First Year Experience Initiative
Update
Spring 2014
Susie Brubaker-Cole, Academic Affairs
Mark Hoffman, Public Health and Human Sciences
Task Force Co-Chairs
OSU’s FYE
First Year Retention Rate
100.00%
95.00%
90.00%
85.00%
80.00%
75.00%
70.00%
65.00%
60.00%
2008-09
SP 2.0 Target 85%
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
6 Year Graduation Rate
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
2009
SP 2.0 Target 65%
2010
2011
2012
2013
Graduation Rate by Race
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
American
Indian/Alaskan
Native
Black, African
Am,Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
2002 Cohort
White, NonHispanic
2003 Cohort
All Students
Timeline
Spring 2012: FYE Task Force Receives Charge
Summer & Fall 2012: Task Force Forums for Campus Input
Winter 2013: Task Force Recommendations Released
Spring 2013: 3-Year Implementation Period Begins
Fall 2014: 1st Cycle of FYE Assessment Results Available
Spring 2016: Implementation Concludes
Fall 2016: Initial FYE Steady State
http://oregonstate.edu/ase/firstyear/
First Year Advising Syllabus
Living Learning Communities
• Hiring of Assistant Director - Residential Education: Living
Learning Communities in UHDS
• Long Standing:
– University Honors College
– Austin Entrepreneurship Program
• New or Enhanced
– Health and Well-Being
– Arts and Social Justice
– Global Village
– Engineering
FYE Course Attribute
Available for Department or College courses where:
1) U-Engage learning outcomes are adopted
2) “College knowledge” content is included
3) Course instructor attends FYE training
Enhancements to foundational first year courses
e.g. Math 111 Writing 121
On the Horizon
Assessment Plan
Campus Traditions
Early Alert / Checkpoints
New Cultural Resource Center programming
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Questions and Suggestions
Susie Brubaker-Cole
Susie.brubaker-cole@oregonstate.edu
Mark Hoffman
Mark.hoffman@oregonstate.edu
http://oregonstate.edu/ase/firstyear/
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