Observations and Next Steps
Albany State University continues to seek data-driven and evidence-based strategies to address student success and academic realities. We are continuing our partnerships with Encoura (formerly Ruffalo Noel-Levitz), EdSights, EAB-Navigate 360 and other partners to inform and refine our processes based on our unique context. We seek to humanize data through qualitative methods to better analyze what the quantitative data are telling us. This is why we have employed the First Year Assessment Protocol (FYAP) that will help us better understand our incoming students’ skills, strengths, and areas for improvement. We intend to use this data to build sustainable supports for student success. We are establishing both communication flows and data reporting streams to make our data-use more effective. Additionally, University College is committed to hosting data drives during the fall and spring that allow faculty and staff to review data and collectively brainstorm strategies to address areas for improvement. Resource mapping will also be a part of these data drives to ensure we continually focus on identifying areas for improvement and units and resources to be used towards that end. As can be seen in our Athletics Advising activity described in section 2, when our efforts are targeted and intentional, we see measurable growth in significant areas. We intend to continue thusly more broadly for all students. As another example, our Academic Support Services team is using data from the Territorium Proficiency Profile assessment to create workshops that are less general and more focused in nature.
