It Takes a Campus
To Educate a Freshman
Phil Clem
Alan Belcher
Why we are changing
• Enrollment
• Changing Student Population
• Future
First Year Experience @ UC
• ICE
• UNIV 101/102
• Living Learning Communities
ICE Communities
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Science
Humanities
Social Science
Outcomes
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Roundtables
Portfolios
Common Themes
Learning to Learn
UNIV 101 / 102
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Faculty Mentor
Small Group
Peer Educator
Connections
Living Learning
Communities
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Residence Life
RA
Peer Educators
Building Community
Failures
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Too many writing assignments
Too much content
Lack of organization
Burn out
Faculty turnover
Successes
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Portfolio completions
NSSE data
Academic Profile results
CIC Foundations of Excellence
AAC&U Integrative Learning
The Whole Campus
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Faculty Mentors
Academic Advisors
Students – Peer Educators
Students – Resident Advisors
Student Life
Learning Support
Next Steps
• Reward the performers
• Hire and retain faculty
• Continue expansion into
academic major programs
• Continue to change structures
Comments & Questions
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