Student Success

Dec. 4, 2012

Recruit, Retain and Graduate

• Long-term Enrollment Plan– Ensure we enroll students who will be successful

at BGSU• Traditional UG student population• Non-traditional UG student population• Graduate Students (full-time and part-time)

• Why goal of 25,000 student headcount?

Traditional UG Students

• Of highly qualified, admitted students, increase number of enrolled students (yield)– Adjust scholarship program

• For example, increase number of “honors scholarship” awards

– Focus on majors with low yield rates• For example, “pre-professional” programs

– Personalize admission programs for highly qualified students

– Better articulate the value of a BGSU undergraduate degree

Non-Traditional UG Students

• Increase number of qualified transfer students– Leverage articulation agreements to attract students in

specific programs– New transfer student orientation (day, evening, virtual)– Workshops for community college counselors/advisors– Increase outreach efforts in key metropolitan areas

throughout Ohio– “Finish What you Started” – a degree completion program

for “stop-outs”

Graduate Students

• Aligned with the Graduate Programs Strategic Plan– Develop new programs for “professional” masters

programs as well as interdisciplinary programs– Develop additional accelerated bachelor/masters

programs– Strategically allocate existing scholarship dollars

Graduate and UG Student

• International– Focus on specific countries and regions (China, India, South Korea, key

countries in South America and Middle East)– Faculty-led recruiting trips and affiliation agreements– Visits to Embassies

• Alternative Delivery Methods (On-line, Hybrid, Weekend, Evening programs)

– Increase visibility of existing programs– Develop additional alternative delivery methods of existing programs– Develop new programs

Retain and Graduate• Academic and Administrative Policies and Procedures• Support and Feedback for Students

• Progress Reporting• Learning Commons• Academic and Career Advising

• Academics• Assessment of Student Learning• Learning Assistants in Large Lecturers• Linked Courses• First-year Academic Seminar• Faculty Support and Development (Grants and integration of centers)• Ongoing Faculty Conversations (Craig Zirbel)

How can faculty help?

• Retention• Aligned with BGSU strategies, – Identifying and developing partnerships with

community colleges and domestic/international universities

– New Program development• Built on existing BGSU strengths• Aligned with future directions

For Discussion:BGSU commitment to students

• Four year graduation commitment• Experiential education opportunity for every student

(internship, study abroad, service learning, applied capstone, etc.)

• Success based scholarships• For qualified students, the ability to graduate debt

free of tuition and fees