2. Frosh Graduation Rates

3. Transfer Graduation Rates

4. Graduation Rate Initiative
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2015 Frosh 4 year graduation rate
2015 Frosh 6 year graduation rate
2015 Transfer 2 year graduation rate
2015 Transfer 3 year graduation rate
2015 Frosh who earned 30+ units their first year
2015 First year transfers who earned 30+ units their first year

5. Educational Equity

6. By Pell Grant Eligibility

7. Academic success support Carefully studying data about our students
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SASS has a number of initiatives focused on improving student success and graduation rates.
Academic success support
Carefully studying data about our students
Changing the culture around “full load”
My GPS: Technology to support advising and planning
Faculty engagement in student success

8. Sign up students who are struggling in your class through the early alert system: Spartan Connect.
Student will be contacted with services
Routed to an advisor
Issue an alert
Activate your Grades First account

9. Peer educators in classes
Peer Connections offers appointments for tutors and mentors, workshops on academic skills, and opportunities for faculty to have peer educators in their classes.
One on one tutoring
Workshops
Peer educators in classes

10. Various groups host workshops on academic success such as time management, study skills, and test taking skills.
Peer Connections
Academic Counseling
Library Technology Workshops

11. Success Centers Tutoring Hub Library
Other services exist throughout the university.
Tutoring Hub
Comprehensive list of sites
Success Centers
Located in six of the colleges with advising, peer mentoring, workshops, etc
Library
Computers, i-pads, laptops
Team meeting and study rooms
Spartan Floor (4th Floor)
Media production tools
3d Printer

12. Academic success support Carefully studying data about our students
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SASS has a number of initiatives focused on improving student success and graduation rates.
Academic success support
Carefully studying data about our students
Changing the culture around “full load”
My GPS: Technology to support advising and planning
Faculty engagement in student success

13. What do we know about our students?
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National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Last conducted in Spring 2014
Compares us to other CSUs and comparable schools
Hours spent studying
Frosh:
Seniors:
Hours spent relaxing
Frosh:
Seniors:
Hours spent caring for others
Frosh:
Seniors:
Hours spent working off campus
Frosh:
Seniors:

14. What do we know about our students?
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IEA’s Study of Student GPA and Earned Units
Fall 2014 cum. SJSU GPA Below 2.0 N
Sp15 Term GPA
Sp15 Units Earned
12-14 Units Attempted Sp15
775
2.06
9.3
15+ Units Attempted Sp15 34
2.20
11.1
Fall 2014 cum. SJSU GPA
1957
2.25
10.5
732
2.39
13.4
Fall 2014 cum. SJSU GPA
3352
2.65
11.4
1967
2.77
14.3
Fall 2014 cum. SJSU GPA
3524
3.09
11.7
2323
3.16
14.8
Fall 2014 cum. SJSU GPA
2439
3.51
11.8
1581
3.55
Comparing same year and GPA, our students who take more units earn more units and do the same or better academically

15. Academic success support Carefully studying data about our students
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SASS has a number of initiatives focused on improving student success and graduation rates.
Academic success support
Carefully studying data about our students
Changing the culture around “full load”
My GPS: Technology to support advising and planning
Faculty engagement in student success

16. Culture Change Around Unit Load
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Photo Booth Tabling
MyGPS website
Roadmaps
Advisor contact info
Technology (MyGPS)
Time Management
Finance
October Registration Campaign

17. Academic success support Carefully studying data about our students
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SASS has a number of initiatives focused on improving student success and graduation rates.
Academic success support
Carefully studying data about our students
Changing the culture around “full load”
My GPS: Technology to support advising and planning
Faculty engagement in student success

18. MyGPS: Technology Support
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MyGPS
MyRoadmap
MyProgress
MyScheduler
MyPlanner
MyGradApp
MyCareer…
Graduation Pathway
to Success

19. MyRoadmap
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4 year degree plans up for all degrees

20. MyProgress (Degree Audit)
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Renamed “Academic Requirements”, “Degree Audit”, “Degree Progress” to MyProgress
This has been carefully updated to the 2015/16 catalog
IT WORKS; TRY IT!
Send problems
Include the student name and ID and the problem
Students can run this in MySJSU frequently to check their courses against degree requirements
Advisors can integrate this into advising sessions
Great way to highlight errors (say a class that didn’t get entered in from a CC)
“MyProgress”

21. MyScheduler Formerly known as Spartan Planner A schedule planning tool
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Formerly known as Spartan Planner
A schedule planning tool
Creates and compares multiple class schedules for a given semester
Factors in other commitments such as work, sport and/or family schedules
Students can load the courses into their MySJSU shopping cart directly from MyScheduler

22. MyGPS: Technology Support
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MyGPS: My Graduation Pathways to Success
MyGradApp
Online version of the Graduation Application, currently being piloted in College of Business
MyPlanner
Coming next year we are obtaining College Planner
Connects with MySJSU to create a personalized, multi-semester plan of your courses

23. Academic success support Carefully studying data about our students
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SASS has a number of initiatives focused on improving student success and graduation rates.
Academic success support
Carefully studying data about our students
Changing the culture around “full load”
My GPS: Technology to support advising and planning
Faculty engagement in student success

24. Increase student success and educational equity
Overall Goals of Enhancing HIPs
Increase student success and educational equity
Increase student engagement with their own learning and the world at large
Engage faculty in their teaching and increase their passion for their field

25. Main Action Plan Goals
1. Analyze and map current use of HIPs to identify strengths and potential synergies and collaborations.
2. Leverage existing institutional and analytic structures to track participation in HIPs and build a foundational assessment plan for HIPs.
3. Establish a leadership team to ensure the initiative is sustainable.
4. Create a campus-wide plan for promoting awareness of HIPs that aligns with the campus strategic initiative for student success.
5. Adopt, expand, and strengthen targeted HIPs

26. 5. Growth of HIPs Goal 5 Connecting with co-curricula
Service learning and capstone courses
Active and project based learning
Cross-disciplinary and integrated learning

27. Email Stacy.Gleixner@sjsu.edu