StrategiesforEnhancingReten1onCWUBoardofTrustees

November,2015

SarahSwagerandMindieDieu,StudentSuccessDanielMaChewsandElizabethLee,InsHtuHonalEffecHveness

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Presenta1onOutline

1.Lastyear’sresearchandinvestmentlaidgroundworkforretenHonsuccess.

2.CWU’sismaintainingbigimprovementinretenHon

3.FactorsthataffectretenHon•  Need•  Academicreadinessandstatus•  Demographics•  Transferstatus

3.Whathappenstostudentswhodropout?

4.NextstepstoimproveretenHon

2014-15:RestructuringtheAdvisingProgram

•  EnhancetheQualityandQuan1tyofAdvising

•  Intrusiveadvising:Employ“exploratory”and“intensive”advisingpriortomajordeclaraHon

•  Launchnewmoretargetedandintensiveadvisingprogram

•  Improveconsistencyofadvising:Partnerupper-divisionadvisorswithfaculty

•  Armadvisorswithpredic1veanaly1cs

Research: Risk Index For All Incoming Students

RISKINDEX FIRSTYEAR TRANSFERS TOTAL %

Veryhigh 316 860 1176 12.06

High 1644 516 2160 22.15

Moderate 1006 411 1417 14.53

Low 2071 2733 4804 49.27

Uncoded 0 4 4 <1

Total 5037 4524 9561 100

Reminder: Key Study Findings Predic=ve Analy=cs 2014

We can iden=fy accurately which students are most at risk and in which quarter.

Disciplinary suspensions represent <1%

Student Academic Progress (SAP) Suspensions <3%

High student account balance suspensions <3%

Drop-outs are most likely to leave aRer quarter 13

CWUAdvisingIni1a1ves

•  DataDrivenIntrusiveAdvising•  PredicHveanalyHcs•  MAPWorks•  MajordeclaraHonholdat75credits

•  ProfessionalAdvisorsinPartnershipwithFaculty•  ReduceHmetodegree•  Consistentadvisingmessages•  Earlierdegreeaudit

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AdvisingIni1a1vescont’d…

•  EarlyAlert•  Academicrecovery•  SophomoreretenHoniniHaHves•  AdvisingNotes•  Advisor/studentraHos

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Advisor/StudentRa1os

•  AveragesforspecialpopulaHons,2011-15•  TRiOraHo1/95(meanretenHon93%)•  CAMPraHo1/60(meanretenHon91%)•  STARraHo1/95(meanretenHon70%)

•  RaHogeneralpopulaHon,undecidedstudents1/336•  RaHogeneralpopulaHon,professionaladvisors1/572•  NaHonalnorm1/296*

*NACADA,2013

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CWUReten1onComparesVeryWellNa1onallyFirsttosecondyearretenHon

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2011 2012 2013 2014Cohort 73.6 73.9 78.9 78.4

6466687072747678808284

2015MeanforPeers69.9%

2015MeanforPublicPhDUniversiHes78.6%

Source:Na4onalCollegiateReten4onandPersistence-To-DegreeRate,2015,ACT

2016CWUFirstYearReten1onGoal(83%)

FirstYeartoJuniorRatesTrendUpwardAlso

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2011 2012 2013Cohort 61 62.1 64.2

606162636465666768 FirstYeartoJuniorYear

FirstYeartoSecondYearReten1on(%)Ins1tu1on Fall2010 Fall2011 Fall2012 Fall2013 Fall2014 Fall2015*

UW 93 93 93 93 92WWU 85 84 85 83 82WSU 82 84 82 80 79CWU 75 78 74 74 78.9 78.4EWU 73 75 76 75 77TESC 73 71 72 74 71

FirstYearReten1onComparisonsStatewide

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Source:NCES,IPEDS

Online and Part-Time: Increasingly a Factor

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In-PersonFT In-PersonPT On-LineFT On-LinePT

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AcademicLoadDescrip1on Fall2010 Fall2011 Fall2012 Fall2013 Fall2014

N(UGRDExcludingOnlineStudents) 10,388 10,163 9,812 9,306 9,126

N(UGRDOnlineStudents) 0 184 374 646 780

Low-incomeStudents:TakeLongertoGraduate

GraduaHonyear 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

N(Undergradsonly) 1420 1489 1472 1622 1551MeanTimetoDegree 4.27 4.28 4.25 4.36 4.42MeanNOPell 4.23 4.23 4.20 4.24 4.27MeanPell/StateNeedGrant 4.34 4.38 4.32 4.34 4.61

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Low-incomeStudents:LessLikelytoGraduate

FallCohort N NoPell Pell/SNG NoPell Pell/SNG

2007 1407 31.9% 26.6% 50.5% 45.0%2008 1551 33.3% 26.4% 51.8% 41.5%2009 1645 32.0% 23.1% 48.2% 39.4%Mean 1534 32.4% 25.4% 50.2% 42.0%

4YearsorLess Within5Years

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StateComparisonsofStudentNeed

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Source:NCES,IPEDS

FreshmanPellGrantRecipients(%)

Ins1tu1on Fall2009 Fall2010 Fall2011 Fall2012 Fall2013

EWU 29 34 40 40 43

CWU 21 29 31 34 36

TESC 19 27 32 31 32

WSU 16 25 26 30 32

WWU 14 19 23 22 23

UW 18 22 24 23 22

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FallFreshmanSATComposite(75th&25thPercen1les)2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Ins1tu1on 75th25th 75th 25th 75th 25th 75th 25th 75th 25thUW 1330 1100 1330 1100 1350 1100 1350 1080 1360 1100WWU 1230 1010 1230 1010 1230 1000 1230 1020 1220 990TESC 1230 960 1230 970 1220 970 1230 970 1210 950WSU 1200 970 1190 980 1180 950 1170 930 1150 910CWU 1090 880 1100 890 1120 890 1110 890 1100 880EWU 1070 850 1070 850 1080 850 1070 860 1090 850

Source:NCES,IPEDS

CWUFreshmanAcademicReadinessConstantOverTime

NotablefindingsfromPredic1veAnaly1cs2014Characteris1csofFirstYearStudentswhoPersist*

(mosttoleastinfluen4al)

•  EarlymajordeclaraHon•  FullHme•  Someremedialcoursework•  Higherfamilyincome/lowerfinancialneed•  Atleastoneparentcollege-educated•  EntryGPAabove2.8•  Veteran

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DegreeNon-CompletersbyRace/Ethnicity

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AllFirstYearStudents2008-2015

Source:CWU,DataWarehouse

FirstYearwhodidnotgraduate2005-2014

Source:Na1onalClearinghouse

51.0%Female48.9%Male0.4%NaHveAmerican3.7%Black5.9%Asian&PacificIslander9.3%LaHno/Hispanic59.8%White4.8%MulHracial13.0%Unknown

50.0%Female49.6%Male3.2%NaHveAmerican3.2%Black6.8%Asian&PacificIslander8.0%LaHno/Hispanic73.4%White5.3%Unknown

First-YearStudents-TransferOutBehavior

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CompleteDropout

ReturnedtoCWU

2YrCollegeTransfer

4YrCollegeTransfer

ResearchIntensiveTransfer

107719.4%

2244.0%

2023.6%

1482.7%

13thQtLoss=1120

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390470.3%

2005-2014

Source:Na4onalClearinghouse

Evidence-basedStrategies:NextSteps

•  CodeandanalyzeAdvisingNotes•  Quarter13researchproject•  Enhanceearlyalertandacademicrecoveryprogram•  QualitaHveadvisingresearch•  Robustseniorsurveyandexitsurveyanalysis

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Summary

•  NewResearch•  Advising/StudentResponsiveness•  StudentEngagement•  FinancialAid/EnrollmentPolicy•  FacultyandStaffEngagement•  ConHnuedSupportofTargetedPrograms(CAMP,TRiO,etc.)

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