Shaping the Incoming Class Shaping the Incoming Class Fosters Faculty EngagementFosters Faculty Engagement

Claudia Pinter-Lucke, AVP, Academic ProgramsClaudia Pinter-Lucke, AVP, Academic ProgramsMarten denBoer, Provost and Vice President Marten denBoer, Provost and Vice President Shanthi Srinivas, AVP, Planning, Policy & Faculty AffairsShanthi Srinivas, AVP, Planning, Policy & Faculty Affairs

California State Polytechnic University, PomonaCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona

AASCU 2012 Academic Affairs Winter MeetingSan Antonio, Texas, February 11, 2012

TransformationTransformation

From Direct admission process Use of minimum criteria Sole goal - meeting enrollment FTES

targets To

Finding the “right students” in the “right place” to enhance student success

Enrollment Management Enrollment Management Then and NowThen and Now

Then:Admission based on system-level criteriaAll applicants who met criteria were admitted at same timePrograms with high demand could limit admissions (impaction)

Automatic process with little engagement

Enrollment Management Enrollment Management Then and NowThen and Now

ImpactionInvoked when more applications are received than can be accommodatedTwo levels

Campus Impaction Program Impaction

Higher admission criteria (coursework, GPA, SAT) are applied

Additional information may be required

Enrollment ManagementEnrollment ManagementThen and NowThen and Now

Now:Campus impacted14 programs impactedNon-impacted programs submit suggested enrollment limitsStudents admitted in waves in order of admission criteria

Organizational ChartOrganizational Chart

Vice President Student Affairs

Provost & Vice President

Academic Affairs

Colleges

Admissions RegistrarDepartments

Associate Vice President Enrollment

Management & Services

Associate Vice President Academic Programs

Differing GoalsDiffering Goals

Student Affairs meeting system and University level

goals Academic Affairs

ensuring program and student success

Role of Student Affairs, Academic Role of Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Colleges and DepartmentsAffairs, Colleges and Departments

Enrollment Management as a Enrollment Management as a Vehicle for Faculty EngagementVehicle for Faculty Engagement

Then: Faculty’s perception that they must

accommodate the students that show up

Now: Faculty’s perception that they have voice

in shaping their incoming class

Faculty EngagementFaculty Engagement

Nature of Engagement Interviews with Deans, Associate

Deans and Department Chairs Examples

Faculty EngagementFaculty Engagement

Lessons Learned Know that asking for voice requires

providing feedback and closing the loop Understand the impact on the program Ensure that discussions are occurring at

the department level Create ownership and buy-in Key to success is communication

Ideal Roles and InputIdeal Roles and Input

Central Academic

Affairs

LOW

Student Affairs

HIGH

From:

Colleges,Departments

LOW

Ideal Roles and InputIdeal Roles and Input

To:

CentralAcademic

Affairs

HIGHStudentAffairs

MEDIUM

Colleges,

Departments

MEDIUM

Persistence and GraduationPersistence and Graduation

201 2005 2010

Persistence(1 -> 2)

78% 90%

2000 2005

Graduation (6 Year)

56% 68%

The Future – Changing RolesThe Future – Changing Roles

Colleges/Departments

From Observation to Voice/Influence

Academic Affairs From Voice to Decision Making

Student Affairs From Decision Making to

Implementation