Graduation Initiative

Major Accomplishments

Advancing Equity Accomplishments 2021-22

Survey Research
Survey Research
  • Early engagement of students and families (students)
  • Advising SLOs (campus advising community)
  • Block Enrollment implementation (CSU systemwide)
  • Orientation intake (first-year students)
Campus Engagement
Campus Engagement
  • The AEP Action and Inquiry Team model: 68 faculty and staff, 4 divisions
  • Tipping Point Student Success Summit January 2022:  AEP focus, 500+ participants
  • Early Engagement Campus Convening April 2022: 40+ participants, facilitated by Cynthia Alvarez (CSU CO)
Advising and Peer Mentoring
Advising and Peer Mentoring
  • Established common learning outcomes for first-year advisement
  • Completed campus audit of peer mentoring programs and established baseline definition of peer mentoring to enable alignment and expansion
Policy and Practice Updates
Policy and Practice Updates
  • From “Academic Probation” to “Academic Notice”
  • Summer Orientation: Fee waivers/discount, EDI programming, expectation of participation 
  • Clearing graduation fee hold for students otherwise eligible to graduate spring 2022
Instruction
Instruction
  • Reduced class sizes and embedded learning support in select high DFW, high equity gap courses spring 2022
  • Semester-long HIST 130 and PHIL 105 faculty learning communities in spring 2022 to improve course outcomes
  • RCE offering 13 no-cost “Summer Boost” sections of high DFW/high equity gap courses in summer 2022 for quick unit recovery for eligible students (URM, Pell eligible, unsuccessful in the course in the past three semesters)