Irvin D. Reid Honors College Jerry Herron, Dean
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Agenda
Discussion Topics
• College Overview
• Trends
• Developments & Initiatives
• Questions & Answers
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Vision: To showcase the best undergraduate education possible at a great, urban research university with the native strengths that we are justifiably proud of at Wayne State. Mission: The Irvin D. Reid Honors College provides a community of scholars within a large urban research university. Honors’ goal is informed, engaged citizenship as the basis for academic excellence in a diverse, global setting. The Honors experience is founded on four pillars—community, service, research, career. These pillars support the Honors mission and also advance the five goals of the University Strategic Plan.
The Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Honors Students: 2,063 (FTIAC, Transfers, Earn-Ins) Community of Scholars Students: 775 (active)
College Overview
Number of Staff: 10 Number of Faculty: 6
Special Honors Programs: • MedStart • HealthPro Start • B Start • Detroit Urban Scholars • Urban Scholars Leaders • Detroit Fellows
Tutoring Project
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Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015
Honors FTIACs
264 344 353 375 400 400
Honors Transfer
No program
155 198 200 200 200
Community of Scholars
128 297 350 * Contingent on available
scholarships
* Contingent on available
scholarships
* Contingent on available
scholarships
Enrollment
College Overview
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Development Highlights
College Overview
Five Year Average: • New Gifts & Pledges: $353,000 • New Gifts & Pledges Donor Count: 169 • Cash & In-Kind Giving: $582,740 • Cash & In-Kind Giving Donor Count: 171 • Corporations/Foundations contributed 81 percent of monies
Recent Giving Highlights: • Support for the Office for Adult Literacy • $50,000 cash (pledge payment) from the Roberts Family Foundation • $50,000 five-year pledge to support a scholarship in Urban Scholars
Leaders Program • Mandell Berman annual Scholarship Dinner for students and donors • Seven new private scholarships established in Honors for FY12
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Trends
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High School GPA of Scholars Day Students Who Attended WSU
23.5 24.1 23.8 24.0 23.7
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25.7 25.8
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Composite ACT of Scholars Day Students Who Attended WSU
Year ACT High School GPA # of
Students
2004 26.4 3.78 275
2005 24.7 3.77 308
2006 24.6 3.76 328
2007 25.6 3.83 373
2008 25.4 3.82 324
2009 27.3 3.83 309
2010 28.3 3.83 264
2011 28.8 3.75 344
2012 29.0 3.89 353
Incoming Honors Freshmen
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Trends
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Years in Honors
Average Retention and Graduation Rates for the 2005-2008 Honors Cohorts
Retained
Graduated
10.9%
44% 34% 30%
11.8%
47%
34% 29%
11.9%
50%
36% 11.6%
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FTIACS and 4, 5 and 6 Year Graduates
Honors Students as a Percentage of FTIAC Class and Percentage of WSU Total Graduates
2005
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2008
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Trends
Placement
Honor Students Pursing Advanced Degrees at WSU
Year
Entered
WSU Master’s PhD Med Law Total
2005 12 5 25 2 44
2006 14 5 21 2 42
2007 26 7 23 5 61
2008 17 5 15 2 39
Honors students are 3 times more likely to contribute to the university compared to other scholarship recipients
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Developments & Initiatives
• Detroit Urban Scholars Program • Office for Adult Literacy • Honors 2.0 – Enhancement & Expansion
Serving more students with more services o Greater enrollment (FTIAC, Transfers, Veterans,
Community of Scholars) o Additional advisors o E-portfolio o Expanded Honors Passport
Honors donors web page New Scholars Day recruitment event Marketing plan including new Honors website
• Increased community engagement opportunities for Community of Scholars students (CoS students logged more than 10,000 hours of service in 2011-12 and have already given over 6,800 hours of service this academic year).
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Developments & Initiatives
Office for Adult Literacy • In partnership with the Detroit Free Press Reading Works initiative • Adult literacy rates in Detroit • Partnering organizations • Structure of training students, trainers, etc.
Detroit Urban Scholars • Providing 50 Gold Scholarships to Detroit students from Detroit high
schools • Created in partnership with DPS guidance counselors • Will provide a broader diversity to incoming Honors freshman class
Honors Detroit Passport • Detroit Symphony Orchestra Soundcard • Eastern Market learning experience • Redford Theater • Community—>Service—>Research—>Career
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Questions and Answers
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