August 26, 2009

Ralph Faudree

Provost

General Faculty Meeting

Meeting the Needs of Students -

Retention &

Student Success

STUDENT RETENTION Years Since Initial Matriculation

# Graduation Combined Retention and Graduation

Students 4th 5th 6th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

1995 1,778 8.7% 24.7% 33.6% 69.0% 56.7% 52.1% 48.1% 45.7% 46.2%

1996 1,561 10.7% 26.0% 34.9% 72.0% 60.0% 53.6% 49.6% 47.6% 47.3%

1997 1,591 10.7% 27.3% 34.6% 71.4% 60.2% 53.5% 50.2% 48.5% 46.6%

1998 1,668 12.6% 29.3% 37.0% 73.6% 61.0% 54.6% 50.5% 49.3% 48.9%

1999 1,797 10.6% 26.4% 34.6% 71.3% 59.7% 51.3% 48.7% 47.6% 46.2%

2000 1,733 10.8% 26.9% 34.6% 72.1% 57.1% 51.7% 48.3% 46.2% 46.7%

2001 1,821 11.5% 29.0% 35.7% 71.3% 58.0% 52.7% 48.3% 46.8% 47.2%

2002 1,704 12.9% 30.3% 39.4% 75.1% 63.4% 54.8% 50.5% 49.6% 48.9%

2003 1,857 13.4% 30.0% 73.9% 58.3% 52.2% 49.0% 47.4% 

2004 1,959 12.9% 71.5% 57.0% 50.4% 48.4%  

2005 2,004   72.3% 59.9% 53.6%  

2006 2,014   73.2% 60.0%  

2007 1,978       74.8%         

mean 1,805 11.5% 27.8% 35.5% 72.4% 59.3% 52.8% 49.2% 47.6% 47.2%

• Increase in first year retention = 1.6% (now 74.8%)

• Increase in 6 year graduate rate = 3.4% (now 39.4%)

• Record number of graduates – 3,698 ! Doctorates - 132

DOCTORAL DEGREES EARNED(2003-2009)

Retention Initiatives• Living Learning Communities

• Fresh Connections (learning cohorts)

• Early Intervention

• At-Risk Students

• Course Redesign

• Career Beam

• Student Engagement

Living/Learning Communities

Carpenter Complex

Architecture

Foreign Languages

Engineering

Honors Emerging Leaders ROTC Music New West Hall

OpeningFall 2010

• Course clustering (connects different disciplines to a common theme)

• Social and academic experience• Collaborative learning experiences

• 22 Communities Fall 2009

Retention

Fall 2009•60 faculty participating in 20 Fresh Connections•Over 480 first-time, FT freshmen in Fresh Connections•All colleges represented in Fall 2009 in Fresh Connections

Fresh Connections Learning Communities 2008-2009

Learning Community (% or

mean)

Control Group (% or mean)

Retention Rate (Fall to Spring 93% 92%

GPA after 1st semester – Fall 2.56 2.49

CSEQ: Active Learning Index 53.67 50.47

CSEQ: Course Learning Scale 32.52 30.93

• 1321 student referrals by ~170 faculty• Positive faculty feedback

• Overwhelming student appreciation

• Majority referred to Instructional Support Office

• 1 semester retention rate noticeably higher

• Mean GPA First time freshman: 2.6 to 2.8

At-Risk Students• Additional counselors hired

• More direct contact

Result: lowest number ever on academic suspension Prior average of 350 students Spring 2009, 103 students

Course Redesign• 18 Faculty Design Fellowships awarded

• Math1910 (Calculus for Scientist & Engineers)

Course success rate of 45% rose to 77.3%

• Acct 2010Course success rate of 35.0% increased to 74.3%

• Virtual career success center

• Combines career counseling, academic advising, use of technologies

• Provides: enhanced student services; guaranteed internship

2000 student participants & growing!

(% Seniors)• 18% - worked on research project with faculty member

• 42% - participated in internship, practicum or field experience

• 9% - participated in study abroad

• 82% - evaluated entire educational experience as good or excellent

Student Engagement

Internships

SETEsStudent Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness

•Spread over larger # of sections

•Overall results remain constant

•Ability to view grade when posted

• 1% of student body x tuition• Yield =

~200 additional students~$1.2M additional funds

Targeted Recruitment

• Honors students

• Dual Enrollment

• Dual Admissions

• Programs for Professionals

• Out of State

Number of Active Honors Students2003-2009 As of 8-19-09

Dual Enrollment• >300 students last year

• ~500 this year

• Now includes Math course for Home Schooled

• Participating high schools:– All 8 Shelby County public high schools– 7 Memphis City Schools– 1 private (Evangelical Christian School) – Home schoolers

Off-Campus Enrollment at Major Sites

UM Online – New 2008 & 2009• Bachelors degrees totally online

BA in journalism (public relations concentration) BA in history

• Masters degrees online

M.S. in Education with library information endorsementM.S. in Education with Reading concentrationM.S. in Leadership (Policy studies)M.S. in Sports CommerceM.B.A. Business Administration

• Certificates

Undergraduate Certificate in Real EstateGraduate Certificate in Instructional Design & TechnologyGraduate Certificate in College Teaching

Online Enrollment

UM Online Programs Planned…in Progress

• B.A. in Communication• M.P.H. in Public Health• MHA in Health Administration• MAT in Secondary Education• M.A. in Criminal Justice• M.A. in Political Science with International Relations

concentration• Graduate Certificate in Engineering Project Management• Graduate Certificate in African American Studies• Graduate Certificate in Public Administration

NEW GRADUATE PROGRAMS2007-2009

Approved Graduate Degrees/School or Department

School or Department Date Approved

School of Public Health 10-1-2007

Department of Architecture 4-9-08

Graduate Degrees Date Approved

Master of Architecture 7-17-2007

New University Center(spring 2010)

New West Hall Dormitory

Honors Hall

Square Footage of Classroom Space Impacted Cumulative

262 “smart rooms”

TERM Headcount03F 19911

04F 20668

05F 20465

06F 20562

07F 20379

08F 20214

09F - projected 21000+

Financial Assistance(fall)

Type 08-09(09-12-08)

09-10(08-12-09)

Overall $75,644,573 $96,985,452

Ex:

Federal Grants $9,603,923 $15,149,804

Federal Loans $43,995,203 $52,995,203

HOPE Scholarship $7,762,334 $10,767,588

Information Technology Resources

• High Performance Research Computing NEW summer 2009 – Beowulf cluster; performance

improvement >15x prior system

[https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g-hpc/public/index.html]

• Research Networks Connecting UTHSC, St. Jude Research Hospital,

Memphis BioWorks Direct, high speed connection to ORNL

Next steps for faculty

• Retain Undergraduate student

• Recruit Graduate students

• Critically reexamine curriculum focused on student success & learning outcomes

Assist in University Continuity Planning

• Utilize on-line resources

• Build appropriate flexibility in assignment completion

• Establish communication plans with your students

• 47/55 petitions for T, P or T&P positive

• 45 Promoted in Rank

Dr. Joy ClayPublic Administration

(health planning; health finance; health systems)

Dr. Mark W. ConleyInstruction & Curriculum Leadership

(adolescent literacy; assessment and literacy instruction)

Dr. Lawrence EdwardsRudi E. Scheidt School of Music

(choral conducting; jazz studies)

Donna S. Harkness, J.D.Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

(clinical; elder law; trial advocacy)

Dr. Xiangen HuPsychology

(human learning and memory; mathematical modeling; statistical analysis)

Dr. Ronald LandisPsychology

(workplace romance, sexual harassment in organizations ; HR management; organizational behavior; research

methods in management)

Dr. Daniel LarsenEarth Sciences

(hydrogeology; soils; low-temperature geochemistry; sedimentology)

Dr. Sanjay R. MishraPhysics

(magnetic nanomaterials; magnetic nanocomposites for drug delivery; bioimplantable polymers)

Leonard SchranzeRudi E. Scheidt School of Music

(viola; chamber music; string quartet)

Dr. William SeguiCivil Engineering

(structural analysis and design)

Elizabeth ThomasLowenberg School of Nursing

(clinical; nursing leadership and management; physical, sexual and emotional violence)

Kathy ThompsonLowenberg School of Nursing

(clinical; adult health nursing)

Dr. Daniel UnowskyHistory

(central and eastern Europe; nations and nationalism; festivals and public celebrations;

modern Jewish history)

Dr. Kenneth WardPublic Health

(tobacco use prevention and cessation; bone health and osteoporosis prevention; psychosocial aspects

of heart disease)

• ART Miriam Ayad Donalyn Heise Cedar Nordbye

• Journalism Jin Yang Joseph Hayden

College ofCommunication & Fine Arts

College ofCommunication & Fine Arts

•MUSIC

•Victor Asuncion

•Timothy Goodwin

•Timothy Shiu

•Lecolion Washington

College of Education

• Instruction & Curriculum Leadership Cathy Meredith

• Counseling Educational Psychology & Research Pamela Cogdal

• Health & Sport Sciences Richard Bloomer

• Electrical & Computer Engineering Mohammed Yeasin

• Engineering Technology Robert Hewitt Peter Lau

• Mechanical Engineering Jeffrey Marchetta

Herff College of Engineering

Lawrette Axley

Lowenberg School of Nursing

• Management Information Systems

Robin Poston

Fogelman College of Business & Economics

• English Ladrica Menson-Furr

• Biology Judith Cole Carlos Lopez-Estrano

• Computer Science Vinhthuy Phan Math Sciences

Valdimir Nikiforov

• Psychology Melloni Cook

College of Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences

• Earth Science Arleen Hill Esra Ozdenerol

• History Aram Goudsouzian

• Political Science Richard Morrill-Richards Picture

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Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

• Lee Harris

University Libraries

•Elizabeth McDonald

• Dr. Lisa Klesges, Director

School of Public Health

• University of Minnesota• Associate member – Dept. of Epidemiology &

Cancer Control, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

• Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

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