No First-Year Student Left
Behind
Marcy Esler
Director of Student Retention
Mary Ann Giglio
Director of the Student Learning Center
Andrea Chauncey
Coordinator of the First Year Experience
SUNY College at Brockport
Inventory
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Who are the first-year students?
What are the practices that affect first-year
students?
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Prior to first semester
During the first three weeks
Remainder of first year
Ongoing
What are the policies that affect first-year
students?
What data do we collect about our first-year
students?
Who are the First-year
Students?
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Points of entry
Definitions of “firstyear” students
Subgroups
2001
2002
2003
2004
One-year Retention
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
All
EOP
Transition
Ex. Talent
Regular
Practices that Affect
Freshmen
Mission
Vision Statements
Prior
to and
First
Semester
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Open Houses
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Mailings
Placement
Summer Reading
Orientation Programs
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Brochures
Gifts
Peer Mentoring
Academic Expectations
Parent Newsletter and website
Vision Statement
The State University of New York College
at Brockport’s vision:
Is that all students successfully
complete their first college year
establishing a foundation for
understanding their own lives in the
context of a diverse world and for
completing their degree
Mission Statement
The State University of New York College
at Brockport:
Is committed to providing and assessing
a comprehensive educational
experience that promotes both the
academic and co-curricular success and
engagement of all students in their
first year of college
Practices that Affect
Freshmen
 Welcome Weekend
During
the First Three Weeks
 Freshman
Seminar
 Block Scheduling
 Department Receptions
 Early Warning System
 Freshman Council
 Clubs Fair
Practices that Affect Freshmen
Remainder of Year
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Surveys
Your Right to Know
Advisement
Handbook/Registration/Major
Declaration
Mid-term Grade Reports
Health Center Initiatives
STEPS to Success (probation
program)
Ongoing Freshmen
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First-year Success Web page
Structures
 Student
Learning Center
 Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
 Newsletter for
Faculty
 Special Admit
Programs
 Job Shop
 Faculty-in-residence
Policies Affecting Freshmen
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Admissions
Letters from academic
departments to
prospective students
Computer Skills
requirement
Assignment of freshman
advisors
First Semester Curriculum
Freshman Seminar
Add/drop
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Major declaration
RD interventions
Mid-term/probation
letters from advisors
Registration schedule
Restriction from certain
courses
Greek recruitment
Probation/dismissal
Parking
First Year Data Collection
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Pre-enrollment
Pre-term
First Year
Subsequent Years
Retention Rates
(Unofficial 2/ 3/ 05)
100
90
80
Percent
70
60
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Cohort Year
One-Semester
One-Year
Recommendations
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Disseminate Mission and Vision Statements
Reconfigure Student Retention Committee
Annual faculty seminar on instruction of firstyear students
Focus on career development early in
semester
Study longitudinal trends in Early Warning
Advisement Questionnaire
Who are the First-year
Transfer Students?
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Points of entry
Definitions of “firstyear” students
Subgroups
Transfer One-year Retention
79
78
77
76
75
74
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Progress to Graduation
Linear Regression
Cohorts 1992 - 1999
60
y = 1.0874x - 29.063
R 2 = 0.8457
55
50
Six-year
45
graduation
40
67
69
71
73
One-year Retention
75
77