Strategy/Project Name:
Providing student success content through Area B coursework
Momentum Area:
Purpose
Pathways
Mindset
Change Management
Data & Communications
Category:
Strategy/Project Description:
Designing and integrating academic success content into all sections of Area B courses, regardless of session length or modality
Activity Status:
Evaluation/Assessment plan:
Evaluation Plan and measures:
- Student academic success indicators in Area B courses (semester over semester)
- Completion of academic success content
KPIs:
- ABC rates in the student success content portion of the course
- Completion rates of newly embedded student success content
Baseline measure (for each KPI): will be determined based on fall’23 data
Current/most recent data (for each KPI): MGA will be working to develop processes to obtain accurate data from D2L to evaluate student performance.
Goal or targets (for each KPI):
- 70% of the students will complete the assessment for the academic success content.
- Of those who complete the assessments, 70% will achieve an average passing grade of C or better in the academic success content.
Time period/duration: 2023-24 academic year
Progress and Adjustments:
- Completely embedded academic success content in all Area B full-semester (16-week) sections
- Assigned a faculty to serve as an Area B Coordinator
Plan for the Year Ahead:
- Piloting short session offerings in fall’23
- Providing additional faculty training
- Coaching faculty on the redesign of the remainder of Area B (“Perspectives on”) content
Challenges and Support:
Challenges:
- Full participation of Area B faculty in the training
- Continued collaboration among academic and student affairs offices for First-Year Experience events across campuses
- Participation and cooperation of Area B faculty in course redesign
Support Needed:
Sharing ideas and resources used by other USG institutions related to student success initiatives
Primary Contact:
Rod McRae and Eric Sun
