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July 11, 2013Tinley Park, Illinois
Student Supports and Advising for Retention and Success
Lincoln Land Community College
Prairie State College
Illinois College Advising Corps
Lincoln Land Community College: Collaborating across Departments for Student Success
“Student success is a vital part of our strategic plan. These new programs stem from the Foundations of Excellence self-study and First Year Experience team.”
Dr. Charlotte Warren, LLCC President
Foundations of Excellence
• John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
• Externally guided self-study• Aspirational model for the beginning college
experience• Campus-wide participation (task force)• Current Practices Inventory and Evaluation• Action Plan for improvement
AQIP – Action Project: First Year Experience
• Phase I – Initial Connections – College Prep Summit
• Phase II – Transition– New Student Orientation, – Parent Orientation and Family Connections
• Phase III – Integration – Early Alert– First Year Seminar
Position Created
• Director, Retention & Student Success• Bring focus and establish an owner for student
success initiatives• Coordinate existing resources and services
into a more intentional and comprehensive approach to student success and retention.
Mandatory New Student Orientation
• Mandatory = hold on registration• For all first-time, degree or certificate seeking
students • Piloted Spring 2013 with 500 students• Main campus, 4 education service areas
(other campuses)
Program Overview• Outcomes
– Engagement– Expectations– Support Services– Technology
• Main Campus– Welcome: Student Orientation Leaders– Info Sessions & Tour: Various departments– Tech Workshop and Registration: Enrollment Services, Admissions and
Advising• ESAs
– Seminar with activities– Tech Workshop and Registration– Optional Tour
Key Steps at the Point of Admission
• Identification• Restriction• Admissions• Placement• Advising• Orientation• Registration
How Advising is Integrated
• Meet with advisor prior to orientation• Interpret placement scores• Identify goal and major• Recommend classes and create student
education plan• Register student for next New Student
Orientation• Instruct how to activate LLCC account
Student Feedback
• “It was very useful connecting with the leaders, because they can help you with anything you need.”
• “The most beneficial part of the orientation would have to be, knowing how to get involved, because I like to be involved with activities at the school.”
• “Orientation helped most in dealing with everything online and how to schedule my classes.”
• “I will use what I learned at orientation because I now know where more places on campus are and what is offered and I will be able to use it to my advantage.”
Bringing Advising to Students of Developmental English Prairie State College
Have Advising, Will Travel:
Loretta M. Kucharczyk, Ph.D.Coordinator of Intentional Advising
Prairie State College
Pre-College Writing (ENG099)
6 cr. pre-college writing & reading
3 cr. pre-college writing
3 cr. pre-college writing & gen ed class 3-4 cr.
All include Intentional Advising (IA) (AKA Intrusive Advising)
Intrusive Advising
Intentional Advising (IA)
Appreciative Advising
IA Pieces (part 1)
1. pre-semester review (early information)
2. communication (faculty and students)
3. week 1: introductory visit (in-class)
4. quick visits (in-class)
IA Pieces (part 2)
5. early assistance (calls to students)
6. IA topic visits (in-class)
7. appointments with students (office)
8. bulletin board (office area)
9. post-semester work (data and calls)
IA: Money Talks
Financial Aid SUPER Basics
o FAFSA (website, no cost to file)
o academic year, dates, deadlines
o satisfactory academic progress informationo selected rules and regulationsLoan and Scholarship SUPER Basics
IA: Who, What, When, and Where
o modified academic calendar focus on dates; realize “now and the next”o campus information, services, and locations
organized, compact, sturdy
o selected college vocabulary and information
o college catalog
IA: What’s the Plan?
o degree and certificate informationo “Your Presidential Cabinet” Bloom: Appreciative Advisingo general education communication; humanities and fine arts; math; science, and; social/behavioral science
Mahalo
o PowerPoint copy
o some samples
o IA effort at PSC
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Illinois College Advising Corps: A Retention Approach
A program of the University of Illinois system and in partnership with the National College Advising Corps.
Mission: To assist, educate, lead, and inspire first generation, low-income, underrepresented youth in the enrollment and completion of post-secondary education.
National College Advising Corps
Roberto Clemente Waukegan Springfield Southeast Rantoul Township
2005 2009
Illinois College Advising Corps: Timeline
Roberto Clemente Waukegan Springfield Southeast Rantoul Township Walter H. Dyett Gage Park Round Lake Lanphier
2008
Roberto Clemente Waukegan Springfield Southeast Rantoul Township Walter H. Dyett Gage Park Round Lake Lanphier Thomas Kelly East Aurora Richard T. CraneManual
2010 2011
Roberto ClementeWaukegan Springfield Southeast Rantoul Township Walter H. Dyett Gage Park Round Lake Lanphier Thomas Kelly East Aurora Richard T. CraneManualWells Comm AcademyMichelle ClarkGeorge Henry CorlissFrederick DouglassRich East Rich SouthRich CentralCrete-MoneeMaine East Benito Juarez
2012
Retention
Waukegan Springfield Southeast Rantoul Township Walter H. Dyett Gage Park Round Lake Lanphier Thomas Kelly East Aurora Richard T. CraneManualWells Comm AcademyMichelle ClarkGeorge Henry CorlissFrederick DouglassRich East Rich SouthRich CentralCrete-MoneeMaine East Benito JuarezGeorge Washington
Illinois College Advising Corps: In 2013
23 High Schools
30 Colleges
6500 seniors directly impacted
83% pilot cohort retention
The near peer model has been remarkably successful because high school students are more likely to engage with young adults who
look, think, and act as they do.*
•Recent college graduates
•Share similar challenges that their students are experiencing
•Maximum two year commitment
•Focused on fostering a college-going culture (Adviser) and promoting year one college success (Coach)
*Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2010
Illinois College Advising Corps: Near-Peer Mentoring
Illinois College Advising Corps: Model
Adviser Coach
College Adviser
Meet one-on-one with students to find “best fit”
Complete college and scholarship applications
Submit the FAFSA and any Fin Aid documents
Organize campus visits and after-school events
Conduct parent and community outreach
Retention Coach
Develop colleges success content
Coordinate workshops on college transition in high schools
Assist students with renewing FAFSA and finding scholarships
Organize community activities on college campuses
Create a support system to prevent “summer melt”
senior year freshman year
summer
Illinois College Advising Corps: Institutional Relationships
College persistence relies heavily on students’ perception that they are academically and socially integrated into campus life.*
•Building alliances with on-campus and community organizations is vital to building a comprehensive support system for students.
•It is not our intention to replace existing on-campus services, but rather highlight those resources and help students get connected.
*Hurtado & Carter, 1997
Purpose: To provide tips that will make students successful in college (e.g. seeking on-campus support, finding employment,renewing the FAFSA)
Goals:•Educate and encourage students to be their own advocate •Provide consistent online advising (through social media & email)•Generate traffic to the Facebook Page
Time: Weekly (every Monday)
Results:•Topic popularity informs advising•Library of content is saved on Page for students to browse at anytime.
Illinois College Advising Corps: Blogs
Purpose: To frame information positively through solutions, not problems
Goals:•Capture student attention •Encourage informed decision making
Time: Weekly (every Wednesday or Thursday)
Results:•On average, 53 users organically view the posts, while 2X+ as many users virtually view the posts.
Illinois College Advising Corps: #freshmansolutions
Illinois College Advising Corps: Live Chats
Purpose: To communicate in real time with students
Goals:•Chat with at least 1 student during each session•Develop the near-peer relationship•Answer questions
Time: Weekly (1 night by Coaches)
Results:•More students are available on live chats in the evenings.•Live chats are an immediate assistance.
July 11, 2013Tinley Park, Illinois
Presenters Contact
Information
Lincoln Land Community CollegeTyra Taylor, Associate Vice President for Enrollment [email protected]
Chris Barry, Director of Retention and Student [email protected]
Mary Warren, Director of Advising and [email protected]
Prairie State CollegeLoretta Kucharczyk, PhD. Coordinator of Intentional [email protected]
Illinois College Advising CorpsCatalina Hernandez, MEd., Retention [email protected]
Khadija Tejan, Retention [email protected]
