1. Quality Enhancement Plan Action Item 1

2. Liberal Arts in University Life  Piloted Fall, 2003 ◦ 3 hour course ◦ Optional (183 students enrolled) Purpose: to promote appreciation for the liberal arts.

3.  LART 1000 – 1 hour ◦ Mandatory for all students who enter with fewer than 12 hours ◦ Included in requirements for all baccalaureate degree programs ◦ Purpose: assist students in making the transition from high school to university expectations

4.  APSU 1000—Full-Time Students  85% who were enrolled returned for spring;  59.1% who were not enrolled returned for spring  17.3% earned a GPA of 3.5 or above  APSU 1000—Part-Time Students  71.3% of those enrolled returned  21.4% of those not enrolled returned

5.  Knowledge of campus—location of classes and services provided  Common syllabus and text (created by freshman course committee)  Retained focus on liberal arts: Allegory of the Cave, Cultural events  Incorporated student success topics, LILT, academic advising, journal writing  Each section met two days each week

6. APSU 1000 Space issues forced reduction to one day each week  Freshman Orientation added—APSU began meeting during 3-day orientation  Greater focus on student success  Differentiated sections (Hand Village Learning Communities, Honors sections)

7.  More discipline specific sections  Special sections for conditionally admitted students  Less reliance on outside text  More involvement of full-time faculty

8.  Require all first-time, full-time freshmen to pass a 1 credit hour course  Transfer the administration of the course to Academic Support (from provost’s office)  Provide annual training for all who teach the first-year course including those who taught it previously.

9.  Annually review the syllabus for the first-year course to determine whether it needs to be modify in light of student evaluations of the course.  Appoint a committee of faculty to monitor the quality of the first-hear course by assessing its effectiveness annually.

10.  Direction of course—centralized or college- based  Involvement of full-time faculty  Content