Distinctively Wayne State UniversityStrategic Plan 2016-21 Update

Student Success

Monica BrockmeyerSenior Associate Provost for Student Success

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What is Student Success?

Creating the conditions where students can learn a lot, thrive in college,

graduate in a timely manner, and enjoy the benefits of a college degree

throughout their lives.

Principle of Student Success

If students thrive in college, our university will prosper, public higher education will flourish, and our democracy will benefit. And if students do not learn a lot, thrive, graduate in a timely manner, etc.

Our institutions and our nation will suffer…

WSU Strategic PlanStudents are our top priority, and we provide them with the tools and experiences that they need to learn and succeed. Academic excellence, innovative pedagogies, collaborative and interdisciplinary research, career preparation, global experiences, and deep engagement in cultural diversity within a dynamic urban environment all create a “Distinctively Wayne State” student experience.

• WSU’s Strategic plan mentions only two numerical metrics:• 50% graduation rate• Eliminate educational disparities

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Educational Disparities(between White students and Black students)

7Data Source: IPEDS data.6 year Graduation Rate is as of Aug, 2017 for cohort 2011.1st year Retention is for cohort 2016

Institution Name Graduation rate

Graduation Rank

Retention rate Retention Rank

Black-White Disparities

Disparities Rank

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 92 1 97 1 8% 2

Michigan State University 79 2 91 2 17% 5

Michigan Technological University 67 3 83 4 29% 10

Grand Valley State University 65 4 83 3 18% 6

Central Michigan University 58 5 77 10 23% 7

University of Michigan-Dearborn 54 6 81 6 7% 1

Western Michigan University 51 7 78 8 23% 8

Northern Michigan University 49 8 78 9 32% 14

Wayne State University 47 9 81 5 35% 15Oakland University 46 10 77 11 29% 11

Ferris State University 45 11 79 7 32% 13

University of Michigan-Flint 44 12 77 12 10% 4

Lake Superior State University 44 13 67 15 10% 3

Saginaw Valley State University 40 14 74 13 31% 12

Eastern Michigan University 40 15 72 14 28% 9

WSU Disparities reduced to 29.5% since last IPEDS report

WSU Graduation rate is now 48%.

WSU Strategic Plan: Student Success

• Goals1. Cultivate a Culture of Student Success2. Create Clear Academic Pathways That Support Progressive Student

Success3. Increase Retention, Progress to Degree, and Graduation Rates for

All Students4. Enhance Academic and Career Training for All Graduate Students

[Covered in Graduate School Presentation to the BoG.]• 21 Objectives• > 150 Projects completed or in progress

Goal #1: Cultivate a culture of student successStrategic Plan Objective Example ActivitiesRelationships between students and other members of the campus community.

Alumni Mentoring; Student Senate Leadership; RISE & Network Learning Communities

Tailored educational support systems. Warrior VIPStrengths-based approaches Warrior VIP; First Year Seminar“Distinctively Wayne” Student experience Warrior LifeEnhance vibrant campus environment. Warrior LifeIncrease student residential housing options and other infrastructure.

Housing and residential life: Residential Curriculum and expansion of campus housing.

Warrior VIP together with FYS demonstrates we

can eliminate educational disparities

Goal #2: Create Clear Academic Pathways that support progressive student successStrategic Plan Objective Example ActivitiesRestructure the general education program, gateway, and first-year courses.

General Education Reform and Implementation of new general education program; revision of mathematics pathways;

Develop clear curricular pathways and learning outcomes.

Campus assessment practice has established learning outcomes for all programs. Most programs have milestone courses and degree plans established.

Ensure the participation and accountability of advisors.

Advising system provides easy access to advisors; extensive advisor training; accountability is held within schools & colleges.

Develop curricula aligned with the “Distinctively Wayne State” student experience

Wayne Experience course; Global Studies; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion requirement in General Education;

Implement data-based alert systems that trigger advising interventions

“The GRID” spreadsheet; the Actionable Grid; AdvisingWorks; eventually STARS 2.0.

Goal #3: Increase Retention, Progress to Degree, and Graduation Rates for All StudentsStrategic Plan Objective Example ActivitiesAssess programs to determine their relevance to: (1) student success; (2) the “Distinctively Wayne State” experience; (3) 21st century workforce demands; (4) enhancing learning outcomes, retention, and graduation rates

Performed by each school and college.

Develop a “Student Success Pipeline” — an institutional monitoring practice that focuses on student retention and degree attainment, academic progress, milestone attainment, reasons for student attrition, and career placement. The Pipeline will permit monitoring by subgroups such as college, demographic subpopulations, and key educational groupings, including STEM

Intervention frameworks are the responsibility of each school and college. The Actionable Grid permits monitoring by subgroups to support intervention across campus. The AdvisingWorks tool supports campaigns to perform outreach to students identified by progress monitoring.

Eliminate achievement gaps for underrepresented students Achieved in VIP during pilot year; plan to scale.

Remove course-scheduling barriers, which impede expeditious degree attainment

Under the responsibility of each school and college.

Tailor financial aid options to maximize student retention and degree attainment

Many including WayneAccess, Completion Grants, Warrior Way Back, and Heart of Detroit.

Goal #3: Increase Retention, Progress to Degree, and Graduation Rates for All StudentsStrategic Plan Objective Example ActivitiesAssess programs with respect to student success goals.

Performed by each school and college.

Develop a “Student Success Pipeline” —an institutional monitoring and intervention practice.

Intervention frameworks are the responsibility of each school and college. The Actionable Grid permits monitoring by subgroups to support intervention across campus. The AdvisingWorks tool supports campaigns to perform outreach to students identified by progress monitoring.

Eliminate achievement gaps for underrepresented students

Achieved in VIP during pilot year; plan to scale.

Remove course-scheduling barriers, which impede expeditious degree attainment

Under the responsibility of each school and college.

Tailor financial aid options to maximize student retention and degree attainment

Many including WayneAccess, Completion Grants, Warrior Way Back, and Heart of Detroit.

What’s next?

This should be us in 2030.

The nation demands no less of us.

Supplementary Information

19Data Source: IPEDS data.6 year Graduation Rate is as of Aug, 2017 for cohort 2011.1st year Retention is for cohort 2016

Institution Name Graduation rate

Graduation Rank

Retention rate Retention Rank URM Degrees URM Degree Rank

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 92 1 97 1 1140 2

Michigan State University 79 2 91 2 1181 1

Michigan Technological University 67 3 83 4 31 15

Grand Valley State University 65 4 83 3 525 7

Central Michigan University 58 5 77 10 856 4

University of Michigan-Dearborn 54 6 81 6 207 11

Western Michigan University 51 7 78 8 673 6

Northern Michigan University 49 8 78 9 102 13

Wayne State University 47 9 81 5 1087 3Oakland University 46 10 77 11 380 8

Ferris State University 45 11 79 7 375 9

University of Michigan-Flint 44 12 77 12 228 10

Lake Superior State University 44 13 67 15 46 14

Saginaw Valley State University 40 14 74 13 177 12

Eastern Michigan University 40 15 72 14 805 5

Students are enrolling for more credits than ever … and succeeding more than ever.

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Credits Enrolled Per Year

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Average Success Rate

Average Success Rate

Percent ending their first year in each GPA Range.

Students who finish Year 1 with GPA above 3.0 are much more likely to graduate.

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6-Year FTIAC Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity

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Data not shown for American-Indian, Native and Pacific Islander students due to small numbers.Data not shown for students of two or more races since that category was not collected before 2010.