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Pathway+ (University of North Georgia-2023)

Strategy/Project Name: 
Pathway+
Momentum Area: 
Purpose
Pathways
Data & Communications
Category: 
Access for Underserved Populations
Advising
Campus Organization
Career/Major Exploration
Co-curricular Pathways
Corequisite Learning Support
Faculty Engagement
First Year Experience
High Impact Practices
Learning Communities
Math Pathways
Mindset
Orientation
Peer and Supplemental Instruction
Performance Metrics
Student engagement
Program Maps
Tutoring
Tracking Student Success
Early Alerts
Strategy/Project Description: 

Program designed to prepare associate-degree seeking students for transition to a bachelor’s program.

Activity Status: 
Scaling
Evaluation/Assessment plan: 

KPIs:

  1. Improve retention/program progression.
  2. Increase the number of students transitioning to bachelor’s degrees or completion of associate degree on time.
  3. Develop GPS (Growth mindset, purpose, & belonging) using HiPs.

Baseline measure (for each KPI):

  1. Fall 2023 is the first scaled cohort, so data is not available at time of reporting.
  2. Historical data shows less than 20% of associate degree students successfully transition to a bachelor’s degree program at UNG. The annual average since 2015 is 13.2% of associate students transitioned to a bachelors program by the third year of enrollment.
  3. Fall 2023 is the first scaled cohort, so data is not available at time of reporting.

Current/most recent data (for each KPI)

Fall cohorts:

  • Gainesville campus: 103 students in LC (LC is an indicator of a students choosing to participate in Pathway+; the number of students eligible for the program was 190)
  • Oconee campus: 156 students

Goal or targets (for each KPI): specific targets have not been established for KPIs.

Time period/duration: ongoing

Progress and Adjustments: 

The Oconee campus piloted the program with five academic pathway options in 2022. Starting fall 2023 the program expanded to include the Gainesville campus. Because the program was such a different approach, tagging and monitoring students’ progression had to be developed. As a result, baseline data is limited. Those issues have been resolved along with scaling to other campuses.

Plan for the Year Ahead: 

Pathway+ launched on the Gainesville campus in fall with 103 students enrolled and 14 learning communities created. Assessment plans continue to be refined with coding in Banner developed to track pathway+ students’ progression. Implement a bridging program for English and Math.

Challenges and Support: 

Resources to support students in Pathway+ are challenging given flattening enrollment and formula funding. Services such as academic coaching, tutoring and supplemental instruction are stretched thin as these units support all students in addition to those in Pathway+.

Primary Contact: 
Dr. LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of University College