Undergraduate Education
Organization of Undergraduate Education How do the pieces fit together? Provost Office Deans/Chairs University Senate Undergraduate Council
FTFT Student Cohorts Undergraduate Colleges Living Learning Centers Honors College University Scholars WISE EOP/AIM Athletics
Expectations and Changes Course syllabi On line evaluations Stony Brook Curriculum Online education Faculty teaching load Expectation to teach undergraduate courses
Implications of Student Identity Parameters of Diversity African American students Hispanic students Female students in disciplines in which they are underrepresented Lack of female faculty and faculty of color LGBTQA students, faculty and staff Title 9 issues Male completion issues
Difference in FTFT Applications Fall 2010-2014 4000 3500 3326 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 1308 949 500 452 255 240 78 0-500 -24-107 -114-188 -195
Academic Success Academic Success Team Defined what is meant by success Examine those practices/polices that impede success Meeting weekly for past 3 years Goals: To understand institutional obstacles to student success Improve student experience Improve persistence and 4 year graduation rate
Academic Success Team Accomplishments Influence campus discussion of student success Clear expectations starting at Orientation Continue to focus on course availability Implementation of 25 Live (Project 50 forward) Utilize Degree Audit for requirement completion Joined Educational Advisory Board Student Success Collaborative Started pilot with four departments rolled out this week to 15
Academic Success Team Accomplishments Major Verification Expand early warning system MAP 103 cohort model Outreach for out of region students Outreach to students who fail to register Reach out to students after first year with a GPA 2.0-2.9 but less than 26 earned credits Academic Success Calendar
President and Provost Graduate in Four Task Force Convened Spring 2014 3 Subcommittees Course Availability Lori Repetti Advising Peter Gergen Student Perspective Charles Robbins
Course Availability Recommendations Ensure that the right courses are available for students such as ESL and Writing as well as for the new SBC and in majors such as Math and Chemistry. Improved planning and scheduling of courses Better system for room assignments Graduation when requirements completed More strategic use of Stony Brook Manhattan
Advising Recommendations Increase number of professional advisors bringing us closer to peer institutions and national benchmark Improve coordination of advising between the Academic and Transfer Advising Center, academic majors as well as between Undergraduate Colleges and majors and programs Expand Academic Success and Tutoring Center
Advising Recommendations Roll out EAB Student Success Collaborative Standardize the quality and depth of academic planning and information. Currently tremendous variation between majors and how accessed on web Assess the quality of all advising services
Student Perspective Recommendations Shift toward culture of success/completion Expand early alert system to additional courses in Fall Support students taking developmental courses such as MAP 103 To build upon strong first to second year retention, consider having second year students continue relationship with their UGC advisor Develop a culture in which faculty, advisors and staff build connections to students Outreach to students who fail to register for next semester and exit interviews with those who do not return
Student Perspective Recommendations Understand role of student employment Better understand impact of student variables: Gender Residential vs. commuter First generation Pell eligible Connection to career path
Phase 2 Graduate in Four Task Force Charge by Provost Assanis: Synthesize and prioritize the preliminary recommendations of the three teams based on OIRPE data, other relevant surveys and best practices from other peer institutions; and recommend an actionable plan with suitable tractable metrics by December 15, 2014
Academic Advising Undergraduate Colleges Academic Advising and Transfer Center College/Departmental based advising Special programs: EOP/AIM Athletics Honors Scholars Wise
Undergraduate Issues Course scheduling Finish in Four Fund Engagement of declared majors Undergraduate program directors Degree audit EAB Student Success Collaborative
University Involvement Freshman 102 seminars Undergraduate research Student mentoring/engagement
Moving Forward We need each of you to join us in order to: Create a University in which every undergraduate student matters Build a culture of success One that embraces differences Offer the classes students need when they need them Develop an environment in which everyone accepts that it is each of our responsibilities to engage our students in and out of the classroom