Graduation Initiative 2025

Cal State Fullerton Goals Graduation rates 2025 Prelim. (as of fall 2017) Current (as of fall 2016) 2012 Freshman 6 Year 75% 66.6% 62.3% 51.1% Freshman 4 Year 44% 22.5% 22% 14% Transfer 2 Year 37.7% 36.4% 28.9% Transfer 4 Year 85% 75.1% 74.4% 67.7% Gap URM (% points) 6.6 11.5 Gap Pell grant recipient (% points) TBD 6.8 5 We’re doubling our current four-year graduate rate and increasing two-year transfer student graduation rates to 44% by 2025. We are already excelling and achieving our goals. Since 2012: Nine percentage point gain and 65% improvement in four-year graduation rates. We’ve cut our opportunity gap for first-time freshmen in half and eliminated it for transfer students. Our six-year graduation rate has improved by 30%.

College-Level Goals 15.6% 20.8% 36% 4.7% 28% 31.2% 5% 22% 33.2% 43.1% ARTS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS COMM. ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE HEALTH & HUMAN DEVT. HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCE NATURAL SCIENCES & MATH CSUF Freshman 4-year 2016 15.6% 20.8% 36% 4.7% 28% 31.2% 5% 22% 2025 33.2% 43.1% 69% 10.5% 55.9% 61.3% 11.2% 44% 6-year 52.5% 67.4% 75.2% 49.8% 76.4% 61.6% 48.9% 62.3% 71% 80.7% 84% 68.8% 84.4% 77.5% 68% 75% Transfer 2-year 7.6% 31.6% 49.5% 2.4% 50.8% 44.5% 6.9% 36.4% 12% 41.9% 56.3% 3.9% 57.1% 52.9% 10.9% 71.8% 82.6% 54.2% 80.4% 77.9% 54.1% 74.4% 79.3% 84.6% 88.3% 73.5% 87.7% 87% 73.4% 85% Graduation rates have also been established for individual colleges and departments. Programs with higher-than-average graduation rates were given smaller growth targets. Programs with lower-than-average graduation rates, including high-unit majors in the arts and STEM fields, have more aggressive targets.

Seamless Experience Graduation Choosing a Major Retention First Year Experience Admission & Enrollment Outreach & Recruitment Our goal is to provide a seamless experience, from recruitment to career and life success. Our First Year Experience program is key in giving students a sense of belonging and community. Second-year focus is career advisement and helping students select a major. Individual colleges take over in the third and fourth year to support students in completing their major. The ultimate mission is career success, with students becoming contributing members of our diverse society.

Key Strategies First Year Experience Smart Advisement Strategic Enrollment Academic Preparation High DFW Courses High Impact Practices Data-Driven Decisions FYE focuses on sense of belonging, career preparation and multicultural competencies. Includes UNIV 100 courses, summer bridge programs, mentors, new student orientations and more. Smart Advisement includes Student Success Teams in each college with retention, graduation and career specialists; mandatory advisement workshops; drive-through advisement and a new Student Success Dashboard. Strategic Enrollment Management ties outreach, admissions and financial aid. A new Enrollment Management Dashboard drives decisions on adding course sections, classroom capacity and addressing bottlenecks. Academic Preparation includes partnering with the Orange County Business Council, local K-12 schools and community colleges, and improving our Early Start Math and English programs to make sure all students are college-ready. Each college is addressing high drop-fail-withdrawal courses. A new Bottleneck Dashboard supports class scheduling, course redesign, supplemental instruction and tutoring. TITANium now includes an “Early Warning System.” Students who participate in High Impact Practices are more likely to graduate on time. Goal is to ensure 75% of students participate in at least two HIPs. Faculty are being trained, and HIPs will be designated in our course catalog and transcripts. Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies and Information Technology department have deployed technological tools and dashboards for students, faculty, advisors and leadership to support data-driven decisions.

Collaboration Campus-Wide Student Success Every Division Participates Early Start Math & English UNIV 100 Student Success Academic Affairs Student Affairs Information Technology Admin. & Finance University Advance. Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion First Year Experience Student Employment & Internships Enrollment Management High Impact Practices Campus-Wide Collaboration Every Division Participates Broad Leadership and Input Shared Vision Student Success Centers New Student Orientations Summer Bridge Health & Wellness Themed Housing Faculty Development Completion Grants Innovation Grants At Cal State Fullerton every division is fully involved to ensure student success. This chart shows just a few of the academic, social and advisement programs that are supporting retention and graduation. Every Division Participates: GI2025 involves Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Information Technology, Administration and Finance, University Advancement and Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion. Our goal is to break down silos and work across divisions to encourage innovation. Broad Leadership and Input: Efforts are guided by a cross-campus Advisory Group and working groups – each charged with eliminating a specific barrier to graduation. Shared Vision: The result is an intentional, well-articulated, comprehensive, campus-wide plan that is fully integrated and sustainable – and all of us can feel proud that we contributed to student success. “Drive-Thru” Advisement Supplemental Instruction Philanthropic Support Tech Dashboards Mandatory Advisement Workshops Meal Assistance Financial Aid Diversity Initiatives Resource Centers Textbook Rentals

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Changing Expectations About Time-to-Degree

Native Freshman: Percent Taking/Passing 30+ Units During First Year, Including Summer Units Taken Units Passed

Average 1st Semester Unit Load for Entering Students; Remedial, Non-Remedial, and Transfer Units

Average 1st Semester Unit Load for Entering Students; Remedial, Non-Remedial, and Transfer Units