Provost J. Ralph Byington

October 7, 2015

Student Affairs and Retention

Freshmen Retention Rates

Freshman Cohort

First-Year Retention

Fall 2011 to 12 2,128 60%

Fall 2012 to 13 2,200 63%

Fall 2013 to 14 2,084 67%

Fall 2014 to 15 (Preliminary) 2,374 65%

Sophomore and Junior Retention Rates

Enrolled Fall 2013

Returned Fall 2014

Enrolled Fall 2014

Returned Fall 2015

Sophomores 1,894 83% 2,031 82%

Juniors 1,761 80% 1,778 80%

Faculty and StaffRetention Rates

2012 2013 2014

Faculty 95% 96% 93%

% of Faculty Retired 1.3% 1.5% 1.4%

Staff 93% 92% 90%

% of Staff Retired 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%

Non-Returning Student SurveyMajor Reasons for Not Returning

25.23%11.86%11.13%10.91%

F1 Too expensive 36.94%F3 Unable to get financial aid or loans 19.64%F2 Not enough value for the cost 19.09%

Top Three Individual Reasons - Major Reason Only

Ranked by percentage of major reasons for each item

Social (S)Campus Atmosphere (CA)Personal (P)

Reason Categories - Major Reason OnlyRanked by average percentage of major reasons for all items in the category

Financial (F)

Information on Similar Schools

UG GR Total UG GRUniversity of South Carolina-Beaufort Bluffton, South Carolina (Hilton Head) Bachelor's degree 56 17 0 56% 1,724 1,724 0 95.4%College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick, Georgia Bachelor's degree 54 13 0 57% 2,987 2,987 0 93.1%Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Doctor's degree 68 38 47 57% 10,913 9,152 1,761 92.1%Coastal Carolina University Conway, South Carolina Post-master's certificate 61 67 9 63% 9478 8867 611 54.3%Charleston Southern University Charleston, South Carolina Master's degree 50 48 8 65% 3,269 2,912 357 84.7%Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, Florida Doctor's degree 47 48 8 73% 3,764 2,887 877 60.3%University of Tampa Tampa, Florida Post-master's certificate 82 65 13 75% 7,260 6,499 761 50.0%Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, Florida Doctor's degree 22 51 31 77% 14,077 12,907 1,170 91.5%University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Doctor's degree 58 85 99 77% 27,848 23,097 4,751 83.0%University of Hawaii (Manoa) Honolulu, Hawaii Doctor's degree 108 98 142 78% 20,006 14,499 5,507 66.0%College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Post-master's certificate 245 59 22 83% 11,619 10,488 1,131 65.8%University of North Carolina - Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina Doctor's degree 68 55 37 86% 13,937 12,447 1,490 84.5%University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Doctor's degree 52 93 116 87% 59,589 51,333 8,256 93.0%San Diego State University San Diego, California Doctor's degree 118 91 90 88% 31,899 27,099 4,800 91.4%California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California Doctor's degree 66 138 96 89% 35,586 30,593 4,993 96.0%University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Doctor's degree 59 94 168 89% 41,888 32,095 9,973 85.0%University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida (Miami) Doctor's degree 90 168 225 91% 16,935 11,380 5,555 41.7%University of California - Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California Doctor's degree 71 128 57 92% 22,225 19,362 2,863 91.0%College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Doctor's degree 322 40 40 96% 8,376 6,271 2,105 60.0%Source: IPEDS 2013Level of Institution: Four or more years

Enrollment % In-StateInstitution Name Town Highest level of offering

Age of Institution

Number of Programs Retention

Rate

Academic Affairs and Assessment

Student Success CentersLearning Resource Centers

Retention by Tutoring CenterFall 2014 First‐Time, Full‐Time Freshmen Cohort

# % # %Yes 1,016 72.8% 380 27.2% 1,396No 526 53.8% 452 46.2% 978Total 1,542 65.0% 832 35.0% 2,374

Retained Not Retained TotalVisited Any Tutoring Center?

Student Success CentersColleges

1) Mandatory tutoring implemented for high DFW courses in Economics and Accounting.

2) Faculty initiative of tutoring invitations to selected students during office hours.

3) Use of online 24-7 tutoring options through My ECON lab and My Accounting Lab.

4) Expanded tutoring availability for business courses at night and in the library.

5) Academic success coaching in Hicks by faculty invitation.

6) Centralization of tutoring oversight, availability, and hours in the Wall Center for Excellence.

Student Success CentersBusiness

1) In AY 2014-2015 The Edwards College hosted 681 “Academic Coaching” sessions in the CINO Grill

2) Sessions were conducted by professorial faculty and were targeted at students in high failure-rate classes

3) The retention rate for all students who attended at least one academic coaching session was 76%

4) The retention rate for freshmen who attended at least one academic coaching session was 74%

5) Due to these positive indicators, all freshmen in Edwards College majors are required to attend at least one academic coaching session in fall 2015

Student Success CentersHumanities and Fine Arts

1) Mathematics – extensive programa) HTC drop-in

b) Departmental drop-in

c) Exam review

2) Psychologya) Psych Stats (PSYC 225) drop-in two hrs/day,

five days/week

b) Tutor also visits classes to be introduced

3) Biologya) Student staffed tables/posted hours

b) BIO 101/121/122/330/340/350/450

4) Marine Sciencea) Study room in CSCC – staffed Wed-Fri

Afternoons

b) MSCI 111/112 (and others)

5) Computing Sciencesa) 8 hrs/day; 5 days/week in CSCC 209 – nine

tutors

b) CSCC class covered (100 to 400 level)

6) Chemistry Cadre of identified tutorsa) More extensive use of Learning Assistants in

Labs

7) Physics – on-going drop-in peer tutoring (Physics suite)

Student Success CentersScience

Student Success Centers

B.A. in Anthropology and Geography

M.Ed. in Instructional Technology

New Programs

Existing Graduate ProgramsBusiness• Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) – 2011 • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) – 2006Education• Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership (Ed.S.) – 2014 • Educational Specialist in Instructional Technology (Ed.S.) – 2015 • Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T) – 2002 – 6 concentrations• Master of Education in Educational Leadership (M.Ed.) – 2009 • Master of Education in Learning and Teaching (M.Ed.) – 2010 – 3 concentrationsHumanities and Fine Arts• Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (M.A.) – 2014 • Master of Arts in Writing (M.A.) – 2010 Science• Master of Science in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies (M.S.) – 2003 • Master of Science in Sport Management (M.S.) – 2015 • Marine Science: Coastal and Marine Systems Science (Ph.D.) – 2014

Graduate Programs

New Graduate Programs• Two new graduate programs began in Fall 2015:• Instructional Technology (Ed.S.)• Sport Management (M.S.)

• In August 2015, the University’s Board of Trustees endorsed the creation of two new master’s degree programs:

• Health Communication (M.A.)• Music Technology (M.A.)

Graduate Programs

CHE Reports

Program CollegeNew/

ModificationProgram

TypeCCU BOT

Approval DateGR - Master of Arts - Health Communication

College of Humanities & Fine Arts New Degree Hybrid 8/7/2015

GR - Master of Arts - Music Technology College of Humanities & Fine Arts New Degree Traditional 8/7/2015

GR - Master of Education in Special Education with Certification in Multi-categorical

College of Education New Degree Hybrid 5/9/2014

GR - Master of Science in Information Systems Technology with a Concentration in Security & Analytics

College of Science New Degree Online 5/9/2014

UG - Bachelor of Arts - Art History College of Humanities and Fine Arts New Degree Traditional 10/23/2014

UG - Bachelor of Arts in Digital Culture and Design

College of Humanities and Fine Arts New Degree Hybrid 12/14/2013

UG - Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science

College of Science New Degree Hybrid 10/23/2014

UG - Certificate in Applied Ethics College of Humanities & Fine Arts New Certificate Traditional 8/7/2015

Admissions Report

Fall 2014 Actual

Fall 2015 Projected

Enrollment

Fall 2015 Currently Enrolled*

New Freshmen 2,375 2,432 2,394 In-state 970 946 960 Out-of-state 1,405 1,486 1,434 Minority 678 652 689

New Transfers 834 826 799 In-state 444 474 441 Out-of-state 390 352 358 Minority 229 203 216

Readmits 254 240 246Other 306 298 309Continuing Undergraduates 5,595 5,875 5,886Total Undergraduates 9,364 9,671 9,634Graduates 612 650 619Total U & G 9,976 10,321 10,253

*as of 09-25-15

Board of Trustees Report--FinalSeptember 25, 2015

Table 1Fall 2015 Enrollment

  Fall 2014 Actual Fall 2015 Preliminary

Mean HS GPA

3.37 3.41 Mean SAT (Math & CR)

1001 1006 SAT - SC

978 975 SAT - National

1010 1006 Mean ACT – CCU

21 22 ACT – SC

20 20 ACT - National

21 21

Table 2Freshmen by Quality Indicators