To provide another option for students to take less credit hours and perform better academically, but still graduate in two years. See two attachments: Two-Year (four semesters) and Two-Year (Six semesters).
Evaluation Plan and Measures: Key performance indicators include examining how many semesters, historically, it takes students to graduate from East Georgia.
KPIs:
- Numbers of students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours over one academic year (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer semesters).
- Average number of credits for students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours during an academic year.
- Average academic year GPA for students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours during an academic year.
- Two and three-year graduation rate for full-time students enrolled in an Associate program.
Baseline measure (for each KPI):
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Academic |
Academic Year 2022 |
Academic Year 2023 |
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Number of students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours over one academic year (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and semesters) |
413 |
367 |
336 |
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Average number of credits for students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours during an academic year (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and semesters) |
33 |
33 |
33 |
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Average academic year GPA for students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours during an academic year (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and semesters) |
2.57 |
2.49 |
2.61 |
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Full-time Student Graduation Rates |
Fall 2018 Cohort |
Fall 2019 Cohort |
Fall 2020 Cohort |
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Two-year graduation rate for students enrolled in an Associate program (USG Qlik app) |
9.4% Institutional
9.5% System-Wide |
7.6% Institutional
7.6% System-Wide |
9.1% Institutional
9.1% System-Wide |
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Three-year graduation rate for students enrolled in an Associate program (USG Qlik app) |
16.4% Institutional
16.7% System-Wide |
13.0% Institutional
13.0% System-Wide |
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Current/most recent data (for each KPI)
Data will be collected at the end of the FY 2024.
Goal or targets (for each KPI):
- Numbers of students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours over one academic year (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer semesters): increase by 10%
- Average number of credits enrolled for full -time students during an academic year: increase by 3 credit hours.
- Average academic year GPA for students enrolled in at least 30 credit hours during an academic year: increase by 0.5 point.
- Two and three-year graduation rate for students enrolled in an Associate program: increase by 5%.
Time period/duration: on going activity
Academic Counseling is a personal process for each student so one-on-one meetings help to create and identify the right academic plan. Advisors need to explain the difference and help students make a commitment to four or six semesters. It is an individual choice, and the advisor can provide academic advice on course scheduling.
The advisement team is facilitating conversation with EGSC administrators to develop a strategic plan on how to enforce this as an advising approach on all EGSC campuses. Faculty administration is getting faculty advisors involved and additional staff have been added to the advisement team.
Communicating the importance of not withdrawing from classes if students are enrolled in 12 credit hours. If they do not attend class and are dropped, then students stand the risk of not being a full-time student and not graduating on time. If they had 15 credit hours and were dropped from a class; they would still have full-time status and stand a better chance of graduating on time.
