Transcript PEMSA Division Meeting Spring/Summer 2013 June 4, 2013 Lori Varlotta Senior Vice President for Planning, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.

PEMSA Division Meeting
Spring/Summer 2013
June 4, 2013
Lori Varlotta
Senior Vice President for Planning, Enrollment
Management and Student Affairs
Overview
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Division Personnel Changes
Smoke & Tobacco Free Campus Initiative
Budget & Enrollment Update
University Strategic Plan
Graduation Initiative Update
GE, GR and Financial Aid Policy Update
Union/WELL Expansion Update
Division Personnel Changes
Personnel Changes
• Beth Merritt-Miller, Director of Academic
Advising and Career Center, is leaving in early
June to assume the position of Assistant Vice
Provost for University Advising at Cal Poly SLO.
• Kathryn Palmieri, Associate Director,
Academic Advising Center, is leaving in early
June to assume the position of Dean of
Academic Support Services and Director of
Drahmann Advising and Tutoring Center at
Santa Clara University.
Introduction: Dave Evans
To assist in the
transition of Academic
Advising and Career
Center leadership,
Dave Evans is joining
our team as Interim
Assistant Vice
President for Student
Engagement and
Success.
Dave Evans (cont.)
Dave was formerly Chair of the Geology
Department here and spent the last year as an
ACE fellow at the University of Nevada, Reno.
He will be overseeing Academic Advising, the
Career Center, Orientation and Guardian
Scholars for the year while recruitment plans
are made.
Personnel Changes (cont.)
Alan Haslam, Coordinator of
Communication for the Division, will be
leaving at the end of July for a full-time faculty
position in the English Department at Diablo
Valley College in Pleasant Hill.
Smoke & Tobacco-Free Campus
Initiative
Smoke & Tobacco Free Campus
Initiative
Over the past year, a cross-divisional Campus
Tobacco Policy Task Force has been working to
determine the feasibility and impact of making
Sac State a smoke and tobacco free campus.
Task Force representatives included members
from PEMSA (Housing, Health Center, Student
Conduct), ASI, Faculty Senate, HR, University
Police, and Sac County Health and Human
Services.
Smoke & Tobacco Free Campus
Initiative (cont.)
The Task Force recently submitted a
recommendation to the President that Sac
State adopt such a policy for Fall 2014.
The President has indicated an inclination to
support restrictions for campus smoking and
tobacco use, and details regarding his
decision are forthcoming.
Budget & Enrollment Update
Budget Update
PEMSA submitted its budget materials and requests to
the University Budget Advisory Committee (UBAC) in
early April. The President is currently in the process of
reviewing UBAC’s recommendations.
Although the University budget has yet to be finalized,
it is very unlikely that the University or the Division will
see budget cuts this year.
There has been discussion of small baseline allocation
increases to most divisions.
Enrollment Update
Sacramento State has been given clearance from
the Chancellor’s Office to come in at 5% over
target for Fall 2013.
Our enrollment target for AY 2013-14 is 1.2%
higher than last year. This equates to a student
head count of 28,621 or roughly 23,185 FTE.
Since there are more students at Sac State in the
Fall than in the Spring, we’re aiming for a
headcount of about 29,000 in the Fall.
University Strategic Plan
University Strategic Plan
The University is in the early stages of creating
a new strategic plan.
The President has convened a Strategic
Planning Committee representing various
areas of the campus community.
Members are listed on the following slide.
Strategic Planning Committee
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Janet Hecsh, Faculty Senate Chair
Tony Sheppard, Faculty Senate
Reza Peigahi, University Library
Elizabeth Strasser, Faculty (Anthropology)
Tracy Hamilton, Faculty (Math/Statistics)
Beth Lesen, AVP, Student Engagement & Success
Fred Baldini, Dean, Health and Human Services
Helen Norris, IRT
Sheree Meyer, Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Ed Inch, Dean, Arts and Letters
Graduation Initiative Update
Graduation Initiative
While the University Strategic Plan is in
development, the Graduation and Closing
the Achievement Gap Initiatives (GI/CTG)
will continue to be the guideposts for the
PEMSA Division’s strategic planning.
The following slides recap some of the
Division’s ongoing and planned programs,
services, and policies related to the GI/CTG.
Graduation Initiative (cont.)
One of the Division’s main strategies toward
addressing the goals of the GI/CTG is to scale
“what works” in the Division to the larger student
population.
Since “specialty programs” that offer intensive
advising, mentoring, and academic support
(tutoring, etc.) work for specific audiences, the
Division aims to expand such services to reach
more of the general student body.
Student Athlete Resource Center (SARC)
The SARC serves Sac State’s ~500 intercollegiate
student-athletes. The SARC has contributed to their
success:
• Student-athletes’ first-year retention rate (88%) is
higher than the overall student population (81%)
• In Fall 2012, student-athletes had a 2.94 average GPA
(overall undergrad GPA = 2.86)
• The Fall 2006-2007 freshman student-athlete cohort
had a 61% graduation rate (overall undergrad = 41%)
Educational Opportunity Program
(EOP)
EOP serves first-generation students from lowincome or traditionally underrepresented
backgrounds.
According to a 2012 OIR study, EOP participants
had slightly higher rates of retention than nonparticipants in both Spring and Fall 2011, in spite
of the fact that they had significantly lower
average HS GPAs and SAT scores than non-EOP
first-generation FTF students.
College Assistance Migrant Program
(CAMP)
CAMP supports 80 first-time freshmen per
year who are 99% Hispanic, 70% female,
100% first-generation, 99% eligible for
financial aid, 85% English Language Learners
(ELL) and 98% in need of remediation.
CAMP (cont.)
According to a 2012 study, the retention rate
for CAMP participants was significantly higher
than that of non-CAMP students with similar
backgrounds in Fall 2011 (92.6% vs. 82.3%).
In addition, the Fall 2011 average overall GPA
for CAMP participants was slightly higher
(2.73) than that of non-CAMP students (2.68).
CAMP (cont.)
Finally, the graduation rates of CAMP students
average around 40%.
This is slightly higher than the University
average for URM students not in a support
program.
Peer & Academic Resource Center
(PARC), Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Supplemental Instruction is a 1-unit support
course for students enrolled in historically
challenging general education (GE) courses
(e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Economics, History,
and more).
PARC, SI (cont.)
Student participants in the Supplemental
Instruction (SI) program conducted through
PARC have repeatedly earned better grades
than non-SI participants in the same or similar
GE courses.
Additionally, SI students outperformed nonparticipants in terms of the course passage
rate in numerous instances.
Orientation and Advising
• The mandatory first year orientation and
advising program has helped to bolster firstyear continuation rates by 8.5%.
• Since FYA’s inception in Fall 2006, the number
of students advised has increased by 37%
(1,600 to 2,600 per year).
• The mandatory second year advising
program for probation students has helped
to double the “good standing” rates for
students in the program.
Update: Policies Related to General
Education, Graduation
Requirements, and Time to Degree
Policy Update
In Fall 2012, we introduced the Division to
several policies that were under consideration
to help streamline GE and GR requirements
and reduce time to degree.
The following slides provide an update on
those policies. Unless otherwise noted, all
policies have been approved by the President
for implementation by Fall 2014.
General Education (GE) & Graduation
Requirement (GR) Policies
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Changes to GE/Major Overlap Rule: old
policy was no more than 9 units of
overlap; new policy is “unlimited”
overlap.
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B5 Lab options (B3): this allows GE
area B5 courses that have labs count for
GE area B3 lab requirement.
GE & GR Policies (cont.)
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Area D (Approved by Senate and
President, but may be revisited by
Senate):
• Reduction from 15 units to 12 units.
• American Institutions Requirement will still
be satisfied in Area D (up to 6 units).
GE & GR Policies (cont.)
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Area C (Approved by Senate;
Presidential approval pending): Current
four sub-areas will become two: C1
(Arts) and C2 (Humanities). All
courses currently in C1 World
Civilizations and C4 Further Studies
can ‘opt’ into the appropriate new subarea, i.e. C1 or C2.
GE & GR Policies (cont.)
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Foreign Language Requirement (FLR):
Last year, the campus considered
eliminating the FLR as a graduation
requirement. This recommendation was
not approved, and the FLR remains as
currently stated; however,
BS programs may now request
exemption from the FLR; about a dozen
have already done so and have been
approved.
GE & GR Policies (cont.)
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Beginning in Fall 2013, several courses
that fulfill the FLR also fulfill GE Area
C4, including: SPAN 1B, CHIN 1B, JAPN
1B, RUSS 1B, GERM 1B, ITAL
1B.
GE & GR Policies (cont.)
Reducing overall units needed for degree
• All degree programs requiring between 121
and 129 units have confirmed that they will
reduce to 120 by Fall 2014.
• All degree programs requiring 130+units
need to have reduction plans in place or
seek an exemption from the CO by January
2014.
The Student Transfer Achievement
Reform Act (SB 1440)
With the passage of SB 1440 (Sep 2010), the
California Community College System and the
CSU may collaborate to create 60 unit Associate
of Arts/Science (AA/AS) degree transfer
programs.
SB 1440 aims to streamline the transferability of
select CA Community College (CACC) degrees to
specific 4-year degrees at the CSU.
SB 1440 (cont.)
Sacramento State has approved 26 degree
programs as “similar degrees” for the purposes of
1440.
“Similar degrees” means that the BA or BS
degree can be completed in 60 units.
That means it will be easier for students to
transfer from select community college programs
into select Sac State programs and graduate in a
timely manner.
Recent Financial Aid Changes
Pell Grants (Federal)
The maximum time allowance for Pell Grant
awards was reduced. Starting in 2012-13, Pell
was is limited to 6 years of funding per student
(rather than 9).
The Sac State Financial Aid office estimates that
this change impacted ~1,800 students in 2012-13.
Note: 6 years is 600%, so a half-time student’s eligibility
would be calculated accordingly up to the 600%.
Recent FA Changes (cont.)
Cal Grants (State)
• General eligibility requirements have not
changed.
• Since 2011-12, awards are now prorated
based on units enrolled:
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12 (full time) = full award
9-11 (¾ time) = ¾ award
6-8 (half time) = ½ award
5 or less (less than half time) = not eligible
Recent FA Changes (cont.)
State University Grants (SUG)
As of 2013-14, a student’s lifetime eligibility for
SUG will have an earned unit cap based on the
number of units required to graduate in his/her
declared major (in general, eligibility is capped
out at 150 earned units).
• The Financial Aid Office estimates that
approximately 800 to 1,000 Sac State students
could be affected in 2013-14 based on this
year’s number of students exceeding 150 units.
SUG Changes (cont.)
As of Fall 2013, Students pursuing a 2nd
Bachelor's degree, 2nd Credential, or 2nd
Master's degree are not eligible to receive the
State University Grant.
Units not considered against total units earned include:
• Remedial coursework that does not carry credit toward
degree;
• Test Credit (AP, IP, etc.);
• Military Credit.
Course Repeat Policy
Federal financial aid policy regarding how repeated
course units count toward financial aid eligibility has
recently changed.
The units associated with a course a student has
already taken and passed can only count toward
financial aid eligibility one more time, regardless of
whether his or her major requires a higher grade.
Important note: in terms of this federal policy, a
passing grade is D- or higher, regardless of whether
a student’s major requires him or her to pass the
course with a grade of C or higher.
Course Repeat Policy Example
John T. Student is receiving federal financial
aid and carrying 12 units. He takes English 20
(3 units) in Spring 2013. He gets a D.
John tries English 20 again in Fall 2013, again
while carrying 12 units. English 20 counts
toward his federal financial aid eligibility in this
case. Unfortunately, this time, he gets an F
(he’s working too much).
Course Repeat Policy Example (cont.)
John tries English 20 again in Spring 2014. This
time, the class does not count toward his federal
financial aid eligibility. He’s taking 12 units, but
only 9 count for FA eligibility.
His financial aid will be prorated in this case and
his award might be reduced.
The bright side of this story is that John finally
passed English 20 that Spring.
Course Repeat Policy (cont.)
The relationship between financial aid and
course repeats is complex, and there are
situations in which required repeats (or
repeats with different course content) may
count toward financial aid eligibility.
If you or students you interact with have
questions about this new policy, refer to the
Course Repeat Update website or contact the
Financial Aid & Scholarships Office.
Course Repeat Policy (cont.)
Financial Aid Course Repeat Overview and
FAQ Page:
www.csus.edu/student/CourseRepeatUpdate/
Financial Aid & Scholarships Office:
Lassen Hall 1006
278-6082
[email protected]
Union/WELL Expansion
Union/WELL Expansion
The University is entering an exciting new
phase of development. Campus master
planning is underway and that includes some
opportunities for student-related facilities.
Some of these include potential new housing
projects, expansion of the Union and the
WELL, and the development of a Student
Events or Multi-Use Center.
Union/WELL Expansion (cont.)
The Union WELL Expansion Project is
currently in the organizational phase which
includes gathering committees, meeting with
financial consultants and architects, etc.
Union/WELL Expansion (cont.)
The project will soon enter the program
planning phase.
During this phase, various campus
stakeholders will meet and offer ideas on what
new programs and services are needed on
campus.
Union/WELL Expansion (cont.)
How will this be paid for?
An increase in the Union’s existing student fee
will be required if the expansion
occurs. University Union leaders will undertake
the alternative consultation process
throughout the summer and in early
September.
Union/WELL Expansion (cont.)
During the alternative consultation process,
the project team will meet with students and
other University members to gather their
feedback on potential programs, services, and
developments.
Thank you very much.