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Workshop Curriculum - Chicago

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Refreshments

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

• Welcome and Introductions
  Dr. Jim Black
  President and CEO, SEM WORKS
  Tom Shaver
  Founder and CEO, Ad Astra

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

• Conditions and Strategies for Student Success
  Dr. Jim Black
  
  An antecedent to any effective enrollment management plan is an examination of your institution's ability to not only provide conditions for the success of all students, but also to recognize and remove barriers that may impede student progress. This session will look at common challenges and best practice solutions to ensure student success.
  • Attrition Causation
  • High Risk Students
  • High Risk Experiences
  • Effective Academic Advising
  • Conditions for Student Success
  • Student Success Strategies

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

• Strategic Scheduling
  Tom Shaver

  A recently published national survey on college and university student satisfaction with their institutions reveals two interesting facts: 1) satisfaction is relatively low, and 2) the #1 rated problem is that students can't get seats in the courses they need. We will discuss tools and best practices that allow schools to identify student-specific course needs and successfully partner with their students to meet their academic career goals. Concepts include:

  • Student Access to Required Courses
  • Student Access to Electives of Interest
  • Student Academic Career Planning and Advising
  • Faculty Allocation for Maximum Impact and Efficiency
  • Space Management to Support Academic Mission and Growth
  • Accurate Forecasting of Student Need for Courses
  • Assessment of Student-Specific Academic Career Goals
  • Interactive Student/Advisor Planning Tools
  • Faculty Allocation Modeling (Management of Bottlenecks to Growth/Change)
  • Space Allocation Modeling (Management of Bottlenecks to Growth/Change)
  • Institution-wide View of Scheduling (Provost Endorsement)

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

• Retention through Better Course Access: Asking the Right Questions
  Laura Kelley, Project Manager; UNC Greensboro
  Ellen Robbins, Director of Academic Systems and Student Achievement; UNC Greensboro

  With the growing trend toward accountability as it relates to time to degree, the Office of Academic Systems and Student Achievement is taking a closer look at student achievement and how technology may be used to enhance student success. UNCG has reviewed issues related to course demand and selection and has partnered with Ad Astra Information Systems to implement a solution that will help to ensure access to courses and on-time graduation.

  • Student Success Initiatives at UNCG
  • Methods of Forecasting of Student Need for Courses
  • Faculty Allocation Modeling (Management of Bottlenecks to Growth/Change)
  • Political Issues involved in Rolling Out Course Demand Analytics
  • Business Process Issues involved in Rolling Out Course Demand Analytics

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Academic Career Planning: A Roadmap to Student Success
  Laura Kelley, Project Manager; UNC Greensboro
  Ellen Robbins, Director of Academic Systems and Student Achievement; UNC Greensboro
  Tom Shaver, Ad Astra Information Systems
  

  This session will build on the previous discussion and will address how technology can be used to enhance academic planning, from the perspective of the student, the advisor and departmental scheduling staff.

  • How Student/Advisor Planning supports a Student Success Strategy
  • Components of Student/Advisor Planning
  • Assessment of Student-Specific Academic Career Goals and Attainment

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Follow up Product Demonstration/Discussion
Astra Schedule/Platinum Analytics (optional)

4:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

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