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Enrollment Planning Team Year End Report 2004-05

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Overview

This report documents the activities of the Enrollment Planning Team in 2004-05. The bulk of the report provides an overview of how seven action teams approached their respective charges by describing 1) major topics of discussion, 2) significant recommendations, 3) indicators used to monitor success, and 4) future plans. The Executive Summary of the report provides and overview of activities. The remainder of the report may be accessed through the chart below by clicking on a Action Team or a specific element of that Action Team Report

The full report is available in a printer-friendly pdf format. Sections of the report are available in html below.

Action Team	Discussion Topics	Recommendations	Indicators	Future Plans*
At-Risk Students	Probation and Suspension Policy	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Informal Recommendation to SS&P Committee about Probation/Suspension Policy	Degree-Seeking Students on Probation or Suspension Students below 2.0 GPA Number of students enrolled in courses with high rate of DFW (30% or greater) CIRP data First-Year and transfer student retention	Highest priority Define USCA students who are “At Risk” Develop programs, services, and interventions for (at risk) students in provisional admissions category Receive recommendation from Advising Staff about early warning process Secondary Priority Develop programs, services, and interventions for all other currently enrolled at-risk students Probation and Suspension policy revisions First-Year Experience programs (mandatory seminar) Academic support opportunities for students; particularly those at risk First-Year Student motivation How to help students enrolled in “high risk” courses Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Communication	Communication to USCA Personnel Communication to USCA Students	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Informal Recommendation to Launch Student Public Relations Campaign	Number of emails sent to USCA list Number of items in campus publications Hits to the EPT website Data from campus surveys such as CEA survey and faculty survey to determine campus awareness of EPT topics as well as enrollment and retention issues NSSE data about time usage Student focus groups Data from campus student surveys	Highest priority Develop an Ad/PR campaign geared toward students about campus expectations Include information about EPT in the Chancellor’s Campus-wide Update Meetings in the Fall and Spring Make more use of the EPT website as a communications tool to include charts/graphs to illustrate “dashboard indicator” progress on key issue Secondary Priority Produce a newsletter each semester sharing information about the work of the EPT Continue distributing emails to USCA List about meeting of the Enrollment Planning Team and its action teams to keep the campus informed
Financial Aid/Scholarship Strategy	Review of Institutional Scholarship Process	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Implemented Resolution to Increase the Amount of Recruiter Scholarships Recommendation Under Consideration to Increase Emphasis on Renewable Scholarships	Scholarship Disbursements LIFE Scholarship Retention from Fall to Fall Hope Scholarship Retention from Fall to Fall	Provide annual report on: Scholarships -all scholarships distributed to USCA students, including the types, numbers awarded and distributed, average award amounts, and award and university retention rates. Need-based grants - all recipients of all need-based grants, including the types; numbers awarded, unfunded, and distributed; average award amounts; and award and university retention rates Loans - all recipients of all public and private educational loans, including the types, numbers awarded and distributed, average loan amounts, and university retention rates Project funding needs in the various areas to meet our scholarship goals. Discuss state scholarships as related to new regulations and how these scholarships should or should not have a direct impact on the development of scholarship policies and procedures for our campus.
Freshman Admission	Low Retention and Performance of Students with Weak Test Scores Provisional Admission	Adopt a Minimum Combined SAT Score of 800 for Entering Freshmen Adopt a Provisional Admission Category	No indicators have been identified.	Set goals for the freshman class in terms of its size and shape, including diversity along lines of gender, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography; and quality, including targeted proportions of students from high/low quality high schools, and those with high/low test scores, high/low HS grades or class rank, high/low other talents (athletics, fine arts, community service, etc.). Provide outreach to other USCA constituencies to both collect feedback in the goal setting process and fostering buy-in once goals are developed.
Minority Student Success	Identifying the “Minority Student” Population University Support for Minority Students Campus Climate for Minority Students Success of Minority Students at USCA	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Recommendations under Consideration to Study: Faculty participation in the Minority Achievement Program (formalized faculty mentoring with minority students, session presentations, etc.) Departmental minority issue focus groups to identify needs of minority students. Comparison rates of acceptance into USCA professional programs between African American and European American students. Increased minority faculty and professional staff recruitment.	Enrollment of Undergraduate Students (Headcount) by Status Ethnicity and Gender Enrollment of Graduate Students (Headcount) by Status Ethnicity and Gender Majors with greatest percentages of minority student enrollment	Provide an annual report that provides a profile of minority students on campus, to include: Admission application numbers and profile, including admission scores, class rank, predicted GPA, retention and graduation rates, GPA distribution, Writing portfolio scores, professional program admission rates, housing GPAs, Gateway participants, participation in minority-directed programs. Provide annual report on initiatives designed to promote 1) minority student recruitment and 2) minority student retention. Increase awareness of issues facing minority students.
Program/Major Admission	Sch. of Education: - Low Pass Rates on Praxis I - Advising - GPAs < 2.75 Sch. of Business - Impact of Bulletin changes on advising Sch. of Nursing - Available seats in prereq. science courses - Advising	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Proposed Recommendations: Tiered Admission for Professional Schools Advising for Students Who Do Not Qualify for Direct Admission to Professional Schools Bulletin requirements obtain at admission to School rather than at Admission to university	No indicators have been identified.	Divide Action Team into three separate teams to address School-specific issues (team members must be identified in early Fall 2005 in consultation with School Heads): Business -- Bulletin issues and lessen advisement burden Education -- Praxis pass rates Nursing -- poor performance in science courses
Strategic Planning/ Surveys	Surveys Strategic Planning	No formal recommendations were made to EPT in 2004-05 Proposed Recommendation: Align Action Team Reporting with Strategic Plan Objectives	Survey Indicators Student plans to transfer (Freshman CIRP Survey) Student self-assessments of: Overall Academic Ability Mathematical Ability Chances Will Earn "B" Average or Better Student time usage indicators (NSSE) Satisfaction with Advising Strategic Planning Indicators Number of Strategic Plan objectives addressed and not addressed List of Strategic Plan objectives addressed	Continue collection of items addressed by EPT Action Teams as they align with goals and objective from the Strategic Plan and report these findings both to the entire EPT and to the Strategic Planning Committee. Examine survey data more thoroughly to identify useful indicators for strategic enrollment management. Formalize recommendations for additional surveys.

* Future plans submitted by the Action Teams in End of Year Reports have been prioritized by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Enrollment Planning Team.