UK Undergraduate Education - Update re CPE SB1 project

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Update onUndergraduate Education

CPE SB1 Program & Plans for This Fall

August 11, 2011

Randolph Hollingsworth for Mike

Mullen, Associate Provost for

Undergraduate Education


UK Core and SB1 Goals: Program Integration

• UK Core learning outcomes align with • KY Statewide Transfer Gen Ed outcomes, and • transition from K-12 KY Core Content Standards

• UK Core Research Group to explore and build on available evidence of “what works” in a UK Core course

• UK Core Learning Communities of at-risk and exploratory students (Undergraduate Studies) self-selected or formed by various combinations of UK Core courses


Program Integration:UK Core Design Principles

Courses in UK's general education curriculum will:

1. use inquiry-based teaching, develop critical thinking skills

2. no more than equivalent of 30 credit hours

3.connect intentionally to student’s major field of study

4.smooth transition from high school to research university

5. develop communication skills, quantitative reasoning

6. lay foundation for citizenship in pluralistic society

7. specify learning outcomes and systematic assessment


UK Core Research Group piloted (launched on May 10, 2011)

UK Core Research LibGuides launched

UK Faculty Toolkit launched http://ukfacultytoolkit.wordpress.com

UE research assistant hired (Amy Messer) – programming coordinator and data analyst

UPDATE FROM UGE, SO FAR…


Members of the Summer 2011 cohort of the UKCore Research

Group included:

• Intellectual Inquiry - Arts & Creativity– 3 faculty and 1 lecturer– Art Studio, Art Education, Art History, Theatre

• Composition and Communication I & II– 6 faculty, 6 lecturers, 6 graduate assistants– Communications, English,

Writing/Rheteric/Design

• Quantitative Reasoning - Statistical Inferential Reasoning– 2 faculty, 3 lecturers, 4 graduate assistants


Members of Summer’11 UK Core Research Group $1,000 stipend to:

1. Research models of student learning strategies appropriate to one’s academic discipline that support and illustrate the UK Core Principles.

2. Create at least one learning object for high-impact practices that can be scaled up and disseminated widely.


Questions to Guide Research and Development

• What are those effective practices that your academic discipline uses to engage students – and that you plan to include in your UK Core course?

• Are these practices embedded in both curricular and co-curricular activities (i.e., high-impact practices)?

• How are these most effective practices from your discipline tied to the UK Core learning outcomes and how are they assessed?

• How can these most effective practices be integrated across your academic program and/or other degree programs that rely on your UK Core course?


Librarians Supporting Research

• Intellectual Inquiry - Arts & Creativity– Meg Shaw

http://libguides.uky.edu/UKCoreAC

• Composition and Communication I & II– Debbie Sharp

http://libguides.uky.edu/UKCoreCC

• QR - Statistical Inferential Reasoning– Tom Hecker

http://libguides.uky.edu/UKCoresri

http://libguides.uky.edu/UKCoresri


Learning Objects for High Impact Practices in a UK Core Course

• Faculty pinpoint an assignment/activity/topic that usually proves difficult for students to be successful in their UK Core course

• Pilot in Pbworks then publish and allow use by: – other faculty and to US exploratory students in

2011-12 courses in the 3 UK Core categories – the University of Kentucky faculty community

(via the UK Faculty Toolkit)– the statewide Gen Ed faculty community

(via Kentucky Learning Depot or MERLOT)


Learning Object Repository

KYLearningDepot.org Sophia.org

MERLOT.org


UK Faculty Toolkit Emphasizing LEAP “High

Impact Practices”http://ukfacultytoolkit.wordpress.com• collaborative projects• diversity/global learning activities• community-based learning, field trips• volunteer activities, service learning• capstone projects• embedded undergraduate research



Cross-divisional collaboration

• UK Core Learning Communities Coordinator and academic advisors

• Special programs counselors/advisors and mentors, e.g., First Scholars, CARES, Robinson Scholars, Honors, UG Research

• Librarians and Multi-modal Communications lab consultants for digital literacy and information literacy skill-building

• Academic Enhancement’s academic consultants and peer mentors in “The Study”

• UK101 Academic Orientation instructors and peer instructors

• Student Government Association members, Freshman Leadership Development Program interns, Residence Life hall directors and RAs, Greek leadership, religious student groups


Call for new members of the UKCore Research Group (adding to wiki, monthly meetings for all)

UK Faculty Toolkit expanded to showcase findings & development of UKCore Research LibGuides

First-Year Skill-building and Intergroup Dialogues

First-Year Leadership interns and Study Circles on Transition & Kentucky Core Content Standards

Undergraduate Studies Learning Communities

PLANS FOR THIS FALL…


• Retention Programming raised the retention rate to over 80% for third year in a row

• Graduation rates still lag

KY High School Grads in Transition: About UK

Excellence

Retention and 6-Year Graduation Rates – UK and Top 20 Benchmarks for 2009

Source: UK Institutional Research

TOP 20Georgia TechOhio State UPenn StateRutgersTexas A&MUC-BerkeleyUC-DavisUCLAUC-San DiegoU of FloridaU of IllinoisU of MarylandU of MichiganU of MinnesotaUNC-CHU of PittsburghU of TexasU of VirginiaU of WashingtonU of Wisconsin

Retention Rates vs ACT- 2007


UK

Office of Institutional Research


HS Preparation and UK Success

• Students with 3.5+ HS GPA and 20+ ACT– First year retention = 80-90%– 6 Year Graduation = 61 to 75%

• Students with <3.5 HS GPA or <20 ACT– First year retention = 61-70%– 6 Year Graduation = 39-49%


Retention Programming to Date

• Advising staff additions• K-Week activities• UK 101 expansion• Academic Enhancement (The Study)

expansion• More freshmen living on campus• Academic Alerts and Midterm Grades• Financial Alerts and Financial Ombud• Targeted interventions by cohort

StudentSuccess

UndergraduateEducation

Academic AdvisingAcademic Support

Cross-college Academic EnrichmentRetention Services

P-20 InitiativesColleges andDepartments

Academic ProgramsAcademic AdvisingStudent Services

Engagement

StudentAffairs

Co-curriculumK-WeekUK 101

C&TOrganizations

LLCHousing

EnrollmentManagement

Recruit and MatriculateTransfer Services

Financial Aid/ScholarshipsRegistration

Undergraduate Experience(Simplified View)

Institutional DiversityAcademic Advising

& Support Engagement

International ProgramsStudy Abroad

International Programming

InformationTechnology

CELT

Libraries

IRPE


CELT

Libraries

IRPE


CELT

Libraries

IRPE


CELT

Libraries

IRPE


Where Do Faculty Fit In?

UK CoreStudents will:• understand and use processes

of intellectual inquiry.• demonstrate competent

written, oral, visual communication skills as producers and consumers of information.

• understand and use methods of quantitative reasoning.

• understand complexities of citizenship and processes for making informed choices as engaged citizens in a diverse, multilingual world.

UE Strategic PlanUE will, in partnership with

faculty, staff and students at UK:

• enhance success for students in transition

• ensure continued student success toward degree attainment

• provide enriching educational programs for all students


Enhanced assessment strategies

• Student data warehouse and communications based on student characteristics

• UK Freshman Interest Survey and NSSE first-year student questionnaire

• UK101 Academic Orientation assessments– Career Center’s “Who Am I” survey– time management and study strategies– alcohol education quiz

• Feedback from UK CORE learning communities events/activities, academic advisors, exit surveys