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Creating a Definition ofSTUDENT SUCCESSThe Sheridan College
ExperienceMaria Lucido-Bezely
Janet ShuhJoe Henry
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AGENDA FOR TODAY
• How we got here and why?• The process • The next steps. • Questions
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ABOUT SHERIDAN
• Approx. 19,000 students • 4 Campuses – Oakville (2), Brampton,
Mississauga• Publically supported institution • Certificates to Bachelor Degrees • The University “Journey”
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“The student retention challenge that post secondary institutions face today will not be solved by effective, yet insular efforts of individual programs or departments. Today’s challenge requires an inclusive institution wide approach, collective problem solving and coordinated efforts that respond to the needs of a very diverse student population.”
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IN THE BEGINNING
• College wide Student Retention Task Force
• Identify and understand the current picture through evidence and sound data
• Identify existing internal expertise, programs and supports
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• Attrition rates per academic school from semester one to two and year one to two
• Academic performance of semester one students• Semester one in-class survey re: sources of difficulty• Reasons for first year student failure and drop outs
What “needed” data did not exist and how would we build the collection processes moving forward?
What Data Existed to help us understand who, when and why students leave, persist and what factors causes difficulty?
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What are those primary reasons for first semester
“fail outs” and “drop outs”?
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“Fail Outs” “Drop outs”37% Academic 30% Career
Related30% Personal 24% Academic13% Financial 20% Personal 7% Medical 14% Financial 6% Career Related
9% Medical
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What is student retention?
Student Retention is about: helping student to be successful
Student Retention is not about: letting the weak slide by, or losing academic integrity
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Process• Asked ourselves what and how do we define
“success”
• Engaged over 500 students, faculty and staff in the process
• Developed a model that was inclusive of the many facets of success
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Sheridan recognizes that Student Success is unique to each individual student.
Our shared definition encompasses the following:
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Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising
“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of
Student Success
Career Planning for Prospective Students Project
Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-
careering Students
Defining Student Success at Sheridan
Student Finances & Flexible Payment
Flexible Timetabling
First Year Experience
Early Warning Systems
Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students
Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and
share
Identifying & sharing internal data and information on
students
Student Success
(Retention) Team
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Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising
“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of
Student Success
Career Planning for Prospective Students Project
Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-
careering Students
Defining Student Success at Sheridan
Student Finances & Flexible Payment
Flexible Timetabling
First Year Experience
Early Warning Systems
Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students
Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and
share
Identifying & sharing internal data and information on
students
Student Success
(Retention) Team
sheridancollege.ca
Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising
“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of
Student Success
Career Planning for Prospective Students Project
Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-
careering Students
Defining Student Success at Sheridan
Student Finances & Flexible Payment
Flexible Timetabling
First Year Experience
Early Warning Systems
Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students
Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and
share
Identifying & sharing internal data and information on
students
Student Success
(Retention) Team
sheridancollege.ca
Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising
“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of
Student Success
Career Planning for Prospective Students Project
Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-
careering Students
Defining Student Success at Sheridan
Student Finances & Flexible Payment
Flexible Timetabling
First Year Experience
Early Warning Systems
Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students
Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and
share
Identifying & sharing internal data and information on
students
Student Success
(Retention) Team
sheridancollege.ca
Operationalizing our definition of Student Success
Moving from pilots and projectstowards embedding and integratingefforts into strategic and operationalplans
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Rationale for Expanded Definition
• Retains integrity of multifaceted individualized definition
• Reflects the MACRO (versus Micro) facilitators of Student Success
• Interdependence to Academic Excellence
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Operationalizing our definition of Student Success
• Engaging the entire Sheridan Community – Academic, Institutional & Student Base
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Operationalizing our definition of Student Success
Student Success …• a lense through which to examine challenges
and opportunities • a common shared value
