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Section 1: Fall 2014 Academic Coaching Data
Fall 2014 marked the inaugural semester of the Academic Coaching (AC) program. In this semester, 14 students participated that were coached by one of three Academic Coaches. Recruitment included emails, phone calls, and student walk-ins to the ASC office. An outreach list of students that would have placed into remedial coursework that Kent State University was no longer offering, US 00003: Reading
Strategies and US 00006: Study Strategies, was also used to recruit students. Five of the 14 student participants were identified using this list.
1.1: Class Standing
Students were classified based on the number of credits completed. Summative information regarding class standing is provided below.
Class Standing
Freshman
Beginning of Coaching (F14)
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Unclassified
9
3
1
1
0
Total 14
Note : Students were primarily incoming Freshmen, therefore data are not available for prior term class standing.
1.2: Visit History
Records of all Academic Coaching meetings were logged in TutorTrac. The record included the date, length, name of student, and name of Coach for the 14 students’ Academic Coaching meetings. The following is summative information gathered from TutorTrac records regarding totals and averages for students and coaches.
Student Totals Fall 2014
Total
Average Per Student
Intern Totals Fall 2014
Intern 1
Intern 2
Staff 1
Total
Total Students
5
7
2
14
Visits
88
6.29
Total Visits
29
46
13
88
Students Coached Visits Overall TutorTrac
Coaches Averages Fall
2014
Interns
Staff
Average Per Coach
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12
2
4.67
75
13
29.33
Hours
68.83
4.91
Total Hours
23.66
35.04
10.13
68.83
Hours
58.7
35.04
31.25

1.3: Academic Standing
For the Fall 2014 semester, all students except one were in good academic standing at the end of their
Academic Coaching experience. Similarly, during the semester after Academic Coaching, only one student was on academic probation. Academic honors for the Fall 2014 cohort included four students listed on the Dean’s list and one student listed on the President’s list.
1.4: LASSI Assessment
Of the 14 students who participated in the Academic Coaching Program during Fall 2014, seven completed both a Pre- and Post- Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) assessment. The average percentage of change for each LASSI scale is provided below.
Fall 2014 LASSI Scale Change (7 Students) % Change
Anxiety
Attention
Concentration
Information Processing
Motivation
Self-Testing
Selecting Main Ideas
Study Aids
Time Management
Test Strategies
Overall Percent Change
+51.57
+0.57
+15.14
+31.14
+7.86
+18.71
+33.57
+10.14
+36.28
+23.28
+22.83
1.5: Fall 2014 Progress Over Time
Participant information regarding Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015 grade point average, attempted hours, earned hours and cumulative grade point average were compiled. The following is a representation of this information for the Fall 2014 program participants.
Fall 2014 Student Progress Over
Time
Spring 2014 Fall 2014 Change from Spring
2014 to Fall 2014
Number of Students Enrolled 3
Average Term GPA
Average Cumulative GPA
1.75
2.16
3.03
3.04
+1.28
+0.88
Average Enrolled Hours
Average Earned Hours
12.67
8.33
14.42
14.42
+1.75
+6.09
Note: Only three AC program participants were enrolled in the Spring 2014. This table depicts change for those three students.
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Section 2: Spring 2015 Academic Coaching Data
Spring 2015 marked the second semester of the Academic Coaching Program. In this semester, 30 students participated that were coached by one of three Academic Coaches. Many of the students were referred by their academic advisor, but students also learned about the program through the
Exploratory Advising Center and their US: 10097 First Year Experience instructors.
2.1: Class Standing
The following is summative information regarding class standing both at the beginning and end of the
Spring 2015 semester.
Class Standing
Freshman
Beginning of Coaching (S15) End of Spring 2015
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Unclassified
Total
20
5
1
1
3
30
18
6
4
1
1
30
2.2 Visit History
Records of all Academic Coaching meetings were logged in TutorTrac. The record included the date, length, name of student, and name of Coach for the 30 students’ Academic Coaching meetings. The following is summative information gathered from TutorTrac records regarding totals and averages for students and coaches.
Student Totals Spring 2015
Total
Average Per Student
Intern Totals Spring
2015
Intern 1
Intern 2
Staff 1
Average Total
Overall TutorTrac
Coaches Averages
Spring 2015
Interns
Staff
Average Per Coach
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Total Students
9
11
10
30
Visits
182
6.07
Students Coached Visits
20
10
10
Total Visits
52
61
69
182
113
69
60.66
Hours
118.17
3.94
Total Hours
25.88
44.26
48.03
118.17
Hours
70.14
48.03
39.39

2.3: Academic Standing
Academic Standing was recorded for the Spring 2015 Academic Coaching program participants. Below is a summary of Academic Standing from Fall 2014, the term prior to Academic Coaching, and Spring 2015.
Regarding academic honors, three students were honored on the Dean’s List and one student was pending graduation.
Semester Warning
Good Academic Standing
Academic Probation
Not Enrolled
Total
Fall 2014 Academic Standing Spring 2015 Academic Standing
2
4
21
3
30
2
4
23
1
30
Spring 2015 participant recruitment targeted students that were academically struggling. As such, many of the program participants (70%) were on Academic Probation and were at risk of dismissal at the end of the term. Specifically, 23 students were eligible for dismissal review and only 5 of them were dismissed at the end of the Spring 2015 term. This resulted in a 24% dismissal rate, compared to the
Kent campus average of a 32% dismissal rate for students on Academic Probation. Below is a graphical representation of students dismissed from Kent State University following their Academic Coaching experience compared to their Kent campus peers that did not participate in the program.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
21%
79%
32%
68%
Dismissed
Retained
Academic Coaching (n=21) Kent Campus (n=1,110)
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2.4: LASSI Assessment
Twenty of the 30 students who participated in the Spring 2015 Academic Coaching program completed both a Pre- and Post- Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) assessment. The average percentage of change for each scale is given below.
Spring 2015 LASSI Scale Change (20 Students) % Change
Anxiety
Attention
Concentration
Information Processing
Motivation
Self-Testing
Selecting Main Ideas
Study Aids
Time Management
Test Strategies
Overall Average Change
+39.10
+12.25
+27.40
+15.10
+22.65
+31.95
+21.20
+38.85
+42.20
+23.65
+27.44
2.5: Spring 2015 Progress Over Time
Student information regarding participation in coaching sessions and both prior and current term grade point average were compiled. The following is a representation of this information for all of the students who completed the six-session sequence of the Academic Coaching Program during Spring
2015.
Number of
Sessions Attended
6
7
Student Count Average of Fall 14
GPA
Average of Spring
15 GPA
8
Total
3
20
1.52
1.67
2.42
2.41
+0.90
+0.74
Note: Twenty of the 30 AC program participants completed the full six-week meeting structure of the program.
12
5
1.67
1.75
2.45
2.31
Average of
Change In Term
GPA Spring 15
From Fall 14
+0.78
+0.55
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Section 3: 2014-2015 Overall Academic Coaching Data
2014-2015 marked the inaugural academic year for the Academic Coaching Program. Collectively, 44 students participated in the program.
3.1: Class Standing
While most of the students who participated were freshmen, students from every class standing were represented. Summative information regarding class standing both at the beginning and end of
Academic Coaching is provided below.
3.2 Visit History
Records of all Academic Coaching meetings were logged in TutorTrac. Records include the date, length of session, name of student, and name of Coach for each Academic Coaching meeting. The following is summative information gathered from TutorTrac records regarding totals and averages for the 44 students and 5 coaches.
Student Totals Overall (44)
Total
Average Per Student
Visits
270
6.14
Hours
187
4.25
Class Standing
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Unclassified
Overall Total
F14
1
0
14
9
3
1
S15
1
3
30
20
5
1
Total
2
3
44
29
8
2
Academic Coaches
Total
Interns (4)
Staff (1)
Total (5)
Average Total
Total Students Coached
32
12
44
8.8
Total Visits
188
82
270
54
Total Hours
128.84
58.16
187
37.40
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3.3: Academic Standing
During the inaugural year, half of the students participating in Academic Coaching did so while on academic probation. As such, these students were at risk of dismissal from Kent State University.
However, only five of the 22 at risk student participants were dismissed from the University. Regarding academic honors, twelve students were honored on the Dean’s list and one on the President’s list.
3.4: LASSI Assessment
Of the 44 student participants, 27 completed both a Pre- and Post- Learning and Study Strategies
Inventory (LASSI) assessment. The average percentage of change for each scale is given below.
2014-2015 Overall LASSI Scale Change
(27 Students)
Anxiety
Attention
Concentration
Information Processing
Motivation
Self-Testing
Selecting Main Ideas
Study Aids
Average % Change
+42.33
+9.22
+24.22
+19.26
+18.81
+28.52
+24.41
+31.41
Time Management
Test Strategies
Overall Average % Change
+40.67
+23.56
+26.24
3.5 Collective Academic Coaching Experience
Students from each semester cohort were given an evaluation of the Academic Coaching Program upon the completion of their participation. In total, 27 of the 44 students from the 2014-2015 academic year completed the evaluation. Overall, the Academic Coaching Program met or exceeded all students’ expectations they had for the program. The following is a graphical representation of student’s responses for their collective Academic Coaching Experience.
20
Collective Academic Coaching Experience
15
12
10
0
0
Did Not Meet Expectations Met Expectations Exceeded Expectations
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