January 18, 2018
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- Thursday, 01/18/2018
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Minutes of the meeting of SubCommittee Chairs of the Retention Committee
Meeting called to order at 3:00 PM
Attendees: Ted Mahavier (chair), Kayla Holloway, Amy Smith, Alberto Marquez, Daniel Bartlett, Joe Nordgren, David Short, Jackie Jensen-Vallin
Reviewed minutes from previous meeting
Discussion of committee changes
Kayla cited challenges of different organizational structure in each college
-challenge of designating committee members
Discussion of need for Director of Advising (not an interim role)
Daniel cited lack of single authority over advising at LU
Ted cited the issue of students earning two degrees, core completion issues, restrictions of coming financial aid changes
-discussion about matter of students graduating with one degree and then returning for the second
-double majoring vs dual degrees
Amy/Jackie – Faculty Engagement
Discussion of awards – Michael Saar researching options
Evaluative testing – subset or campus-wide requirement?
-plan to use ALEKS system (also for Engineering Boot Camp)
-discussed concerns about testing creating enrollment barrier
-MRS – discussion of using ALEKS to replace MRS and use for placement
STEM only?
Ongoing case by case testing for placements
Discussion of books and curriculum for math and co-requisite classes
Amy working through CTLE on approaches for larger class sizes; chairs have reviewed for possible courses.
Met with Terry Mena about faculty and communication, messaging. Interest in pushing career readiness and get students to use career services earlier.
David stated AdAstra can identify available rooms; large rooms are underutilized, so plenty of available space.
Discussion of faculty load w/ large enrollments –what constitutes FTE?
Jackie discussed working with STARS on providing support for co-requisite sections
Ted (for PJ) -- Outreach
Working with Craig Escamilla in Business
Reaching out to dual credit faculty
Discussed establishing articulation agreements with LIT, LSCPA, and LSCO
Discussion of FTIC shared with LIT (model similar to UT-Tyler and Tyler Junior College) for lowest scoring conditional admission students
Kayla – SSC/Advising
Discussion of handoff issues between UAC and colleges/departments
-Challenge of having a different process for each area
Cited having multiple consultants review advising operations at LU over recent years
Discussion of staff, personnel, and advising agreements, as well as how advising is defined, various roles, and responsibilities.
Discussed training for SSC – need established baseline needs and roles, agreed upon across LU
Ongoing meetings with department chairs for success markers (Comm. Department has set these)
Alberto – Data Analysis
Met with Greg Marsh to discuss need for dashboard – identify what the needs are
-There are opposing needs and demands; a single dashboard likely won’t meet needs. There’s a lack of agreement among chairs about needs.
-There’s some resistance to the new demand
-We need someone to do data-mining—dedicated to looking at retention data
Discussion of what is needed to get people on board
-Who will implement dashboards? We need someone with full responsibility.
-How to get people across campus to buy in and learn new methods
-The day to day goals of chairs not the same as our committee goals
Adjourned at 4:00