Goal 1:ÌýAdvance student entry, reentry, retention, and completion strategies.
- KPI 1.1: Fall to Fall Retention
- KPI 1.2: Course Success Rate
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Barton’s newly formedÌýÌý(SSA), has completed a three-year environmental scan of student success at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. As a result of its efforts and in furtherance of Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Strategic Goal 1, the SSA will begin implementing the resulting Student Success Plan to support the success of students at Â鶹¹ÙÍø through the coordination of data-driven processes across the institution.
Two definitions of student success that are monitored by the SSA and through Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s strategic goals include Retention and Course Success Rate.
Retention
As a part of Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s participation in the Higher Learning Commission’s Student Success Academy, Â鶹¹ÙÍø made a decision to move away from the IPEDS definition that had previously been Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s focus and instead look to baseline measures of full time, degree seeking, fall to fall retention and part time degree seeking fall to fall retention metrics. To review the IPEDS retention rates, please click here: .
In support of Goal 1, Â鶹¹ÙÍø has set specific targetsÌýfor retaining students. By AY26-27, Â鶹¹ÙÍø will strive to increase fall to fall retention of part-time, first time, degree seeking students to 30%, and full-time, first time, degree seeking students to 60%. These increases each reflect a 9% increase from the current five-year average rates of retention. Further, The SSA will begin reporting on programmatic impacts on retention as a part of the Student Success Plan.Ìý
The SSA has only begun investigating fall to spring retention rates and will consider future goals and recommendations in support of its findings. Ìý
Course Success Rate
The SSA has also identified course success rate as a foundational, fundamental metric for gauging student success. Course success rate is defined as completing a course with a grade of A, B, or C. Success in individual courses (or, in an individual course) can be seen to be one of the earliest measures of a successful educational experience for a student.Ìý Additionally, surveys of Â鶹¹ÙÍø students reflect the importance that students place on program and course completion. When asked about the most important ways that Â鶹¹ÙÍø can contribute to students’ success, students indicate “supporting successful completion of courses and programs†and “supporting degree/certificate completion or graduation†as top responses.
Point in time success infographic compiled by the SSA.
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For more information regarding the Student Success Alliance and their corresponding plan to support retention and completion strategies, visit:ÌýÌýÌý
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