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An Analytic Strategy to Improve Transfer Student Retention. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – Spring 2011. Transfer Student Enrollment at Manoa. Transfer Student Retention at Manoa. Types of Variables Analyzed. Gender Age Ethnicity Residency Geographic Origin. On Campus Employment - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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GenderAgeEthnicityResidencyGeographic Origin
High School GPA & RankSATAP CLEPEducational GoalsTransfer GPA# Transfer Credits
Educational LevelMajorCredit LoadFirst Term GPADistance EducationDual EnrollmentHigh Failure Rate Courses
On Campus EmploymentHousingStudent Life ActivitiesAthleticsSTAR UsageAverage Class Size
Need Based AidNon-need Based AidPell GrantWork Study% of Aid Met
Gender by AgeEthnicity by Geographic OriginEmployment by HousingHigh School GPA by First Term GPAResidency by Need Based AidRatio of Successful Adds to Drops
Retained After 1st
Year
Demographics
Pre-College
Academic
Campus Experience
Financial Need
Interactions
1st Term GPA
On Campus
Employment
Declared Major
Geographic Origin
Distance Education
Ethnicity
Need-Based Aid
Strongest
Weakest
Retained After 1st
Year
These variables account for approximately 24% of the variance in a student’s likelihood of graduating on time (Pseudo R Square = .243)
*Wald statistic (sig.)The Wald test statistic was used to indicate strength of the variable instead of the coefficient, standardized beta, because of the nature of the logistic regression, the coefficient is not easily interpretable to indicate strength.
37.172
(<.001)*23.617 (<.001)*17.289 (<.001)*
14.375 (<.001)*
8.895
(.003)*
7.648
(.006)*
4.250 (.
039)*
For you as an advisor:o Data/evidence to refine delivery of services to transfer
students
o Helps to identify possible risks for transfer students
o Informs conversations with students
• Encourage on-campus jobs
• Inform students about scholarship opportunities
For policy consideration:o Mandatory advising in first semester
o Declaration of major earlier than later
Mānoa Institutional Research Mānoa Institutional Research OfficeOffice
www.manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/mir
Tim MerrillInterim Program Officer
John StanleyInstitutional Analyst