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ILASFAA UNPLUGGED
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Background
• MAP Task Force – Illinois General Assembly – 2013• Concluded that students would benefit
from additional advising.• Established MAP Advising Workgroup
• MAP Advising Workgroup• Promote retention and degree completion
among MAP recipients• To improve outcomes for students, in
particular, MAP students.
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Background
• MAP recipients graduate at same rate as other students attending the same school.
• Room for improvement• Increase the number of students that finish
their programs in a timely manner
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Background
• Offering additional support for students, especially those receiving MAP, who are often 1st generation students with preparation and adjustment issues will increase the likelihood of success for these students.
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Recommendations
MAP Institutions will…• institute programs to enable them to
meet the following goals:• Realize a 5 percent improvement in
graduation and completion rates over the next 6 years
• Realize a reduction in achievement gaps by 25% over the next 6 years.
Graduation and Completion Rate Data
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Recommendations
MAP Institutions will…• make strong academic advising available for all
students and• provide mandatory advising for first year
students and students that are part of the at-risk population.
• Provide a description of advising and support programs to ISAC annually.
Advising and Support Programs
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Recommendations
1. Define the At-Risk Group2. Annually gather graduation and completion
rate data and submit it to ISAC.3. Annually gather advising and support program
information and submit it to ISAC.4. If not in place, institute programs to enable
schools to meet the graduation and completion rate goals.
School Responsibilities – “To Do List”
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Define the At-Risk Group• MAP Recipients (Required)• MAP Suspended• Family Income Level• Preparation Issues• Generation Status• Race/Ethnicity• Physical or Emotional Challenge• Combination of any or all above• School Defined
• Tell ISAC how defined when reporting
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Graduation and Completion Rate Data
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System(iPEDS)
Most data is already being reported elsewhere
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• For bachelor degree granting institutions:• iPEDs graduation rate data
• Complete College America’s (CCA) Progress Metric • 5: Retention Rates (fall-to fall)• 6: Course Completion
Graduation and Completion Rate Data
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Graduation and Completion Rate Data
• For community colleges:• CCA Outcome Metric
• 2: Graduation Rates • 3: Transfer Out Rates
• CCA Progress Metric • 5: Retention Rates (fall-to-fall)• 6: Course Completion
• Data will be obtained from ICCB for all community colleges.
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Completion and Graduation Rate Data
• Measuring Reduction in Achievement Gap
• Compare the rates for all students in a cohort with the rates of the school’s at-risk group, MAP recipients, and minority students.
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Graduation and Completion Rate Data
- Draft Mock Up For Discussion Purposes Only-
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Graduation and Completion Rate Data
• Submit to ISAC
• 1st time – Spring 2016 (FY15 Data)• ICCB will provide data for community
colleges• Via Electronic File Download
• Excel spreadsheet • Flat File
• Stand Alone Portal
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Advising and Support Programs
• Best Practices Gathering• Information on Programs such as:
• Tutoring• Degree Mapping• Counseling/Mentoring• Tracking and Early Warning• Transition/Orientation• Programs targeted at completion and
retention.
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Advising and Support Programs
• Other information collected:
• Number of students participating
• Student interactions (with professor, academic advisor, peer)
• Time spent in program activities
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Advising and Support Programs
• Submit to ISAC
• 1st Time – Spring 2015
• Same time as Budget Reporting
• Via GAP Access (Survey format planned)
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Working With Other Campus Departments
• Most Likely the Financial Aid Office will need to work with other campus departments to provide data, gather advising information, etc.• Institutional Research• Academic Advising• Counseling and Support Services
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Benefits
• Improved outcomes for students• Improved Graduation and Retention
Rates for Schools• A Cumulative Report of Advising
Programs and Best Practices• Potential ILASFAA Trainings on these
Subjects.• Provides steps toward the Big Goal of
60X25.
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