Redesign content and format to improve transition experience for students and increase student success and retention
Evaluation Plan and measures:
Assessment of goals and course student learning outcomes at the end of the semester.
KPIs:
- Success rate in the CATS 1101;
- Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class;
- Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class.
Baseline measure:
| Fall 2021 | Spring 2021 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2022 | |
| Success rate in the CATS 1101 |
65.8% |
55.8% |
63.5% |
57.8% |
| Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class (next semester) *Spring-to-Fall Retention |
74.2% |
49.2%* |
76.1% |
48.3%* |
| Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class |
1.81 |
1.71 |
1.88 |
1.65 |
Current/most recent data:
| Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | |
| Success rate in the CATS 1101 |
65.57% |
64.55% |
| Retention of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class (next semester) *Spring-to-Fall Retention |
80.69% |
47.27%* |
| Semester GPA of the students enrolled in the CATS 1101 class |
1.97 |
2.13 |
Goal or targets:
| Goal or targets | Results from Fall 2023 | Results from Spring 2024 |
| Increase success rate in CATS 1101 by 10% | Increased by 7.77% |
Increased by 6.75% |
| Increase retention of students enrolled in CATS 1101 by 5% | Increased by 4.59% |
Decreased by 1.03% |
| Increase average GPA of students enrolled in CATS 1101 by 0.5 point | Increased by .32 points |
Increased by .48 points |
Student Success Coaches, advisement staff, library director, and campus workshops and events will be incorporated more intentionally to help new students.
For Fall 2024, we have attempted to use the CATS sections like Student Learning Communities, with associated sections of the CATS course with academic programs. Students were registered for the section that aligned with their program as much as was possible. Otherwise, we are continuing with all the previous aspects
Student schedules may not align with the sections that match their academic program.
