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Opportunities for Increasing Retention at UWM—a collaborative, deliberate process

Opportunities for Increasing Retention at UWM—a collaborative, deliberate process. UWM Access to Success Day something Great in mind January 16, 2008. Institutional Mission and Values. Access and Research Development—people, economic, community, regional, and more Fairness and equity

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Opportunities for Increasing Retention at UWM—a collaborative, deliberate process

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  1. Opportunities for Increasing Retention at UWM—a collaborative, deliberate process UWM Access to Success Day something Great in mind January 16, 2008

  2. Institutional Mission and Values • Access and Research • Development—people, economic, community, regional, and more • Fairness and equity • Innovation • Strategic growth something great in mind

  3. Creating a Culture for Retention Premises: Mission and Values-Based • Viewing each student as unique with the possibility for thriving at UWM. • All students matter. • Retention is not an outcome; graduation is the outcome. • It is everyone’s responsibility. something great in mind

  4. Mindfulness for Retention: Knowing the Enablers and Barriers • Highlights from Access to Success • Building upon enablers—career planning across four years • Mentoring for UG and GR students • Classroom climate • Knowing the “ropes” and resources • Social integration something great in mind

  5. Opportunities Lie with. . . • Using teaching evaluations to improve instruction • Providing access through on-line, hybrid, and self-paced instruction • Using data from A2S and other programs to design and re-design retention plans • Assessing student learning • Requiring attendance • Intrusive/mandatory advising • Helping students connect to faculty something great in mind

  6. Opportunities lie with. . . • Talking to students who leave and stay • Feedbackfrom LipmanHearne report • School/college-centered retention teams • Customizing services/resources for: first generation/high-achieving/ exploratory/students of color/transfer, commuter and adult re-entry students, graduate students something great in mind

  7. Additional attention for • On-campus student employment • Student leadership development • Engaging more students in research • High-achieving students for Honors College • Use to technology for advising, mentoring • Biracial/multiethnic students • Learning communities for students of color, transfer and commuter students • Other . . . something great in mind

  8. Next Steps • Planning sessions across UWM. • A two-year plan with overall goals for UG retention, continued focus on A2S promising strategies, and graduate student initiatives. • Using today’s thinking. something great in mind

  9. It is Everyone’s Responsibility something great in mind

  10. Inspirational Thought • “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” César Chávez something great in mind

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