Position Description University Retention Coordinator (H-H Title: Student Services Coordinator) This position is part of a Title III “Strengthening Institutions” grant to improve student retention and graduation rates. The Retention Coordinator will be responsible for managing, developing, implementing and assessing a comprehensive retention action plan for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, as well as co-coordinating Title III program activities. Campus-wide Retention • Develop an annual retention plan using resources from across the University’s Colleges and Divisions to create an actionable set of retention measures. • Track in real time, activities across the campus related to the overall retention strategies and inform campus leadership regarding needed changes to mitigate any retention declines. • Using a managerial matrix, manage the retention functions of the University and evaluate the University’s wide array of retention programs to ensure student success and make recommendations for continuous improvements. • Assess the prior year’s retention annually utilizing a variety of data inputs from across the University. • Develop measurable retention strategies and action plans for key student cohorts across campus. • Identify priorities, strategic goals, and action plans to enhance student progress to degree completion. • Identify campus policies and procedures that may lead to or contribute to attrition and propose changes. • Collect, analyze, and report student persistence/learning/satisfaction data and compare it to internal benchmarks and national/peer institution data. Title III Coordination • Assess the prior year’s Title III program activities and report to the Principal Investigator progress toward Title III goals. • Recommend to the Principal Investigator changes needed in the Title III program activities to reach program goals. • Respond to all Department of Education requests and reports including annual performance review. Service Delivery • Coordinate the Conditional Admissions program. o Communicate with potential conditional admits. o Ensure that the student cohort members complete the assigned retention activities within their conditional admission agreement. o Utilize MAP-Works to track the student cohort for potential retention risks. o Determine student status from conditional admission to full time student. o Assess/Track/Report student cohort success through to graduation. • • • Manage Project Win-Win associate degree review and completion efforts. Develop re-recruitment efforts for withdrawn and stop out students. Work with the Enrollment Specialists and the various student support services, develop action plans for re-admitted students who were previously suspended for poor academic performance. Administration • Meet regularly with the Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs leadership teams to discuss plan initiatives and collaborative efforts necessary to ensure plan success. • Bring disparate groups together to solve campus issues that affect student persistence. • Serve as a liaison to faculty and staff in the development/improvement of programs that enhance student success. • Develop, maintain and communicate a complete list of support services for faculty and staff to reference when needing retention assistance. • Other duties as assigned