Persistence and Completion Steering Team Minutes
Meeting 4: April 25, 2014, 3:00 PM
Sherman 205 connected to Riverfront 218
1) Call to Order and Roll Call
2) Approval of March 21, 2014 Minutes
3) Academy Updates
a) Progress Report Submitted to the Commission (Kristi and Sara)
b) Feedback Received from the Commission (Kristi and Sara)
4) Team Updates and Opportunities for Collaboration
FRAMEWORK: What do students bring with them? What happens to students while enrolled at
the institution?
GOAL #1: Identify subsets of “at risk” students, then explore what factors allow “at risk”
students who persist to be successful.
•
•
•
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
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.
Macomb (Nancy and Sara)
Quad Cities (Joe and Kristi)
Off-Campus (Rick, Jennifer and Roger)
Data Facilitation (Joe)
5) Old Business
a) Contacting Dr. Wilds for Changes in Errors of Fact
b) Goal 2 for the WIU Framework
c) Web Feedback
d) Status of Scheduling Future Team Meetings (Chris)
6) New Business
a) Setting University Persistence Goal and its Relationship to Academy Participation
7) Announcements
8) Next Steps
Adjourn