Jones Hall
Demographics
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Public four year institution of higher education.
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Racial representation: 75% white and 25% minorities.
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Among its full-time students, 96% receive financial aid,
with 36% eligible for state and Federal grants.
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Among the entering classes, retention rates for firsttime students pursuing bachelor's degrees is 70%.
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The six year graduation rate percentage of full-time,
first-time students was 33% for those that entered in
fall 2009.
Selected Majors
We have selected the following majors to explore
guided degree pathways. These following majors
were chosen because they represent a variety of
degree pathways, across colleges and represent
some higher volume majors:
 Political Science (CLASS)
 Psychology (CLASS)
 Exercise Science (HHS)
 Information Technology (STEM)
 Discussing addition of some Business Majors.
Guided Degree Pathways
Met with of committee members that include faculty, department
chairs, deans and advisors in each of the colleges that include
the majors identified in this grant proposal. The goals for these
committees are as follows:
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Review course offerings with high DFW rates in each major,
presenting hurdles for students in that major to identify
milestone courses.
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Structure the degree curriculum so there is clarity for the
student in selection of course work so they finish in a timely
fashion. Mark milestone courses to guide students to
advisement if necessary.
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Set the sequence of the milestone courses.
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Include the ‘difficulty barometer’ in curriculum sheets
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Finalize Guided Degree Pathways by Summer 2017 for Fall ‘17
Difficulty Barometer of Milestone
Courses
Example of difficulty barometer to be included in the
curriculum sheet for Exercise Science program.
This will help students to make an informed choice.
MATH/STATS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Biology
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Chemistry
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Physics
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
HPES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Redesigned Mathematics
Gateway
College Algebra
Statistics
Quantitative
Reasoning
Exercise Science
Some Business (??)
Psychology
Information
Technology
Political Science
Business
Some Business (??)
 College Algebra and Statistics are already part of OTM.
 Quantitative Reasoning is under revision and should be
submitted in 2017.
 Training instructors and tutors for Quantitative Reasoning
courses under OTM will take place in summer 2017.
Corequisite Remediation
Fall 2016-College Algebra
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The target group were primarily students who placed into
intermediate algebra either through ACT, SAT, Compass or
ALEKS PPL testing.
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In future semesters (if we continue additional pilots) one
recommendation would be to only admit students with cut
score from an ALEKS PPL assessment (37-45 range).
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Meets for 1 hour and 50 minutes 3 days/week and for 50
minutes on 1 day/week. This will need to be reviewed at the
end of fall 2016.
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The class is set up into part-lecture (usually 40-50 minutes)
and part-guided and independent practice in ALEKS during
class time (tutor present to help).
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Additionally, the grant team hopes to develop two additional
gateway corequisite math courses: 1) Quantitative Reasoning,
and 2) Statistics.
Corequisite Remediation
Spring 2017-Corequisite Statistics and Quantitative
Reasoning
 Curriculum for the quantitative reasoning and statistics
courses are currently under revision.
Summer 2017-Training of corequisite instructors and
embedded tutors
Evaluation
Each semester for the corequisite courses, we will
gather the data to determine two measures
(singularly and in comparison to traditional
offerings of Quantitative Reasoning, Statistics,
Elementary, Intermediate and College Algebra):
 rate of course completion among students
enrolled by evaluating grades earned in the
course
 rate of persistence in the subsequent semester
 qualitative measure of student’s mindset