An extension of Mid-Term Conversations, ASU-Turn Academy focuses on students who are academic probation or who have been re-admitted. Students are asked to engage for the semester in weekly meetings to learn specific success strategies and reflect on challenges from the previous semester.
Evaluation Plan and measures:
- Review of performance data at the end of each semester (December, May)
KPIs:
- % of participants who return to good academic standing
Baseline measure (for each KPI)*:
- % of participants who return to good academic standing
- Spring 2023: 43% of ASU-Turn participants who attended 3 or more sessions returned to good standing.
Current/most recent data:
- % of participants who return to good academic standing
- Spring 2023: 43% of ASU-Turn participants who attended 3 or more sessions (30/70) returned to good standing.
Goal or targets (for each KPI):
- 56% of ASU-Turn Academy participants (3 or more sessions) return to good standing.
Time period/duration
- Ongoing
Spring 2023 was the first semester of measurable attendance. This can be attributed from a change in approach – from invitation via Outlook to a campaign with “Mandatory ASU-Turn Academy” in the title. A total of 108 participants attended at least once, with 70 of those students attending for multiple (3 or more) sessions. Although weekly attendance declined weekly until the end of the 10-session program, this semester has served as a model moving forward.
In a feedback session held in a focus-group style, participants indicated that they found the program helpful and enjoyed the format of “free talk” and “lecture” without the pressure of additional assignments or tasks. One issue is deciding whether the focus of the sessions should be on motivation (resilience, persistence, coping), classroom skills (reading, note-taking, study strategies) or detailed walk-throughs to help students gain independence (how to calculate GPA/SAP, how to register for classes, how to choose a major).
- Having more than one instructor to divide tasks and oversight.
- Assigning the instructor to participants as a “Student Success Resource” in EAB to provide additional accountability to participants for early alerts, at-risk reports, and mid-term deficiencies.
- Implementing an end of program survey in addition to the focus group to gather data on effectiveness and programming.
- Staffing: We need more instructors to offer more sessions. This will improve the variety of offerings to assist students with academic challenges.
