Advance a Thriving Student Experience
Year 1 of 3-Year Initiative
Champion: Brad Lau, Vice President for Student Life
Assistant Champion: Arminda Lathrop, Vice President of Advancement
Goals
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Improve on our existing delivery of exceptional academic outcomes
- Provide 90% of full-time faculty and athletic coaches with training for fully utilizing Fox360 for early intervention with students who are struggling by fall of 2024.
- Develop a framework for a robust data dashboard on student experience and belonging by fall of 2025.
- Explore options for an incentive system for faculty to mentor students in research and academic pursuits beyond the classroom by fall of 2025.
- Complete analysis of DF rates, using a threshold of courses with >10 students and greater than 10% DF rate by fall 2024.
- Identify 3 high-risk courses and develop an action plan to reduce DF rate by 10% by fall 2024.
- Raise $5M in support for academic initiatives by spring 2026.
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Extend the impact of spiritual life and transformation efforts on campus
- Complete and evaluate the Spiritual Life office’s pilot mentoring program with faculty/staff mentors and student mentees by fall of 2024.
- Launch a mechanism to capture data regarding student service experiences to serve as a baseline for future service initiatives by fall of 2024.
- Define the common set of character and virtue outcomes for 性视界传媒 students by fall of 2024.
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Expand the quality and number of meaningful connections and experiences for linking students to campus identity
- Launch a “transition to college” 1-credit pilot lab designed for provisionally admitted students, first-generation students and/or Pell eligible students for fall of 2024.
- Assess the impact of common student leader expectations about ongoing outreach to new students by fall of 2025.
- Pilot 3 events that increase student connection to campus identity by fall of 2025.
- Expand and test at least 2 “high-touch” engagement events between students and the alumni community by fall of 2025.
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Increase opportunities for vocational development and engagement
- Define and approve practical framework for career mentoring opportunities across the institution by fall of 2025.
- Define and approve practical framework for career mentoring opportunities across the institution by fall of 2025.