Presentation to Enrollment Management Council Mary Beth Myers January 29, 2010

 2 nd 8 week classes have been most “well known”  Late Start is defined as any class that has a begin date after census (starting the second week of classes)  This allows a student who is not doing well in a class to drop it and pick up a class that has not yet begun

 Represents both Undergraduate & Graduate classes  85% increase in offering of late start classes from 2006/07 to 2009/2010.  Increase is now relatively steady but continue to increase.  2006/07 to 2007/08 = 42% increase  2007/08 to 2008/09 = 13% increase  2008/09 to 2009/10 = 16% increase

 Fall: ◦ 97% increase from Fall 2006 to Fall 2007 ◦ 29% increase from Fall 2007 to Fall 2008 ◦ 30% increase from Fall 2008 to Fall 2009  Spring: ◦ 26% increase from Spring 2007 to Spring 2008 ◦ 49% increase from Spring 2008 to Spring 2009 ◦ 17% increase from Spring 2009 to Spring 2010

 How are students who choose these late start, consolidated classes doing in terms of grades?  Some speculation that a somewhat condensed class format might lead to lower final grades

Late Start UG Classes All UG Classes A 25.21% A- 9.69% A % B 9.47% B- 4.50% B+ 6.24% C 5.30% C- 1.74% C+ 3.76% D, D-,D+ 2.80% F 7.37% W 4.00% Other (I, S, P, etc.) A 16.73% A- 9.45% A+ 4.85% B 11.24% B- 5.20% B+ 7.25% C 5.98% C- 2.15% C+ 3.88% D,D-,D+ 3.29% F 5.11% W 5.19% Other (I, S, P, etc.)

Late Start UG Classes All UG Classes A 25.03% A % A % B 9.04% B- 4.85% B+ 6.00% C 4.52% C- 1.60% C+ 3.53% D, D-,D+ 2.72% F 7.27% W 4.48% Other (I, S, P, etc.) A 16.70% A- 9.70% A+ 4.96% B 11.32% B- 5.41% B+ 7.46% C 5.95% C- 2.16% C+ 4.00% D,D-,D+ 3.27% F 4.98% W 4.80% Other (I, S, P, etc.)

Late Start UG Classes All Classes A 25.56% A- 8.07% A % B 10.02% B- 4.13% B+ 6.54% C 6.22% C- 1.90% C+ 4.04% D, D-,D+ 2.92% F 7.51% W 3.48% Other (I, S, P, etc.) A 16.77% A- 9.16% A+ 4.74% B 11.15% B- 4.97% B+ 7.01% C 6.02% C- 2.15% C+ 3.75% D,D-,D+ 3.31% F 5.24% W 5.61% Other (I, S, P, etc.)

 “C” or better: ◦ 75% of late start grades were “C” or better ◦ 65% of all undergraduate classes were “C” or better  “A” grades ◦ 46% of late start = A+, A, A- ◦ 31% of all undergraduate classes = A+, A, A-  “F” Grades ◦ 7.37% of late start ◦ 5.11% of all undergraduate classes

 What is the percentage of students who register for Late Start “originally” compared to the percentage who add after dropping a full semester class?  Do Late Start classes tend to close leaving the “dropping” student without the alternative?  What is long term impact on classroom scheduling?  What about the financial “disincentive” to make a drop/add change since currently a student would lose a certain percent of original fees and be charged for added class?

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