Transition to Kean (T 2 K): A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition Presented by Terry Y. Fung, Ph.D. Director of General Education and Transition to Kean (T 2 K) Kean University Union, New Jersey

Kean University 4-year State university Headcount 12,958 – Graduate 2,923 – Undergraduate 10,035 FTE – Graduate 1,402.4 – Undergraduate 8,

Time Line of Events Admission Placement Testing Registration and Family Orientation New Student Orientation Transition to Kean (T 2 K) Class Mid-semester Advisement End-of-Semester follow up Second Semester Follow Up

General Education Program Foundation Requirements – GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T 2 K) – English – Math – Comm 1402 Speech Communication – Research and Technology Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements Concentration Requirement Capstone Requirement

GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T 2 K) One credit Meets once a week for one hour and twenty minutes for 15 weeks Instructor and Academic Instructional Mentor (AIM) 22 – 25 students Regular or major based sections 60+ sections in fall and 10 sections in spring

Instructors/AIM Profile Fall sections in total 30 designated sections Instructor Profile – Administrator with Faculty rank 3 – Adjunct Professor 3 – Faculty18 – Professional Staff 35 AIM Profile – GPA 2.75 Upper Classman

Course Structure Opening Week Assignment (course embedded) total 05 points1.3% Career paper (Course embedded) total 100 points 25% 5 minute oral presentation (Course embedded) total 50 points 12.5% 2 Electronic Journal Assignments (5 pts each) total 10 points2.5% Meeting 1 with your AIM total 20 points5.0% Meeting 2 with your AIM total 20 points5.0% Meeting 1 with Instructor total 20 points5.0% 3 Out-Of-Class Summary Papers (20 pts ea.) total 60 points 15% Miscellaneous Assignments total 50 points12.5% Class Participation total 65 points16.3% Grand Total 400 pts (100.0%) Divide this total by 4 to get the final grade (in percent)

Course Materials/Requirements Custom textbook—Gateway to Your Success, 8 th Edition A CD bundled with the textbook Instructor Manual Required workshops – Careers Workshop – Higher Learning Video viewing – Safer Sex Workshop Out-of-Class Activities

Grading Policy Final Grade ScaleLetter Grade 93% <A %A %B %B %B %C %C %D < 50%F Complete sample syllabus is posted on

Professional Development Instructor/AIM Training (May) – One day program A week long AIM training (August) During the semester: – Monthly instructor meeting – Bi-weekly AIM meeting – Teaching Tips and Transition to Kean Update – Technological support

Supporting Services Career Development and Advancement Tutoring and Learning Support Services Undecided/Undeclared Major Services Counseling Services Referral Services

Assessment Issues and Activities Family Orientation Evaluation New Student Orientation Evaluation Career Workshop Evaluation Safer Sex Workshop Evaluation End of Semester Evaluation – AIM – Instructor – Student

GE 1000 Grade and Average GPA GradeAverage GPA A2.92 B2.40 C1.92 D1.66 F1.04 Total number of students in this study is 5710 Data is collected from 01/FA to 05/Summer GPA is taken at January 2006 Correlation between GE 1000 grade and GPA is 0.62

Second Semester Follow Up Send letter to students – GPA 3.3 or higher – GPA between 2.5 to 3.2 – GPA below 2.5

Resources T 2 K Course Outline T 2 K Course Syllabus Template T 2 K Out-of-Class Activities Instructor/AIM Training Agenda AIM Training Agenda Family Newsletter Teaching Tips and T 2 K Update