Overall goal is to halve the gaps in these rates.
 The data indicate several key success indicators. Students are more likely to be retained if they:
 Need‐Based aid program implemented Fall 2011.
 Integral part of UMKC’s A2S Plan to increase access and success of our low‐income undergraduate students.
 Designed to cover the gap between an eligible student’s gift aid and cost of tuition.
 Since implementation, UMKC has awarded 443 students a total of $744,714 in grant‐aid.
• enroll in at least 12 hours per semester and 24 hours per year
• successfully complete at least 80% of their hours
• enroll in and successfully complete a college‐level math and a college‐level English course during their first year
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15 to Finish
 Implement campaign encouraging students to enroll in 15 credit hours each Fall and Spring semester so they can finish their degree in four years—saving time and money.
Student Myths…
Myth 1: UMKC students are not “good” students or not as good as students at other urban institutions.
Reality: Incoming UMKC freshmen have high school performance and standardized test profiles similar to peer institutions.
UMKC Peer Comparison
Top 10%
HS GPA
ACT
Acceptance
Persistence
Graduation
25th‐ 75th
Rate
Rate
Rate
UMKC
26%
3.3
21-27
65%
73%
51%
SUNY at Buffalo
28%
3.2
23-28
57%
88%
72%
Temple
20%
3.4
21-27
64%
88%
66%
Illinois ‐ Chicago
24%
3.3
22-26
71%
80%
57%
Cincinnati
22%
3.4
22-28
73%
85%
64%
George Mason
20%
3.7
23-28
62%
87%
67%
UAB
30%
3.6
22-28
87%
80%
53%
Louisville
20%
3.5
22-28
71%
78%
53%
USF
36%
3.9
23-28
45%
89%
63%
VCU
20%
3.6
21-27
64%
86%
57%
Student Myths…
Myth 2: UMKC freshmen are working too many hours.
Reality: UMKC freshmen do NOT work significantly more than the national average for freshmen in urban institutions.
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UMKC Freshmen Who Work On‐Campus vs. Off‐Campus
UMKC Freshmen Who Work Off‐Campus >10 hours, Compared to Urban Universities
60%
60%
50%
50%
52%
49%
48%
40%
43%
39%
40%
40%
39%
39%
34%
30%
30%
20%
20%
10%
10%
22%
21%
18%
0%
2007
2009
UMKC
2012
0%
2007
2009
Urban Universities
Source: National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
Off Campus
Source: National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
GPAs of First‐time, Full‐time Freshmen Who Left UMKC in 2014
Student Myths…
Myth 3: UMKC freshmen do not perform well academically; most non‐persistors receive academic disqualification.
2012
On Campus
56
40
36
37
32
30
29
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Reality: Half of the freshmen who leave UMKC leave in good standing. 50% leave with an overall GPA of 2.0 or above. 23% leave with an overall GPA of 3.0 or above.
0.00 ‐ 0.49
0.50 ‐ 0.99
1.00 ‐ 1.49
1.50 ‐ 1.99
2.00 ‐ 2.49
2.50 ‐ 2.99
3.00 ‐ 3.49
3.50 ‐ 4.00
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