MAP-Works: What is it? What does it tell us? How is it being used in the colleges? What do we know by week three? *Adapted from Sherry Woosley, Ph.D. Director.

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MAP-Works: What is it? What does it tell us? How is it being used in the colleges? What do we know by week three? *Adapted from Sherry Woosley, Ph.D. Director of Analytics and Research, EBI MAP-Works.

Tool for early identification of undergraduates at potential risk for poor academic performance or departure. Utilized by more than 1,500 institutions. Links to ISU data on individual students as well as that entered by staff, faculty, and the students themselves. Freshmen module to this point; sophomore, junior, and senior modules added this year. MAP-Works: What Is It?

Fall 2011 MAP-Works Freshmen Cohort Nationally –Students More than 172,000 first-year students More than 119,000 respondents (69%) –102 institutions 4-year and 2-year Public and private Religiously-affiliated and not religiously affiliated All sizes From 36 states What Does It Tell Us? A Sample of Descriptive Findings

ISU –Students 2,521 first-time freshmen (official) Survey Return Rate: 2,080 (82.5% of FTF) –Approximately 1,821 residential respondents (92.7%) – 88% of respondents lived on-campus Fall 2011 Cohort continued

What Were Their Goals and Expectations?

How committed are students to completing a degree?

How involved were students planning to get? Participate in a student organization NationalISU

How many hours per week were students planning to study or work on homework? Hours per week NationalISU

What grades did students think they would make their first semester? 85% predict A’s or B’s. Was that overly optimistic? NationalISU

What Were Their Transition Experiences?

How many students were experiencing separation homesickness? Miss your boyfriend/girlfriend who is not at this school Miss your family back home Miss your boyfriend/ girlfriend who is not at this school Miss your family back home NationalISU

How many students were experiencing distressed homesickness? Think about going home all the time Regret leaving home to go to school Think about going home all the time Regret leaving home to go to school NationalISU

How many students were making a strong academic transition? Keeping current with your academic work LearningMotivated to complete your academic work Satisfied with academic life Keeping current with your academic work LearningMotivated to complete your academic work Satisfied with academic life National ISU

What Were Their First-Semester Academic Outcomes?

Lofty Goals or Unrealistic Expectations? Expectations Outcomes ISU Expectations and Outcomes

How Is MAP-Works Being Used in the Colleges? The Individual Faculty Model (Ann Rider, CAS) The Central Coordination Model (Melissa Froderman, COT)

What Do We Know by Week Three? A More Focused Look at ISU Freshmen Commitment to the Institution Communication Skills Analytical Skills Self-Discipline Time Management Financial Means Confidence Basic Academic Behaviors Advanced Academic Behaviors Academic Self-Efficacy Peer Connections Homesickness – Separation Homesickness - Distressed Academic Integration Social Integration On-Campus Living-Social Aspects On-Campus Living-Environment On-Campus Living-Roommate Rel. Off Campus Living - Environment Test Anxiety Satisfaction with the Institution 66 Questions; 7-point rating scale (1=very poor/not at all/not at all certain to 7=excellent/extremely/always) MAP Works Freshmen Survey 2011: 20 Factors Measured

Top 5 descriptive findings: Points of possible concern at 3 weeks Homesickness-Separation (Mean=3.53; S.D.=1.56) Test Anxiety (Mean=3.99; S.D.=1.68) Financial Means Confidence (Mean=4.69; S.D.=1.67) Analytical Skills (Mean=4.81; S.D.=1.25) Communication Skills (Mean=4.87; S.D.=1.13)

Inferential Findings: Where We Differ from Other Institutions Commitment to the Institution (ISU rating: 6.12) Basic Academic Behaviors (ISU rating: 5.86) Communication Skills (ISU rating: 4.87) Academic Self-Efficacy (ISU rating: 5.14) Analytical Skills (ISU rating: 4.81) Homesickness-Distressed (ISU rating: 5.33) Time Management (ISU rating: 5.43) Satisfaction with the Institution (ISU rating: 5.43) Financial Means Confidence (ISU rating: 4.69) On-Campus Living-Env. (ISU rating: 5.65) On-Campus Living-Roommate Relationship (ISU Rating: 6.08)

Inferential Findings: What was Associated with Institutional Satisfaction Commitment to the Institution (contributed 22% of the model explanation) Peer Connections (contributed 12% of the model explanation) Advanced Academic Behaviors (contributed 3.7% of the model explanation) Time Management 1 (contributed 2.4% of the model explanation) Regression Model R 2 =.40 1 This was the one factor with a negative relationship, inferring that the stronger the time management skills of a student, the less satisfied they were with ISU.

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