USFSP Persistence and Completion Efforts past and present

EAB Best Practice Areas for Student Success Student Engagement Co-curricula mapping Campus engagement app Engagement flash polls Peer involvement advisors Mobile push notifications Special Populations Staff support networks Peer mentoring Affinity videos Cultural programming First-year Experience University 101 courses Learning communities Early Intervention Absentee tracking Closed-loop Registration campaigns faculty feedback Degree Planning Meta majors Multi-term registration Degree maps What-if plans

EAB Best Practice Areas for Student Success Developmental Education Math emporia Parallel courses Next-Generation Advising Risk segmentation Advising career ladder Success coaching fellows Population health management Degree Programs 15 to finish Last mile programs Milestone courses On-pace progress grants Transition specialists Recruit-back programs Career Development Embedded professional tracks Industry coaches Pipeline internships Career bridge program Financial Wellness Emergency micro-scholarships Bursar hold forgiveness

2015-16 582 70.3% 65.1% 78.4% 72.9%

2010-16 In Progress 38.1%

High Priority Goals Identify At-Risk Students and Create USFSP-wide Early Alert Warning System Increase Persistence of FTIC students to Second Year to 72%. Improve Completion of Undergraduate Students Retention of Second-Year Students (3rd to 5th Term) to 82%. Improve Retention of Third-Year Students (5th to 7th Term) to 43%. Improve Graduation Rate to 44% or above for the 2011 Cohort.

USFSP Efforts: Student Contact Student Success Courses (first year experience University 101) for FTIC are in their second year. Compass First Year Experience with peer coaches in its second year. Researching why students take courses at other institutions and/or leave USFSP.

USFSP Efforts: Student Contact Veterans Success Center in its second year, serving over 200 student veterans with specialized advising. Intervention for students who have been unsuccessful in a gen ed course prior to their retaking the course.  Center for Student Success works with faculty members and those students to support students re-taking courses to help them develop better study skills and identify content gaps. Counseling, psychological and psychiatry services within a comprehensive wellness center all work closely with academic affairs staff.

USFSP Efforts: Student Contact Advising Center sequence of emails starting a month before registration begins to bring students in for early advising preparation for registration. Roundtables held each semester with student leaders to learn about student perspectives of USFSP. Residential living/learning communities.

USFSP Efforts: Student Contact Hiring retention specialist to: identify and recruit back students who left within a year of graduation to complete their degree; identify students who 'stop out' and provide ongoing advising and registration.

USFSP Efforts: Technology College Scheduler implementation in spring 2017. Working with USF IT on spring 2017 implementation of a student case management system with predictive analytics. Identifying an early alert system.

USFSP Efforts: Financial Completion scholarships for upcoming seniors who may deplete financial aid prior to graduation. We identified 9 students who currently qualify. Director of Financial Aid sits on Academic Affairs Council and sub-groups. Searching for affordable housing options.

USFSP Efforts: Admissions Improvement in the incoming student profile of FTIC's each of the past three years. Strategic Enrollment Management Plan focused on recruitment, retention, and completion priorities in draft.

USFSP Efforts: Programmatic All UG majors have four year course plans and degree maps published. Partnership with SPC/FUSE program for students not meeting our FTIC admission requirements directly out of high school. Creation of an online 1 credit course for students who have 'stopped out.’ Course offered to 51 UG students from fall FTIC cohorts.

USFSP Efforts: Programmatic Master Academic Plan with priorities for creation of new academic programs, academic distinctiveness, and initiatives addressing student retention and completion in final stage. Academic and Student Affairs combined to create the Council on Student Success to advance proposals to the university that positively impact student success. 

USFSP Efforts: Future Identification of 'gatekeeper' courses and a route to revision of those courses.  Consideration of the following: supplemental instruction and parallel courses; co-requisite options or pre-requisite self-paced, competency based education for gateway courses (math in particular). Proposal for a new residential facility with 550 new beds to open in the fall of 2019.