Your Student’s Success

At Colorado State

Ram Orientation for First-Year Students 2017

The key to student success:

ENGAGEMENT

ENGAGEMENT

University

Provide rich learning opportunities

Invest in initiatives to promote student learning and success

Student

Engage in courses and co-curricular opportunities

Parent/Family

Support and empower your student

University Engagement in

Student Success

Course Design

Academic Advising & Proactive Outreach

Student Success Resources

Courses

for

Student Success

• Small Composition Sections

• Recitations and Labs

• First-Year Seminars/Courses

• Credit-Recovery Courses

• Summer Courses

Academic Advising

and

Proactive Outreach

More Academic Success

Coordinators/Advisors

Individual conversations with

each on-campus student

Early Performance Feedback in

many courses the fifth week of

the semester

Student Success

Resources

• TILT Learning Programs – individual

and group tutoring, workshops

• Writing Center

• PACe Tutoring Center (Math), Calculus

Center

• Academic Advancement Center

• Resources for Disabled Students

• Student Diversity Programs & Ser vices

Our Student Success Efforts

are Working

Student Engagement in

Student Success

Early Engagement in Courses

Major Exploration

Co-curricular

Early Engagement-

Start Strong

• Attend and participate in class

• STUDY

(2-3 hours per hour in class)

• Read for understanding (get the BOOK!)

• Go to office hours, prepared with questions

• Be an Active Learner:

Build on successes; learn from challenges

Student

Engagement in

Courses

• Best practices are not always intuitive

• Effective for long-term retention

• Practice testing

• Distribute learning over time (i.e. no

cramming!)

• Effective reading

• Summarize

• Ask questions

Student

Engagement in

Courses

Engaged Learning

Major

Exploration

Is an active process - to either make sure a

student is in the right major or to choose a

major

Is normal - 30% of students begin and

graduate in the same major, 70% either

declare a major or change majors

Can’t last forever - It is recommended that

students determine their major by 45

credits

Co-Curricular

Internships

Undergraduate

Research Education

Abroad Learning

Communities Service

Learning Student

Organizations

Parent Engagement in

Student Success

Dialogue

Encourage Engagement

Coach Your Student Through Challenges

Be Involved

Supporting Your Student's Active Engagement

What are you learning?

What challenges are you

experiencing?

How are you getting

involved outside of

class?

How are you studying?

What did you earn on

your first exam?

Coaching your student as

they experience new,

challengingopportunities

• Learning about themselves and about the world

• Enhancing critical thinking skills

• Becoming more personally responsible for learning in and

• out of class

University, Student, and Parent Engagement

Result in Student Success

Thank you & GO RAMS!This presentation can be found at http://col.st/70ioN

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Source: Based on Data from Institutional Research,

Freshman Retention Report, Fall 2016

First-Year Retention (full-time freshmen, by entering cohort)

30%

20%

10%

0%

40%

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Graduation Rates by Year

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Graduation Rates at 4-, 5-, and 6-year points

21

Historic

High

Rates

66.8

%64.2

%

44.8

%

GRADUATIONStudents who start at CSU as full-

time, first-time freshmen:

45% in 4 years

54% in 4.5 years

64% in 5 years