Persistence and Completion Steering Team Agenda
Meeting 5: May 22, 2014, 3:00 PM
Sherman 205 connected to Riverfront 218
1) Call to Order and Roll Call
GOAL #1: Identify subsets of "at risk" students, then explore what factors allow "at risk" students who
persist to be successful
ACTION 1: Create summary report of "at risk" factors with supporting data
ACTION 2: Identify subsets of students who perform academically and retain better than predicted
ACTION 3: Investigate qualitative factors that allow at risk students to be successful
2) Approval of April 25th Minutes
3) Team Updates and Opportunities for Collaboration
i) Macomb: (Nancy and Sara)
ii) Quad Cities: (Joe and Kristi)
iii) Off-Campus: (Jennifer, Roger, and Rick)
iv) Data Facilitation: (Joe)
4) Academy Updates
a) Persistence and Completion Goals
b) Benchmark Institutions
c) Handout, Pages 1-2: WIU Progress Submission
d) Handout, Pages 3-4: Mentor and Senior Scholar Feedback and the Need for:
i) Multivariate Analyses
ii) Excluding groups
iii) Increased faculty and staff engagement in the process
iv) Special initiatives for fall
v) Updates to all employees
5) Old Business
a) Contacting Dr. Wilds for changes in errors of fact in his Mentor Report
b) Handout, Page 5: Editing of Goal 2 for the WIU Framework
c) Status of scheduling future team meetings (Chris)
6) New Business
7) Announcements
Adjourn
Next Meeting: June 20, 9AM, Sherman 205 and Riverfront 103