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2011 NACADA Annual Conference CODE 435. Why Attend a Class??. Presenters: Yumi Takahashi-Ede Academic Advisor in the College of Arts & Sciences Halbert Bates Director of Recruitment & Retention in the Haworth College of Business Western Michigan University. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Presenters:
Yumi Takahashi-EdeAcademic Advisor in the College of Arts & Sciences
Halbert BatesDirector of Recruitment & Retention in the Haworth College
of Business
Western Michigan University
2011 NACADA Annual ConferenceCODE 435
Attendance Initiative & Retention Efforts at Western Michigan University
1. Descriptions of Attendance Initiative and Early Alert System
2. Reaching out to our students 3. Retention rates at Western
Michigan University (WMU)4. Findings for the past two academic
years (2009-2010 and 2010-2011)5. Future plans
Purpose Increased effort to contact students who are
not attending a class regularly
To track the effort made to contact and the success of contact with students reported
Goals To make our students feel that we care about
them as an individual and about their academic success at WMU
To promote more personal and closer relationships between students and the university community
To improve our retention rates
To improve academic outcomes
Purpose To reach out to all new degree-seeking
students (new beginners and transfers) with at least one midterm grade below a 'C' or who have been reported as not attending at least one course
Goal To assist students reported at the early
stage of the semester
Attendance Initiative
Review their current schedules
Contact reported students by email or phone
Check their files in the office to see if they have come in
Contact them multiple times if necessary
Early Alert Report & Midterm Grade Report
Contact reported students by email or phone
Strongly encourage them to come in to meet with an advisor
Offer resources and support available on campus
Probationary Email (Four Phases)
1) Beginning of the semesterInitial email contact to students who are on academic probation
2) Middle of the semesterReminder email contact to those who have not come in to see an advisor
3) Before the last day to withdraw from courses
Another reminder email to those who have not come in to see an advisor
4) End of the semesterFinal reminder email to those who have not yet to come in
Haworth College of Business
Sending out letters to students who are reported as not attending class
University wide retention rateFirst to second year retention rates for first-
time, full-time, degree seeking freshmen (FTIAC)
Head Count Univ. Wide Head Count
Univ. Wide Percent
Fall 2010 3,163 (Fall 2009 Head
Count)
2,404 76.0%
Fall 2009 3,806 (Fall 2008 Head
Count)
2,756 72.4%
College of Arts & SciencesFirst to second year retention rates for first-time,
full-time, degree seeking freshmen (FTIAC)
Head Count
Univ. Wide Count
Univ. Wide
Percent
College Specific
Head Count
College Specific Percent
Transfer in from Other
College
Original and
Transfer-in
Subtotal
Net Change
Fall 2010
698 (Fall 2009
Head Count)
515 73.8% 453 64.9% 135 588 -110
Fall 2009
705 (Fall 2008
Head Count)
498 70.5% 424 60.1% 232 656 -49
Haworth College of BusinessFirst to second year retention rates for first-time,
full-time, degree seeking freshmen (FTIAC)
Head Count
Univ. Wide Count
Univ. Wide
Percent
College Specific
Head Count
College Specific Percent
Transfer in from Other
College
Original and
Transfer-in
Subtotal
Net Change
Fall 2010
466(Fall 2009
Head Count)
341 73.2% 297 63.7% 88 385 -81
Fall 2009
593 (Fall 2008
Head Count)
441 74.4% 377 63.6% 145 522 -71
Fall 2009 through Summer II 2010Students in CAS
Total Number of Students Reported
453 FR 105 (23%)
SO 102 (23%)
JR 140 (31%)
SR 106 (23%)
Students eligible to return to Fall 2010
373 (82%) FR 64 (61%)
SO 84 (82%)
JR 123 (88%)
SO 102 (96%)
Students retained to Fall 2010
243 (65%) FR 34 (53%)
SO 62 (73%)
JR 88 (72%)
SO 60 (59%)
Fall 2010 through Summer II 2011Students in CAS
Total Number of Students Reported
427 FR 78 (18%)
SO 99 (23%)
JR 100 (23%)
SR 150 (35%)
Students eligible to return to Fall 2011
362 (85%) FR 56 (72%)
SO 75 (76%)
JR 88 (88%)
SO 143 (95%)
Students retained to Fall 2011
247 (68%) FR 24 (43%)
SO 62 (83%)
JR 65 (74%)
SO 96 (67%)
Positive Findings: Compared to the academic year of 2009-
2010, Total number of students reported as not-
attending class decreased in the academic year of 2010-2011 (453 427)
Freshmen reported as not-attending class also decreased in 2010-2011 (23% 18%)
Percentage of students eligible to return to WMU in the following academic year was improved (82% 85%)
Percentage of Freshmen eligible to return to WMU in their Sophomore year was also improved (61% 72%)
Positive Findings: Compared to the academic year of 2009-
2010, Overall retention rates to the following
academic year went up in 2010-2011 (65% 68%)
Retention rates of all class standing except Freshmen also went up in 2010-2011.
Sophomore: 73% 83% Juniors: 72% 74% Seniors: 59% 67% (Number includes
students who graduated during these academic years)
Areas need to be improved: Number of Juniors reported in 2009-2010
and number of Seniors reported in 2010-2011 are higher compared to other classes.
Juniors in 2009-2010: 31% Seniors in 2010-2011: 35%
Percentage of Freshmen eligible to return to WMU in the following academic year is still low compared to other classes.
Academic year of 2009-2010: 61% (out of those FRs reported as not-attending)
Academic year of 2010-2011: 72%
Areas need to be improved: Retention rates of Freshmen
decreased significantly from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011. (53% 43%)
Both retention rates of Freshmen rates are very low. Academic year of 2009-2010: 53% (out
of those FRs eligible to return to WMU) Academic year of 2010-2011: 43%
Fall 2010 through Summer II 2011
3802 students started in Fall 2010 in HCOB
Number of students reported as not-attending
343 Students eligible to return to Fall 2011
89%
Students enrolled in Fall 2011
65%
Improve retention rates by continuing Attendance Initiative and Early Alert Reports
Increase touch points by advisors and faculty with students
Reach out to Sophomores and Juniors
Collect more data
Work on the Retention Initiative assessment