GSW participated in the first year of a three-year engagement with the National Institute for Student Success in the 2024-25 academic year that culminated in the delivery of a Campus Playbook. The playbook included four recommendations: Coordinated Communication with Students, Proactive Academic Advising, Use of Student Financial Data, and Use of Academic Outcome Data.
Increase the number of freshmen completing fifteen credit hours in their first semester at GSW. Freshmen students are enrolled in classes for their first semester by FYE advisors that include 14-16 credits. They are advised by FYE advisors at early registration for spring classes to register for enough hours to accumulate 30 credit hours during their first year.
Every incoming freshman is being trained on the use of the Student Educational Planner (SEP) in Degree Works in their UNIV 1000 the GSW Experience, first-years seminar course. Creating and submitting a registration plan is an assignment in all sections of UNIV 1000.
Increasing pass rates in English 1101 and the major appropriate MATH courses is the goal of this strategy. Both the department of English and Mathematics have submitted improvement plans and are implementing them. Among the strategies being employed include:
Georgia Southwestern State University is a state university serving a diverse population of students, offering a range of strong undergraduate and graduate programs in a vibrant learning environment. The University is a collegial community that values collaboration and community engagement with an emphasis on faculty, staff, and student interactions. An active student body and state-of-the-art amenities enhance the learning experience on a visually appealing campus located in historic Americus, Georgia.
GSW has coordinated its Momentum Student Success Strategies with its ASPIRE Success Strategies to the extent possible, and since we are in a SACSCOC reaffirmation year, we have also coordinated our Quality Enhancement Plan with these activities. Therefore, in the following inventory we have labelled strategies below in the order they appeared in our 2024 Momentum Plan or our 2024 ASPIRE document.
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Georgia Southwestern State University is a state university serving a diverse population of students, offering a range of strong undergraduate and graduate programs in a vibrant learning environment. The University is a collegial community that values collaboration and community engagement with an emphasis on faculty, staff, and student interactions. An active student body and state-of-the-art amenities enhance the learning experience on a visually appealing campus located in historic Americus, Georgia.
In spring 2021 just before GSW launched its campus-wide TILT initiative, four TILT-related questions were added to GSW’s course evaluation survey. The questions were added under the head question, “was the course transparent, well planned, and organized?” Students were asked to rate the course on the following aspects of the head question:
We continue to implement ways to help support students both in and out of the classroom to be successful and improve retention.
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