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STUDENT SUCCESS The Sheridan College Experience Maria LucidoBezely Janet Shuh Joe Henry AGENDA For ToDAY How we got here and why The process The next steps Questions About Sheridan ID: 704310

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Slide1

Creating a Definition of

STUDENT

SUCCESS

The Sheridan College Experience

Maria Lucido-Bezely

Janet Shuh

Joe Henry

Slide2

AGENDA For

ToDAY

How we got here and why?

The process

The next steps.

QuestionsSlide3

About Sheridan

Approx. 19,000 students

4 Campuses – Oakville (2), Brampton, Mississauga

Publically supported institution

Certificates to Bachelor Degrees

The University “Journey” Slide4

The student retention challenge that post secondary institutions face today will not be solved by effective, yet insular efforts of individual programs or departments. Today’s challenge requires an inclusive institution wide approach, collective problem solving and coordinated efforts that respond to the needs of a very diverse student population.”Slide5

In the beginning

College wide

S

tudent Retention Task Force

Identify and understand the current picture through evidence and sound data

Identify existing internal expertise, programs and supportsSlide6

Attrition rates per academic school from semester one to two and year one to two

Academic performance of semester one students

Semester one in-class survey re: sources of difficulty

Reasons for first year student failure and drop outs

What “needed” data did not exist and how would we build the collection processes moving forward?

What Data Existed to help us understand who, when and why students leave, persist and what factors causes difficulty?Slide7

What are those primary reasons for first semester

“fail outs” and “drop outs”?Slide8

“Fail Outs”

“Drop

outs”

37% Academic

30% Career Related

30% Personal

24% Academic

13% Financial

20% Personal

7% Medical

14%

Financial

6% Career

Related

9%

MedicalSlide9

What is student retention?

Student Retention

is

about: helping student to be successful

Student Retention

is not

about: letting the weak slide by, or losing academic integritySlide10

What is

Student success?Slide11

Process

Asked ourselves what and how do we define “success”

Engaged over 500 students, faculty and staff in the process

Developed a model that was inclusive of the many facets of success Slide12

Sheridan’s Definition Of

Student Success Slide13

Sheridan recognizes that Student Success is unique to each individual student.

Our shared definition encompasses the following: Slide14
Slide15
Slide16

Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising

“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of Student Success

Career Planning for Prospective Students Project

Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-careering Students

Defining Student Success at Sheridan

Student Finances & Flexible Payment

Flexible Timetabling

First Year Experience

Early Warning Systems

Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students

Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and share

Identifying & sharing internal data and information on students

Student Success (Retention) TeamSlide17

Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising

“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of Student Success

Career Planning for Prospective Students Project

Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-careering Students

Defining Student Success at Sheridan

Student Finances & Flexible Payment

Flexible Timetabling

First Year Experience

Early Warning Systems

Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students

Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and share

Identifying & sharing internal data and information on students

Student Success (Retention) TeamSlide18

Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising

“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of Student Success

Career Planning for Prospective Students Project

Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-careering Students

Defining Student Success at Sheridan

Student Finances & Flexible Payment

Flexible Timetabling

First Year Experience

Early Warning Systems

Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students

Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and share

Identifying & sharing internal data and information on students

Student Success (Retention) TeamSlide19

Supporting & Enhancing Academic Advising

“Operationalizing” Sheridan’s definition of Student Success

Career Planning for Prospective Students Project

Tailored Preparation and Orientation for Mature/Re-careering Students

Defining Student Success at Sheridan

Student Finances & Flexible Payment

Flexible Timetabling

First Year Experience

Early Warning Systems

Tailored Preparation, Orientation & Transition Program for International Students

Building a Sheridan Student Success platform to house and share

Identifying & sharing internal data and information on students

Student Success (Retention) TeamSlide20

Operationalizing our definition of Student

S

uccess

Moving from pilots and projects

towards embedding and integrating

efforts into strategic and operational

plansSlide21

An Expanded DefinitionSlide22

Rationale for Expanded Definition

Retains integrity of multifaceted individualized definition

Reflects the MACRO (versus Micro) facilitators of Student Success

Interdependence to Academic Excellence Slide23

Operationalizing our definition of Student

S

uccess

Engaging the entire Sheridan Community – Academic, Institutional & Student BaseSlide24

Operationalizing our definition of Student

S

uccess

Student Success …

a

l

ense

through which to examine challenges and opportunities

a common shared value Slide25

Thank YouSlide26

Questions?