1. Setting the Context University College

2. Why and Why Now? The resource reality The moral imperative The investment need The distinctiveness opportunity University College

3. Challenges 2017 retention goal: 70% (up from 60.6% Fall 2012) The ISU story – For every 5 FTF… – 3 leave w/o a degree; 1 graduates in 4 yrs.; 1 in 4+ yrs. Inconsistent academic advising Approx. 50% of undergrads are 1 st generation and/or Pell recipients HS to college expectations & norm differences Teaching needs of freshmen Increased Board, state, and federal oversight

4. Challenges “New Normal” (more with less/growing more with the same) Institutional Mandates (e.g., SCHs & dashboards) Millennial student needs (individualized attention but need for larger class size and advising loads) Mission and best practices link to smaller class sizes for intensive interaction Staff reductions (e.g., admin. assts.)

5. The Student Perspective

6. What Kinds of Things Does One Find in a University College? The Usually Academic Advising Learning Support Learning Community Programs Undecided/Undeclared Majors New Student Seminars New Student Orientation Programs Bridge Programs The Sometimes All freshmen Service Learning K-12 Initiatives (e.g., Upward Bound, Trio) A University Major Honors Program Career Services

7. Facilitators, Inhibitors, and Subtext University College Will I/we lose resources? Will I/we lose power? What will it mean for institutional quality? What will it mean for my workload? How will we know it works? More damn administrators Will I have to change? If we have it, does that mean the rest of us are doing something wrong?