STRATEGY 1A: INCREASE RETENTION RATES FALL TO FALL
Project Lead
Retention Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Mary Fontes
- Steve Crittenden
- Rocky Ammerman
- Perkins Program Initiative
- Access and Opportunity Initiative.
- Early Alert.
- Tracking a cohort group who completed the ESL ACCUPLACER test for success.
- Handout for Online Students (Online Orientation).
- Academic Monitoring for Student Athletes.
- Complete and accurate information to students and employees information.
- Review student affairs policies and how they impact student retention or success rates.
- SENSE, CCSSE, and CCRSSE results drive initiative for the retention committee.
- Starter list of questions for faculty making programming changes.
- Freshman Experience class.
- Career planning sessions.
- Timely topic communication.
- Email as the official form of communications.
- Faculty – office doors not opened during office hours – faculty available when needed.
Project Contributor
Diversity Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Establish and Utilize GPS Life Plan to encourage students to plan and refine career and educational goals.
- Ask student organizations to plan for more campus-wide or inter-disciplinary programs to involve a greater number of students.
- Write a “one-stop” document that will include all relevant information for incoming students regarding financial aid, Accuplacer, and enrollment.
Project Contributor
Developmental Education Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Develop Evaluation Plan for Developmental Education:
- Compare Northland College to other institutions.
- “Self-Study.”
STRATEGY 1B: INCREASE GRADUATION RATES
Project Lead
Academic Affairs & Standards Council
Management Lead(s):
- Review academic policies and how they impact student completion rates – revise policies.
- Review individual academic programs with lower graduation rates to determine if revisions are necessary.
- Develop a two-year rotation list with the semester(s) when courses are offered.
- Update visibility of the web for self-advising – develop and clean up academic database.
- Continually review courses based on academic rigor and integrity brought forward by faculty.
Project Contributor
Developmental Education Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Investigate alternative developmental course offerings:
- A multi-course ENGL/READ series -2.
- I-BEST approach – Washington State.
- Bridge from ABE (Partnering).
Project Contributor
Retention Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Mary Fontes
- Steve Crittenden
- Rocky Ammerman
- Perkins Program Initiatives.
- Access and Opportunities Initiatives.
- Self-advising tool.
- Following up on students who have applied for graduate but have not completed requirements.
- Clarify web information so there is no confusion on program requirements.
Project Contributor
Transfer & Articulation Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Establish Northland College’s chart for cut scores and course equivalents:
- Excelsior (formerly Regents College exams).
- CLEP.
- DSST (formerly DANTES).
- AP (Advanced Placement).
- Compile list of academic terminology that needs clarification:
- Prerequisite courses.
- Developmental (remedial) courses.
- Prepatory courses.
- Articulation agreement.
- Transfer agreement.
Project Contributor
Diversity Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Request faculty craft curricular piece of assist ESL students in Allied Health Science Programs.
STRATEGY 1C: INCREASE TRANSFER RATES TO BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTIONS
Project Lead
Transfer & Articulation Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Complete articulation of Liberal Arts transfer certificates.
- Pursue new articulation agreements.
- Review and renew existing articulation agreements.
Project Contributor
Developmental Education Committee
Management Lead(s):
Project Contributor
Diversity Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Have three off-campus trips each academic year to a rotating list of 4-year colleges and universities annually.
- Encourage Minnesota metropolitan area university recruiters to visit Northland College campuses more regularly.
STRATEGY 2A: CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Project Lead
Diversity Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Provide intrusive advisement to under-represented students.
- Provide subject-specific supplement instruction for under-represented students.
- Create social integration programs and activities for under-represented students.
- Incorporate East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls Multicultural Clubs to create one unified student/faculty group for diversity programming.
- Continue to promote and utilize “Early Alert” process to identify and reach out to at-risk students.
Project Contributor
Developmental Education Committee
Management Lead(s):
- Task force on ESL – (supplemental inst).
