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Promoting Faculty Involvement in Student Retention Presented by Joe Cuseo

Promoting Faculty Involvement in Student Retention Presented by Joe Cuseo. Introduction. Dr. Joe Cuseo Professor of Psychology Marymount College. Three Key Questions. 1. The Why of It * Why is faculty involvement in retention important ?

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Promoting Faculty Involvement in Student Retention Presented by Joe Cuseo

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  1. Promoting Faculty Involvement in Student Retention Presented byJoe Cuseo

  2. Introduction • Dr. Joe Cuseo • Professor of Psychology • Marymount College

  3. Three Key Questions 1. The Why of It * Why is faculty involvement in retention important? * Why is faculty involvement in retention lacking? 2. The What of It * What forms of faculty involvement are likely to have the greatest impact on student retention? 3.The How of It * How can faculty be educated and motivated to become involved in student retention initiatives?

  4. The Why of It • Why is Faculty Involvement Important? • Why is Faculty Involvement Lacking?

  5. Potential Positive Outcomes of Faculty Involvement * Student retention/persistence to graduation * Academic achievement/performance * Critical thinking * Personal and intellectual development * Educational aspirations * Satisfaction with faculty * College satisfaction * Perceptions of college quality (Sources: Astin, 1977, 1993; Kuh, 1991, 1995; Kuh et al., 1991, 1994; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991, 2005; Tinto, 1993).

  6. Probable Causes for Lack of Faculty Involvement * Lack of Preparation in Graduate School * Lack of Orientation upon Entering the Professoriate * Lack of Professional Development * Lack of Professional Recognition & Reward

  7. The What of It • What forms of faculty involvement have the greatest impact on student retention? • Faculty Use of Active & Interactive Pedagogy in the Classroom • Faculty Use of Success-Promoting Teaching & Grading Practices

  8. Faculty-Student Contact Outside the Classroom Examples * Student-centered academic advising (versus perfunctory course scheduling) * Faculty participation in new-student orientation by leading small-group discussions relating to summer reading or short reading given during orientation. * Faculty interaction with students at a reception following new-student convocation to provide students with information about their disciplines and careers related to their disciplines. * Faculty mentors or coaches for first-year students.

  9. Examples * Faculty sponsors/moderators of student clubs or organizations. * Faculty sponsors of departmental clubs for new students interested in or majoring in their field. * Faculty sponsor service-learning experiences for students in areas relating to their academic discipline. * Faculty members visit student residences to conduct small-group discussions relating to course content, test-review sessions, tutoring, or academic advising.

  10. Examples * Faculty make themselves available as interviewees for new students. For example, students interview a faculty member in their major or a potential field of interest as an assignment in their first-year experience course. * Faculty-student contact on college committees, taskforces, or councils (e.g., student retention committee, student retention advisory council, or student involvement taskforce). * Faculty-student research teams (e.g., student research assistants whose work culminates in a product for use as a senior honors thesis; joint conference presentation with a faculty member, or professional publication co-authored with a faculty member).

  11. The How of It: How can faculty be educated and motivated to become involved in student retention initiatives?

  12. Involvement & Support of High-Level Administrators * Public Comments & Communiqués * Visible Presence at Retention-Related Meetings & Events * Provision of Retention-Related Resources

  13. Formal Organizational Structures & Functions * Designated Retention Task Force or Standing Committee * Designated Retention Director or Coordinator

  14. Intentional Faculty-Involvement Programs & Policies * Faculty Recognition & Awards * Faculty Incentives & Rewards

  15. Next Steps • Faculty Recruitment & Selection • New-Faculty Orientation • Faculty Development • Faculty Evaluation • Faculty Recognition & Reward

  16. Resources • Boyer, E. L. (1991). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. • Cuseo J. (2007). Promoting faculty involvement in first-year experience programs and student success initiatives. Unpublished document, available by request. (Contact Joe Cuseo: jcuseo@earthlink.net)  • Cuseo, J. (2008). Got faculty? Promoting faculty involvement in FYE programs and initiatives. ESource for College Transitions (electronic newsletter published by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience), 6 (2), pp. 3-5. • Cuseo, J. (2009). Got faculty? Promoting faculty involvement in FYE programs and initiatives, Part II.. ESource for College Transitions (electronic newsletter published by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience), 6 (3), pp. 3-4, 6.   • Cuseo, J. (2009). The faculty portfolio: A vehicle for stimulating student-centered, mission-driven faculty behavior. Unpublished document, available by request. (Contact Joe Cuseo: jcuseo@earthlink.net) • O'Meara, K., & Rice, R. E. (2006). Faculty priorities reconsidered: Rewarding multiple forms of scholarship. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

  17. Contact Information • Thank you • jcuseo@earthlink.net

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