MAP-Works:What is it?

What does it tell us?How is it being used in the colleges?

What do we know by week three?

*Adapted from Sherry Woosley, Ph.D. Director of Analytics and Research, EBI MAP-Works.

• Tool for early identification of undergraduates at potential risk for poor academic performance or departure.

• Utilized by more than 1,500 institutions.• Links to ISU data on individual students as

well as that entered by staff, faculty, and the students themselves.

• Freshmen module to this point; sophomore, junior, and senior modules added this year.

MAP-Works: What Is It?

Fall 2011 MAP-Works Freshmen Cohort• Nationally

– Students • More than 172,000 first-year students• More than 119,000 respondents (69%)

– 102 institutions• 4-year and 2-year• Public and private• Religiously-affiliated and not religiously affiliated• All sizes• From 36 states

What Does It Tell Us?A Sample of Descriptive Findings

• ISU– Students

• 2,521 first-time freshmen (official)• Survey Return Rate: 2,080 (82.5% of FTF)

– Approximately 1,821 residential respondents (92.7%)

– 88% of respondents lived on-campus

Fall 2011 Cohort continued

What Were Their Goals and Expectations?

How committed are students to completing a degree?

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20%

40%

60%

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100% 91% 87%74% 68%

% Highly Committed (6-7)

Anywhere Current Institution

Anywhere ISU

Nationally ISU

How involved were studentsplanning to get?

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20%

40%

60%

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100%

36% 32%12% 12%

% Highly Likely

Hold a Leadership position in a Student Organization

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How many hours per week were students planning to study or work on homework?

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20%

40%

60%

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100%

1% 0%

28% 28%

29% 27%

16% 18%

11% 10%6% 8%9% 8%

More than 2521 to 2516 to 2011 to 156 to 100 to 5None

25.5% (More than 15 hours)

Hours per week

National ISU

Mostly A's35%

Mostly B's49%

Some B's and C's

14%

Mostly C's2%

Lower than C's0%

What grades did students think they would make their first semester?85% predict A’s

or B’s. Was that overly optimistic?

Mostly A's25%

Mostly B's36%

Some B's and C's

32%

Mostly C's7%

Lower than C's0%

National ISU

What Were Their Transition Experiences?

How many students were experiencing separation

homesickness?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

43%30% 36%

18%

% Extremely

Miss your boyfriend/girlfriend

who is not at this school

Miss your family back

home

Miss your boyfriend/

girlfriend who is not at this school

Miss your family back home

National ISU

How many students were experiencing distressed

homesickness?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

11% 7%21%

14%

% Extremely

Think about going home all the time

Regret leaving home

to go to school

Think about going home all the time

Regret leaving home to go to

school

National ISU

How many students were making a strong academic transition?

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40%

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73% 70%72% 69%68% 66%61% 61%

% Extremely (6-7)

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Keeping current

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What Were TheirFirst-Semester Academic

Outcomes?

Lofty Goals or Unrealistic Expectations?

Mostly A's

17%

Mostly B's46%

Some B's and C's

20%

Mostly C's

15%

Lower than C's31%

Mostly A's36%

Mostly B's

49%

Some B's

and C's

32%

Mostly C's7%

Lower than C's0%

Expectations Outcomes

ISU Expectations and Outcomes

How Is MAP-Works Being Used in the Colleges?

• The Individual Faculty Model (Ann Rider, CAS)

• The Central Coordination Model (Melissa Froderman, COT)

What Do We Know by Week Three?A More Focused Look at ISU

FreshmenCommitment to the InstitutionCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsSelf-DisciplineTime ManagementFinancial Means ConfidenceBasic Academic BehaviorsAdvanced Academic BehaviorsAcademic Self-EfficacyPeer Connections

Homesickness – SeparationHomesickness - DistressedAcademic IntegrationSocial IntegrationOn-Campus Living-Social AspectsOn-Campus Living-EnvironmentOn-Campus Living-Roommate Rel.Off Campus Living - EnvironmentTest AnxietySatisfaction with the Institution

66 Questions; 7-point rating scale (1=very poor/not at all/not at all certain to 7=excellent/extremely/always)

MAP Works Freshmen Survey 2011: 20 Factors Measured

Top 5 descriptive findings:Points of possible concern at 3

weeks• Homesickness-Separation

(Mean=3.53; S.D.=1.56)• Test Anxiety (Mean=3.99; S.D.=1.68)

• Financial Means Confidence (Mean=4.69; S.D.=1.67)

• Analytical Skills (Mean=4.81; S.D.=1.25)

• Communication Skills (Mean=4.87; S.D.=1.13)

Inferential Findings: Where We Differ from Other Institutions

Commitment to the Institution (ISU rating: 6.12)

Basic Academic Behaviors(ISU rating: 5.86)

Communication Skills(ISU rating: 4.87)

Academic Self-Efficacy(ISU rating: 5.14)

Analytical Skills(ISU rating: 4.81)

Homesickness-Distressed(ISU rating: 5.33)

Time Management(ISU rating: 5.43)

Satisfaction with the Institution (ISU rating: 5.43)

Financial Means Confidence (ISU rating: 4.69)

On-Campus Living-Env.(ISU rating: 5.65)

On-Campus Living-Roommate Relationship(ISU Rating: 6.08)

Inferential Findings: What was Associated with Institutional

Satisfaction• Commitment to the Institution (contributed

22% of the model explanation)• Peer Connections (contributed 12% of the

model explanation)• Advanced Academic Behaviors (contributed

3.7% of the model explanation)• Time Management1 (contributed 2.4% of the

model explanation)Regression Model R2=.40

1This was the one factor with a negative relationship, inferring that the stronger the time management skills of a student, the less satisfied they were with ISU.

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