Karla Sanders & Kimberlie MoockCo-chairs, Committee on Retention Efforts

(CORE)

Selectivity Type First to Second Year Retention

6-Year Graduation Rates

Highly Selective (Top 10%; ACT 25-30)

95% 86%

Selective (Top 25%; ACT 21-26)

81.6% 60.5%

Traditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24)

69.3% 43.9%

Liberal Selective (Bottom 50%; ACT 17-22)

62.4% 38.5%

Open (No %; ACT 16-21 67.3% 36.8%

ALL Master’s Granting Public

71.1% 44.4%

Institutional Characteristics

6 Year GradEIU

6 Year GradNat’l*

(+/-) Fresh to Soph

Retention EIU

Fre to Soph

Retention National*

(+/-)

All Public Master’s Granting

59%+ 43.9% +15.1% 79% 71.1% +9.3%

Traditional Selectivity Public **

59% 44.4% +14.7% 79% 69.3% +9.7%

*Source: ACT Institutional Data File, 2012** Defined as mean entering cohort ACT of 18-24+For Fall 2005 entering class

 

National Retention

RateIL Public

Retention Difference

National Graduation

RateIL Public

Graduation DifferenceTraditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24) 69.30% EIU 79% 9.70% 43.90% EIU 59% 15.10%Highly Selective (Top 10%; ACT 25-30) 95% UI-UC 93% -2% 86%

UI-UC 82% -4%

Selective (Top 25%; ACT 21-26) 81.60% ISU 85% 3.60% 60.50% ISU 71% 10.50%Selective (Top 25%; ACT 21-26) 81.60% UI-Ch 79% -2.60% 60.50% UI-Ch 54% -6.50%

Traditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24) 69.30% NIU 71% 1.70% 43.90% NIU 56% 12.10%

Traditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24) 69.30% WIU 71% 1.70% 43.90% WIU 53% 9.10%

Traditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24) 69.30% SIU-C 66% -3.30% 43.90%

SIU-C 45% 1.10%

Traditional Selective (Top 50%; ACT 18-24) 69.30% SIU-E 70% -0.70% 43.90% SIU-E 52% 8.10%

Time to Degree

GraduationFirst Year To Second Year

2011

All First-Time 79%Minority First-Time 76%First Generation 78%Zero EFC* 74%

First-time Cohort Rate 2011Six Year 59%Five Year 54%Four Year 32%MinoritySix Year 45%Five Year 40%Four Year 17%First GenerationSix Year 56%Five Year 50%Four Year 27%

Retention

All First-Time Students2007 4.422011 4.79

78% of our students rely on financial aid 6%

48.65% of our students are first-generation 7.65%

45.8% of the entering class are transfer students 6.8%

21.7% of our students are an ethnic minority 8% 20% of the entering freshman class were admitted through a special

admission program 11%

69.3%79%

85%

43.9%59%

70%

Retention

Graduation

Academic preparation—especially reading Academic success at EIU Undeclared or uncertain about major Financial insecurity Minority students—especially males Transfers in first semester Special admission populations Date of enrollment & delay in registration

each subsequent semester Lack of connection within and outside of

courses

Intentional referrals with follow-up; EAS Develop a plan to intervene with non-registered

students Intentional use of intro courses for major and

career choices Academic support plan for high D/F courses Mentoring structures for high-risk students Individual connections—aiding in changing major,

determining major/career fit Early feedback in courses with graded

assignments Submit midterm grades

Graduation Rates: National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/

National Retention and Graduation Benchmarks & Selectivity: ACT Institutional Data File, http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/retain_2010.pdf

EIU Retention and Graduation Rates: Planning and Institutional Studies, http://castle.eiu.edu/~planning/