Quest for Student Success Update
Spring 2016
MTSU QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
GOAL I
Recruiting students who value academic success
Recruiting Initiatives:
Faculty Fellows
q Established Spring
2016
v Members
from English,
Theatre & Dance, Foreign
Languages, and COST/ORCO
q Charged with
developing an
enrollment strategy
q Meet weekly in
Dean’s office
Recruiting Initiatives:
Freedom Prep Academy
q College
prep charter school
in Memphis
q6
Courses
q 60+
Students
Recruiting Initiatives:
Smith County Career Fair
q Attended
inaugural Smith
County Career Day
q 1,400
students,
teachers, parents,
and community
members
Recruiting Initiatives:
Dual Enrollment
q
q
q
Enrollment é 15%
from Fall to Spring
16 sections in Fall
2015
19 sections in Spring
2016
Total$Students$Enrolled$in$CLA$Dual$Enrollment$Courses$
300$
295$
290$
280$
270$
260$
250$
256$
240$
230$
Fall$2015$
Spring$2016$
Recruiting Initiatives:
Departments
q
Community College
Outreach Examples
v
v
v
v
New proposal for joint
study abroad program
with CSCC (GSCG)
MTSU/CC transition
planning & curriculum
development (Theatre)
Art (Printmaking)
exchange with VSCC
MTSU/VSCC Friday
Visits (History)
Recruiting Initiatives:
Departments
q
Local High Schools
v
v
Faculty lectures at & visits
to local high schools
Hosting high school
students
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Foreign Language
placement exams
CSI MTSU
Governor’s School
Linguistics Olympiad
Numerous Fine Arts
events
Recruiting Initiatives:
Department of Art Example
q
Open to current & potential
students, community
college faculty & students,
alumni, community
members
q
Demonstrations
q
Tours
q
Workshops
q
Course registration
information
MTSU QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
GOAL II
Enhancing the academic experience:
Curricular innovation & enhanced learning
CLA Curricular Innovation:
New Programs
q
Bridgestone Executive Leadership Program
q
MALA
q
Religious Studies, Dance majors
q
Africana Studies major (in development)
q
Arabic, Musical Theatre Performance minors
q
Revised Art degree with concentrations in Art
History & Art Practices
CLA Curricular Innovation:
New Initiatives
q
Faculty Fellows
q
MT Engage
q
q
New “Professions”
courses in majors
Supplemental
instruction pilot
courses Fall 2016
CLA Curricular Innovation:
New Initiatives
q
q
q
q
Co-requisite
Remediation Academy
(TBR)
History 2020 & Reading
1000 RLC
323 students (77
international)
Full-time instructors in
History & Reading
Pass$Rate$of$Different$TBR$Co=requisite$Academy$Models$
90%$
80%$
79%$
70%$
60%$
59.60%$
50%$
40%$
35%$
35%$
30%$
20%$
10%$
0%$
MTSU$HIST/READ$RLC$ TBR$Community$College$ TBR$Community$College$ APSU$HIST$"E"$Classes$
(Co=requisite)$
All$Paired$Classes$
HIST/READ$Paired$
Classes$
CLA Enhanced Learning:
Support of Co-curricular Programming
q
Undergraduate research
& creative activity
q
Study abroad
q
Internships
CLA Enhanced Learning:
Joys of the Season
MTSU QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
GOAL II
Enhancing the academic experience:
Quality advising
CLA Advising: Best Practices
q
Visibility
q
Accessibility
q
Walk-in advising
q
Work closely with faculty
CLA Advising:
Professional Development
q
Weekly staff meetings
q
NACADA attendance &
presentations
q
Gates Foundation
q
Strengths Finders
q
College unBound
CLA Advising: Campaigns
q
Highlights
v
Advising Tailgate
v
HOPE Scholarship
v
Veterans
v
Murky Middle
v
Probation
v
75-hour check
v
Stopped-out
CLA Advising: Recognized Success
NACADA Region 3
Excellence in Advising
New Advisor Award
Brad Baumgardner
(Music)
CLA Advising: Future Plans
q
q
q
Flipped advising
Discipline-specific
campaigns
Visit community
college advisors
MTSU QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
GOAL III
Eliminating barriers to student success
CLA Eliminating Barriers:
Overcoming Financial Barriers
College Faculty-Staff
Giving Campaign
q 2015 micro-grant
recipients
q
v
v
v
14 recipients in 2015
Average GPA: 3.0
11 returned in following
semester or graduated
CLA Eliminating Barriers:
Financial Support beyond Emergencies
q
Ralph Klingenmeyer
Scholarship
v
$3,900 awarded for study
abroad & internships
MTSU QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Student Success Results
CLA Student Success: Highlights
q
International & National
Fellowships, 2015-2016
v
Fulbright Awards
Ø
2015 (2) 2016 (1)
v
NIH - MHIRT
v
Humanity in Action Fellowship
v
v
v
v
Phi Kappa Phi National Study
Abroad Scholarship
Critical Language Scholarship
(2)
Foreign Language Area
Studies
Benjamin Franklin Travel
Award
CLA Student Success Results:
Persistence
Change&in&Persistence,&2014!2015&to&2015!2016&
8.00%&
7.30%&
7.00%&
6.00%&
5.00%&
4.00%&
3.40%&
3.00%&
2.00%&
2.60%&
MTSU&
1.90%&
1.00%&
1.00%&
0.40%&
0.00%&
!1.00%&
!0.10%& !0.10%&
!0.30%&
!0.70%&
!0.90%&
!1.00%&
!2.00%&
All&
Undergraduates*&
First!>me&
Freshmen&
Con>nuing&
Freshmen&
New&Transfers&
Sophomores&
*From&IEPR&as&of&2/15/16.&&All&other&data&from&the&Office&of&Student&Success&
Graduate*&
CLA&
CLA Student Success Results:
Retention
Fall,to,fall%Reten:on%of%Full,:me%Undergraduates,%2010,2014%Cohorts*%
84.4%
84.5%
84%
83.7%
83.6%
83.5%
83.5%
83%
83%
82.5%
82.5%
MTSU%
82%
81.7%
81.6%
81.5%
CLA%
82.5%
81.4%
81%
2010,2011%
2011,2012%
2012,2013%
2013,2014%
*From%IEPR.%%All%full,:me%undergraduate%students%
2014,2015%
Looking Ahead:
Planned Initiatives for 2016-2017
q
Introduce & implement
faculty fellowship proposal
v
Faculty Learning Communities
q
CLA branding initiative
q
Implement strategic plan
v
v
v
Fall faculty meeting (to discuss
our numbers, initiatives, etc.)
Student advisory board
Faculty brownbag series on
innovative pedagogy
Looking Ahead:
Support Requested
q
q
Recruiting &
retention funds:
$8,800*
Informal learning
spaces
q
Peck Hall
q
Music Building