Prebuilt and Block Schedules University of Hawai‘i Joanne Itano Gary Rodwell GPS Policy Institute COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA June 25, 2014 Atlanta, GA

“55% of Hawai‘i’s working age adults to have a 2- or 4-year college degree by the year 2025.” Cumulative Degree Gap: 56,803 degree holders Source: NCHEMS & U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-year estimates, 2006 to 2012

Evolution of Our Strategies Program Sheets Academic Maps Academic Maps with Milestones Created Prebuilt/Block Schedules Drove Course Scheduling

Students “on track” for the first semester Outcome of Our Strategies

 Great for the first semester, then what?  Scheduling inefficiencies  Accommodating the “off track” students  Limited resources (academic advising) Issues Discovered Along the Journey

We needed an intelligent technology platform that could take into account all these factors

 Ironically, we are currently capable of keeping students on track to graduation  We do it for our student athletes: 1) Student athlete to advisor ratio is about 50:1 2) NCAA Eligibility “stay on track = play”  Applying the above to the 60,000 UH students with a current student to advisor ratio of 450:1 would mean: 800 more advisors = additional $62,000,000 per year The Discovery Process

 Start simple (only include first-time, incoming freshmen)  Incorporate tacit knowledge of advisors First Rendition of Platform “Pre-registration for Incoming Freshmen”

Pre-registration Proof of Concept  It works!  And it works very well, however, only for incoming freshmen for their first semester

Mahalo! Joanne Itno Joanne Itano Gary Rodwell Gary Rodwell hawaii.edu