Dr. Jeff Orgera, Senior Asst. Vice President, Student Affairs

Catalina Carlos, Associate Director, Recruitment

 

 

Campus Support

Enrollment and Retention

Student Advocacy and Learning Support

Student Involvement

Student Services

 

Extraordinary Impact

Fast Facts:

• $171M Budget

• Employ 15% of all UA staff

• Employ 50% of all student

workers

• Auxiliaries contribute nearly half

of all money to institutional

administrative service change

pool

 

Enrolling Extraordinary Students

• Total university enrollment up by about 500

students over last year at approximately 40,700

• UA freshmen diversity is 41.3%

• New/returning undergraduate students are

expected to be approximately 9,500.• Freshmen: Approximately 6,900*• Transfers: Approximately 2,000• Returning: Approximately 600

 

Enrolling Extraordinary Students

Freshmen AveragesGPA: 3.4SAT: 1114 (M&CR)ACT: 24Ethnic Diversity: 41%Resident: 61% Honors College FreshmenApproximately 900 studentsGPA: 3.82SAT: 1321

Transfer DetailsEthnic Diversity: 41.9%Resident: 78%

The University of Arizona is performing better than average in terms of :• Cost• Graduations Rates• Starting Salary after graduation• Debt at time of graduation• Percentage of students receiving Pell grant

UA = Best ROI in AZ

 

Excellent Alumni Network – Wildcat for Life

Real-world ready upon graduation

Degree Tracker

100% Student Engagement

Recruit with the End in Mind

 

 

The Wildcat Promise

• Apply by October 1

• Apply by November 1

• Apply after November 1

• Get notification on November 1!

• Get notification on December 1!

• Rolling admissions through May 1

 

Retaining Extraordinary Students

Retention Rates 2010 2011 2012 2013

(FTFT) Freshmen 77.2% 77.1% 80.1% 81.0%*

Residents 78.9% 79.9% 82.6%

Non Residents 74.5% 71.8% 75.8%

Ethnic Minority 74.9% 72.0% 79.3%

Transfers 74.3% 75.1% 79.1%

Graduation Rates

Four-Year 35.3% 39.8% 40.1%

Six-Year 59.8% 61.4% 61.3%

*Point-in-Time as of 8/14/13

 

Exceptional Highlights: THINK TANK

Used by 40% of freshmenExpanded to 4 locations

52,500+ hours of comprehensive academic support to students

In 4 years, THINK TANK has become an incubator for innovative academic support programs• Comprehensive tutoring• Writing and math support• Supplemental Instruction• Targeted learning support for

students in Schedule for Success (S4S)

• Partnership with CLAS ACC to support students on academic probation

• Engineering Math support• And more…

 

Exceptional Highlights: MAP-Works

What It Does• Provides opportunities for more intentional

conversations with students

• Allows us to identify our “at-risk” students earlier in the semester

• Provides opportunities to improve communication and eliminate duplicative efforts between departments

• Allows us to check back with students for point in time interventions

MAP-Works Pilot • 2,000 students in the cohort

• Over 400 student responses (20%) in less than a week

Institutional Data

Survey Data

Performance / Outcomes

 

 

Things to look for:

Never Settle

100% Engagement

UA Bridge Program: Transfer Goals!

Undergrad online education

Degree Search

Degree Tracker

HS Counselor Board

Bear Down Scholars Program