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Retention Barrier Removal
The Retention to Graduation workgroup is focused on:
- Improving overall campus Year 1–2 retention rate by 4% over 3 years (85% by 2025).
- Improving historically underserved students’ year 1–2 retention rate by 7% over 3 years (no gap by 2025).
Team Leads
Kaitlyn Baumgartner Lee
Assistant Vice President for Student Success Initiatives and University Advising
Academic Advising Programs
Kate McCarthy
Vice Provost
Undergraduate Education and Academic Success
Key Objectives
- Contribute to FTES growth of 500 over 2023-24
- Review and act on policy and process barriers identified by Advancing Equity Project in 2021‐22 and 2022-23, including those mandated by Chancellor’s Office (Equity Goals and Priorities November, 2021 (PDF))
- Authorize pilot of amended registration calendar for spring 2024.
- Determine process to enact EM 93‐008 (Mandatory Orientation).
- Establish campus guidelines and procedures for the use of registration holds.
- Implement process to assure that transcript audits for all first-time and transfer students are complete prior to registration for their first term at the CSU.
- Reassess graduation filing process and implement identified improvements.
- Reassess drop-for-non-payment policy and implement identified improvements.
- Consider adopting limited debt forgiveness policy.
- Establish clear and equitable guidance to enable funding students (research stipends, free textbooks, equity-based awards and scholarships, etc.) without incurring negative financial aid implications.
- Consider adjustment of student fee processes (decoupling, bundling, timing, etc.).