1. Office of the Registrar Degree Audit STARS Project

2. Overview Background Definition Degree Audit Demonstration Assessment Future Enhancements Question & Answer

3. Background Academic History Project 2002-2006 Student Success Measures 2006 Degree Audit Task Force 2006

4. Retention Comparison by Institution Type: All Students Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange, National study of first-time, full-time freshmen entering college in fall of 1996 based on 318,043 students at 360 institutions. (percentage of students retained)

5. Graduation Comparison: All Students Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange, National study of first-time, full-time freshmen entering college in fall of 1996 based on 318,043 students at 360 institutions.

6. Definition What is a Degree Audit? Detailed outline of the academic requirements of a program Real-time analysis of a student’s progress towards degree completion Interactive academic advising tool Graduation audit tool

7. Degree Audit Process Programs are made up of areas of requirements: –General – GPA, minimum credits, effective terms –General Education –Major –Concentration –Minor –Electives Areas are used to define the specific requirements of each program. nn

8. General Education Within the General Education area, we identify the courses for competency, group and exposure requirements. Requirements can be met by a course, course attribute, or a non-course attribute like a competency test –ENG 1020 –BC –EQE

9. Audit of Current Gen Ed Students who request to withdraw from classes will be assigned one of the three following grades: WPWithdrawal Passing WF Withdrawal Failing WNWithdrawal Never Attended, or no Graded Work to Date Beginning 5th week of the term Notations do not affect GPA

10. New Gen Ed Audit

11. Assessment Program requirements are clearly stated Real-time compliance report Audit shows how completed and in-progress courses apply to program Web self-service for advisors and students Includes “what if” analysis feature to explore program options

12. Future Enhancements Future course planning Forecast course schedule requirements Request substitutions and waivers Links to course scheduling

13. Q & A? Gayle Reynolds greynolds@wayne.edu (7-9051) Robert Berman rberman@wayne.edurberman@wayne.edu (7-7891)