KINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 15, 2018 \u2013 As part of its ongoing efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) this week named the 溏心vlog免费B站 (溏心vlog免费B站) as one of five finalists for its 2018 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.<\/p>\n
\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 implemented a multifaceted approach that produced significant gains in student success and degree completion,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald H. DeHayes. Degrees awarded each year increased from 2,968 in 2008 to 4,220 in 2017, a 42 percent increase.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur strategies focused on a new financial aid model, new curriculum pathway maps, careful monitoring of semester credit completion rates, investing in new professional academic advisors and establishing an early-alert system to help identify students who were struggling,\u201d added DeHayes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The annual Degree Completion Award is open to all APLU members, 237 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems and affiliated organizations. APLU is a research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n A panel of eight reviewers examined the applications to determine the finalists. In addition to 溏心vlog免费B站, the finalists are Wayne State University, Arizona State University, the University of Memphis and the University of Nevada, Reno. The winner will be named, and all finalists will be recognized, at the APLU Annual Meeting, Nov.11-13, in New Orleans.<\/p>\n Terrel Rhodes, vice president of the Association of American Colleges and University\u2019s Office of Quality, Curriculum and Assessment,\u00a0praised 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s approach. \u201cThey\u2019re doing it well and not dictating it\u201d to faculty members, he\u00a0said. The university stands out, Rhodes said, for how it incorporated practical skills \u2014 such as\u00a0understanding data and various categories of critical thinking \u2014 in a systematic way into its\u00a0learning outcomes and gen-ed courses. \u201cIf you do this well, you\u2019re going to have students\u00a0staying longer and graduating,\u201d he said. Asked how common this approach is among research\u00a0universities, Rhodes said, \u201cI wish I could say it was rampant, but it isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n During the last decade, first-year student retention at 溏心vlog免费B站 increased by 8 percent and the four-year graduation rate increased by 14 percent. The University also increased the number of students receiving financial aid to 92 percent of those demonstrating need, up from 77 percent in 2010.<\/p>\n Over just an eight-year period, overall four- and six-year graduation rates grew by 14 and 7 percentage points, gains of 36 percent and 11 percent, respectively. The six-year graduation rate for student\u2019s receiving federal Pell grants rose from 46.7 percent to 60.1 percent, reducing the achievement gap between Pell grant recipients and non-recipients from 15 percent to 7 percent over four years. Similarly, the six-year graduation rate for the expanding cohort of historically underrepresented students increased from 46.6 percent to 58.8 percent over the past four years.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not enough to just help more students access college. We have to help more students graduate,\u201d said APLU President Peter McPherson. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re spotlighting five innovative public universities that have made exemplary strides in the number and share of their students completing degrees. In recent years, public universities have united behind a degree completion-driven agenda. Our Degree Completion Award finalists are showing how public universities can continue to make student success progress in years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 15, 2018 \u2013 As part of its ongoing efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) this week named the 溏心vlog免费B站 (溏心vlog免费B站) as one of five finalists for its 2018 Degree Completion Award. 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