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Annual Meetings
University of Michigan, 2001

Notes:  Student Success

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Student Success - Graduation Rates

Sue Aufderheide - Purdue
Director of Undecided students

• Pilot program started 1996 - 150 students/advisor
• Goal: Decrease changes among majors - In past 2.5 major changes/student Improve graduation and retention rate
• Course 3 credits "Careers and Academic Planning" - Helps students learn how to make decisions via course exploration
• Taught by advisors under direction of Professor in education
• Follow (track) students via warehouse data base
• We ask these students what they do NOT want to major in - then work with the remaining choices

Judi Roller - University of Wisconsin
Selectively of Admissions

• Raising requirements has improved retention significantly
• Retention from Freshman to Sophomore = 92%
• 4 year graduate rate in the 80%

Bonita Curry - Michigan State

• All Freshman and Sophomore enrolled in University Division. UD does all the retention, dismissals, and probation
• 60% are major preference students - students are encouraged to "think" early about a major.
• We communicate with parents
• Have one credit Freshman seminar Pass/Fail
• Students on Probation have available a non-required seminar - SOS (Seminar on success)
• Non-preference students have "assigned advisors"
• During Summer Orientation there is "Annual Enrollment" i.e. Students enroll for their entire freshman year = Fall & Spring semesters - This has been budgetary based and has existed for the past 6-7 years. Has caused advisors and students some concerns

Andrea Gates - University of Chicago

• Have general education requirements that are applicable for all majors specifically designed for student retention
• Retention is high / Graduation rate is high
• There is a concern for the academically - abled student but do have chronic health, Drug and/or Psychological disorders

Paula Kerezsi - University of Iowa

• 96% of the 1st year students are seen by the academic advising center, therefore advising is very centralized
• Have probation seminar "Courses in Common" (Learning Community) (Many retention issues focused on 1st year students)
• 4 year graduation plan

Sally Dunn - Indiana University

• Graduation Pact was discussed
• GradPact insures that all courses needed for a student to graduate will be available within a 4 year time frame
• This program has created course availability, however data reveals that a slightly higher percentage of students who do NOT enroll in GradPact graduated within 4 years than those students who originally enrolled in GradPact

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Last revised March 5, 2002