Learning Communities
Registration
Roundtable Discussion
Nikolas Huot, Assistant Director for
First-Year Programs
February 9, 2015
Georgia State University
ü  Four-year, public research university
ü  Urban environment (downtown Atlanta)
ü  13th most diverse (racial/ethnic and economic)
ü  Over 32,000 students
ü  250 degree programs
Freshman Learning Communities
ü  Cohorts of 25 first-year students
ü  Registration in common Core Curriculum courses
ü  Major-based curriculum
Ø Arts and Humanities
Ø Business
Ø Education
Ø Health Sciences
Ø Natural Sciences
Ø Policy Studies
Ø Social Sciences
Ø Undecided
ü  Choice in schedule type (morning, afternoon, mixed, block)
ü  Full fall schedule (5-6 courses for 12-15 credit hours)
History of FLC
FLC and Par5cipa5on 3000 80.0% 70.0% 2500 60.0% 2000 Number of Srudents 50.0% 1500 40.0% 30.0% 1000 20.0% 500 10.0% 0 0.0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Students % of Cohort Registration Process
ü  1999-2009
ü  Students manually registered by administrators using paper form
ü  Hold manually placed on students’ records by administrators
ü  2010-2012
ü  Students manually registered by administrators using online form
ü  Hold placed on students’ records by automatic Banner job
ü  2013-present
ü  Students register themselves during Orientation
ü  Hold placed on students’ records by automatic Banner job
Group Breakouts
Ø  Size of Program:
Ø  Small (< 500 students in LC)
Ø  Large (> 1,000 students in LC)
Ø  Student Information System:
Ø  Banner
Ø  Ad-Astra
Ø  Jenzabar
Ø  Other
Possible Issues with LC Registration
Ø  When to register students?
Ø  Who registers students?
Ø  How to register students?
Ø  Can Student Information System allow block/corequisite?
Ø  How to keep students in LC courses?
Ø  When to place and remove hold?
Ø  How to adjust schedule (AP/IB/Joint Enrollment credit)?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS!