Appalachian State University SAT Policy and Procedures subcommittee Belinda Ballew, Judy Haas, Al Harris, Vickie Hawkins, Elizabeth Peeler, Robert Lee, Lori Townsend

Charge #1 Establish minimum GPA of 2.0 to be in compliance with UNC Policy Manual 2

Charge #2 Define Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) per UNC Policy Manual directives 3

Define SAP Why? Academics First: Board of Governor’s Policy , Fostering Student Success document North Carolina institutions should establish “A system-wide minimum standard for … Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)” Academics First Workgroup “set academic progress and degree attainment as primary outcomes…” Deemed “Improving retention, graduation rates and time to degree” as important aspects of such policies.” 4

What is already out there? 5

Good Academic Standing (GAS) Good Academic Standing: Established and Prudent Undergraduate students are considered to be in good academic standing upon admission to Appalachian State University. To continue at Appalachian in good academic standing, undergraduate students must earn, as a minimum, an Appalachian cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all attempted hours. Students failing to maintain, as a minimum, an Appalachian cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all attempted hours, will be placed on academic probation. Effective? 6

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Financial Aid, federal regulations Students must be in Good Academic Standing. Total attempted hours accepted toward the student’s degree must not exceed 150% of the published length of the program. A student must earn at least 67% of his or her total attempted hours at Appalachian, as required for the degree. A student who does not successfully complete any coursework during any one semester is not making SAP. 7

GAS + SAP = 8

Why not combine GAS and SAP? 9 Financial Aid requirements ASU requirements

Change or adopt federal definition? - Already established - Tested - System-wide consistency 10 SAP

Currently, at ASU, applied ONLY to students receiving financial aid 11

SAP Change to include all students Fair Reasonable 12

Satisfactory Academic Progress Recommendation #1 This committee recommends that the current, federal definition of Satisfactory Academic Progress be applied to all students for the purpose of identifying at-risk students for early intervention. 13

The P&P subcommittee: identify students and design actions/methods by which a student could improve upon his or her less than satisfactory academic progress 14 Define SAP: Philosophically, why?

15 More than identification  Intervene & Empower 

Good Academic Standing & Satisfactory Academic Progress Recommendation #2 The SAT Policy and Procedures subcommittee recommends required actions for students placed on academic probation due to their failure to satisfy GAS measures. Recommendation #3 The SAT Policy and Procedure subcommittee recommends required actions for students deemed to be academic progress risks due to their failure to satisfy SAP measures. 16

Further… All Appalachian students who fail to meet any GAS or SAP requirements will be required to engage in Academic Progress Pursuits (APPs) as appropriate for their status. 17

Academic Progress Pursuits (APPs) ODS services LAP services Academic Coaching Skill enhancement courses Probation workshop attendance Success plan/academic contract development 18

Early Alert Performance Reporting Why? Academic Affairs office has identified Early Alert Performance Reporting (EAPR) as a high priority. Finish in Four recommends ASU develop “…programs and policies that support progression toward the degree...” and “monitor students’ progress” to “improve time-to-degree…” by identifying and addressing deficiencies in performance, early in the semester, we will increasing student accountability, persistence, retention, and degree completion 19

Affirm high performing students, promote self-efficacy motivation 20 Early Alert Performance Reporting

IRAP data indicates students who lose academic ground early, rarely regain their footing 21 Early Alert Performance Reporting

Graduated Implementation Plans 2014/2015 all 1000 level courses 2015/2016 all 1000 and 2000 level courses 22 Early Alert Performance Reporting

23 nine early alert codes that indicate satisfactory performance or describe the reason for a student’s unsatisfactory performance in a course. S Satisfactory UAUnsatisfactory attendance UGUnsatisfactory grade(s) UPUnsatisfactory class participation UAGUnsatisfactory attendance and grade(s) UAPUnsatisfactory attendance and participation UGPUnsatisfactory grade(s) and participation UAGPUnsatisfactory attendance, grade(s) and participation XNever attended or stopped attending Comments field Nine Codes SSatisfactory UAUnsatisfactory attendance UGUnsatisfactory grade(s) UPUnsatisfactory class participation UAGUnsatisfactory attendance & grades UGPUnsatisfactory grades(s) and participation UAGPUnsatisfactory attendance, grade(s), & participation XNever attended or stopped attending Comments field

More to do.. Faculty focus group Work group Data collection and analysis Recognize strengths ID weaknesses and overcome barriers Modify as appropriate 24

Require use of Resources 25 ID Have resources Motivate to use