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Using Proactive Advising to
Improve Student Success and
Retention for At-Risk and
Conditionally Admitted
Students in a Global Campus
Setting Jamie Guigar Storey
Central Michigan University
What to Expect?
• Overview of CMU’s Global Campus
• Global Campus Persistence & Retention
Information
• Discussing At-Risk Student
Characteristics
• Foundational Theory
• Global Campus Advising Overview
• Proactive Advising/Retention Initiatives
CMU’s Global Campus
• 38 locations
• 20 at military
locations
• 2014 Total
enrollment 27,069
• 7,211 off-campus
Student Demographics
• Average Age
• Ethnic Background
• Socioeconomic Status
• Employment Status
• Military
• Location
Retention Information
The 2014 First Enrolled Degree Seeking
retention rate for Global Campus students at
Central Michigan University (CMU).
Total
Students
Retention
Rate
Persistence
Forecast
Students
Lost
Undergraduate 775 62% 481 295
What makes a student at-risk?
• Number of Transfer Credits?
• SAT/ACT Scores?
• High School or Transfer GPA?
• Number of Colleges Previously Attended?
• Time of Application?
• Difficulty of Signed Major?
• Ethnicity?
• Socioeconomic Status?
• Gender?
• Age?
Undergraduate Retention
Total
Students
Retention
Rate
Persistence
Forecast
Students
Lost
FTIAC 52 32% 17 35
0-12 44 43% 19 25
13-24 33 53% 17 16
25-48 123 66% 81 42
49+ 523 69% 361 162
Undergraduate Retention
Total
Students
Retention
Rate
Persistence
Forecast
Students
Lost
F-2-F 223 74% 165 58
Online 552 57% 315 237
Total 775 62% 480 295
Foundational Theory
• Tinto’s Theory of Student Departure
• Students’ interactions (positive or
negative) with staff and faculty impact
academic career and commitment to
earning a degree (Pascarella &
Terenzini, 2005).
CMU Team-Based Approach
• Enrollment Specialist
• Admissions Specialist
• Academic Advisor
• Program Administrator
• Graduation Specialist
Advising Overview
Proactive Advising Initiative
Proactive Advising Initiative
Success Marker Courses
• Success Marker Courses are courses that have historically low “D,” “E,” and “W” rates.
• At-risk students must select first 2-4 courses in consultation with advisor.
• ART 126
• AST 111
• BIO 315
• BIS 104
• ENT 101
• ENV 101
• FNS 370
• JRN 350
• LDR 200
• MUS 110
• PHY 100
• BLR 202
• HDF 110
• HSC 235
• HSC 317
• HSC 352
• MGT 312
• MGT 320
• MGT 348
• MKT 310
• PSY 324
• REL 101
• REL 334
Non-Success Marker
Courses
• High “D,” “E,” and “W” Rates
• Students are encouraged to wait to register for these courses until their 2nd or 3rd semester.
• BIO 101
• BIS 360
• CHM 120
• ENG 101
• ENG 201
• GEL 105
• MTH 105
• MTH 106
• MTH 130
• MTH 132
• ENG 303
• ENG 326
• ENT 210
• ENG 221
• PHL 140
• PSC 105
• PSC 210
• PSY 100
• PSY 211
• PSY 310
Collaborative Initiatives
• Admitted, Not Enrolled Campaign
• Early Alert
• Online Ally
• Student Success Blackboard Shell
• Student Success Coaching
Success Course Retention Rates
Total
Students
Retention
Rate
Persistence
Forecast
Students
Lost
2014-2015
≤48 Credits 121 62% 75 46
Total
Students
Retention
Rate
Persistence
Forecast
Students
Lost
2013-2014
≤48 Credits 252 48.5% 134 118
Reference
Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T.
(2005). How college affects student: A
third decade of research (2nd ed.).San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
