Redesign content and format to improve transition experience for students and increase student success and retention
Evaluation Plan and measures: Assessment of goals and course student learning outcomes at the end of the semester
KPIs:
- Success rate in the CATS 1101.
- Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class.
- Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class.
Baseline measure (for each KPI):
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Fall 2021 |
Spring 2021 |
Fall 2022 |
Spring 2022 |
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Success rate in the CATS 1101 |
65.8% |
55.8% |
63.5% |
57.8% |
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Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class (next semester) *Spring-to-Fall Retention |
74.2% |
49.2%* |
76.1% |
48.3%* |
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Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class |
1.81 |
1.71 |
1.88 |
1.65 |
Current/most recent data (for each KPI)
No current data yet since the update of the CATS 1101 class was implemented at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester.
Activity # 1 (concluded)
Goal or targets (for each KPI):
- Success rate in the CATS 1101: increase success rate by 10%
- Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class: increase retention by 5%
- Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class: increase average GPA by 0.5 point
Time period/duration: after final grades are posted at the conclusion of each semester
The following steps have been completed:
- The session for the course was changed from 8-weeks to 16-weeks.
- A task force made up Faculty who taught a CATS class was set up during Spring 2023. After campus input, the task force identified six main topics to be addressed in each section.
- The Focus to Career Test and Steppingblocks will be emphasized.
- All instructors were oriented to the changes prior to the beginning of semester.
- General uniformity was created for the syllabus, attendance policy, topics and grades.
- Student Success Coaches, advisement staff, library director, and campus workshops and events will be incorporated more intentionally to help new students.
At the conclusion of Fall 2023, the instructors, Director of Student Success and Library Director will meet to assess and reflect on the successes and failures of the new design. Final grades will be reviewed. Changes will be determined based on the results of both forms of assessment and will be implemented in the spring semester.
