Student Experience

 
CORE STRATEGY II  
 

To demonstrate fidelity to its mission, the college will focus its resources and work on the education of its students. The student experience will be the foundation for the college’s development and alignment of programs and processes, all aiming to enhance student success, learning, and development.

Priority Initiatives

  1. Student Success Model: Develop, implement, and continuously improve a vibrant, integrated, curricular/co-curricular best practice student success model that includes:

    • BCSS: A Burton Center for Student Success model aimed at supporting student learning and creating connections campuswide and with other resources
    • Student Affairs: A best practice student affairs model that is predicated on student development and success across all programs in the Student Affairs divsion. 
    • Athletics: A best practice athletics model that is predicted on student development and success both academically and athletically.
    • Co-curricular Learning: Co-curricular programs in student affairs and athletics that align with the college’s student learning outcomes (SLO) and that provide clear pathways and connections to resources and programs aimed at student success.
    • Career Services/Career Outcomes: Return an emphasis on career services and needed work on career outcomes. 
    • Academic Advising: Creation of an effective advising model that provides intensive/intrusive advising for new (freshman, transfer) students as well as students who demonstrate the need for extra support. 
    • Early Intervention Program: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Early Intervention program 

  2. Location/Place-based Curriculum: Develop and implement a place-based curriculum framework that aligns with mission, location, student learning outcomes, and distinctiveness, including:

    • Experiential Learning: Defining and operationalizing “experiential learning” outcomes for graduates. Deepen connection to community.
    • Framework for Program Design: Creation of a philosophy/framework/criteria, etc. to guide program development for all curricular areas.
    • Alignment with Calendar: Aligning with new year-round academic calendar (interterm and summer)
Student Experience KPI

Central to the success of the strategic plan is regular and recursive assessment, evaluation of the Priority Initiatives and their contributions to the Core Strategies, and the continued transparency of sharing this key information via the college's Factbook. To ensure accountability and optimization, each Priority Initiative will be measured against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and analyzed for progress towards defined targets. 

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    Student Satisfaction Metrics

    • NSSE
    • FSSE
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    Completion Metrics

    • Retention Rate
    • Persistence Rate
    • Graduation Rate
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    Career Outcomes Metrics

    • Percent employed
    • Percent enrolled in graduate or professional school
    • Percent not seeking employment/further study
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    Advising/Support Metrics

    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio
    • Number and Percent of students seeking academic support services
    • Student attendance rate