1. The Place Where Every Student Can Succeed.
WalMart AIHEC-HACU-NAFEO
Student Success Collaborative
Presented by Wiley College
Dr. Joseph L. Morale, Project Leader
Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, President and CEO

2. Wiley College: Who Are We?
Private, Historically Black, Liberal Arts, United Methodist Church Affiliated Institution located in Marshall, Texas
1,325 – total full-time student enrollment
1,239 – total number of African-American students
1,041 – total number of Pell-eligible full-time
students
993 – total number of first generation full-time

3. Program Description
Ensuring Minority Students’ Access, Retention and Persistence to Graduation
Program Aims:
Strengthen the academic skills of almost 75% of each year’s entering freshman class
Increase the retention rates
Ensure that students remain in good academic standing
Increase their graduation rates
Facilitate their enrollment into graduate or professional school programs

4. Program Description – A Holistic Approach
Student Success
Academic Programs
Co-Curricular Programs
Student Life/Personal Development Programs

5. Program Description - Academics
First-Year Experience
Developmental Education Program
Student Support Services Program
The Tutorial Center

6. Program Description - Academics
Course Connections
Linked Courses
Freshman Seminar
Major Curriculum and Associated Faculty

7. Program Description – Co-Curricular
Learning Communities
FYRST (First Year Residential Students Succeeding Together

8. Program Description – Student Life
Emerging Leaders
Ethical Student Leadership Conference
Student Leadership Retreat
Freshman Leadership Program

9. Program Strengths Institutional Leadership Class Performance Data
President
Executive Vice President and Provost
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services
Class Performance Data
Nationally-normed, standardized instruments
Qualitative Data

10. Program Challenges/Concerns
The need to compile the data the College collects through ongoing campus-wide assessments for control cohorts

11. Highlighted Success Retention Graduation
Retention rate for first-year to second-year students for the last three years (2007 , 2008, ) are 78%, 70%, and 78% for all first-time students which includes transfer students.
Graduation
The six-year graduation rates for the past three years (2007, 2008, 2009) are 53%, 57%, and 60%.

12. Building Character While Preparing Students for Life.