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First Year Experience ( FYE ) for Faculty

First Year Experience ( FYE ) for Faculty. What is the FYE?. New collaboration among Student Affairs and academic staff to provide support for improving freshman student success and retention. FYE Faculty Working Group. FYE Faculty Working Group 2013-2014. f yefaculty.ucmerced.edu.

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First Year Experience ( FYE ) for Faculty

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  1. First Year Experience (FYE) for Faculty

  2. What is the FYE? • New collaboration among Student Affairs and academic staff to provide support for improving freshman student success and retention

  3. FYE Faculty Working Group

  4. FYE Faculty Working Group 2013-2014

  5. fyefaculty.ucmerced.edu

  6. Did you know? • Half of our freshmen are passing their classes at midterm. • How can we reach the other half? • Most students spend only 1/3 of the recommended time studying… • Want to change this? Faculty can help.

  7. predictor of academic success For many students, the strongest predictor of academic success is • faculty contact • class attendance

  8. Statisticshttp://ipa.ucmerced.edu/student.htm

  9. UC Merced First-Year Retention Rates UC Average = 92% Source: UC Merced data from IPA UC Average from statfinder.ucop.edu

  10. Freshman Demographics* • A language other than English spoken at home: 63% • First-generation college student: 69% • Low income (eligible for Pell Grants): 62% *these demographics are unique to our campus, as compared to other UC campuses, and are not meant to imply causation or correlation with low mid-semester scores. Source: UC Merced IPA 2013 data

  11. Student Perceptions of Their Academic Skills and Preparation • Are ambitious and have been successful to get here. • 64% intend to earn a Masters or Doctoral degree • 91% expect to get B’s or higher this year • Want support • 89% indicated that it was important or very important for the “institution to provide support to help you academically succeed” According to BCSSNE2012, University of California Merced

  12. Student Perceptions and Student Actual Experience • Typically ~50% of our freshmen are earning at least one grade of D+ or lower at mid-semester each fall. Source: E. Boretz, Director of the Calvin E. Bright Success Center

  13. Freshman Preparedness Faculty can help According to BCSSNE2012, University of California Merced

  14. Student Self Reported Time Spent on Activities • Respondents to the 2012 University of California Undergraduate Experience student survey reported spending the most hours per week, on average, at the following activities: • Attending class/lab 17 hours* • Studying/doing homework 13 hours • Using computer or smart phone (non-academic) 12 hours • Socializing with friends 10 hours Mean calculate from : 0=0, 1-5=4, 6-10=14, 11-15=28, 16-20=27, 21-25=15, 26-30=7, 30+=6

  15. How are first year students using their time in comparison to their expectations prior to arriving at the University?

  16. Potential AY14-15 Themes • Teamwork: • Collaborating successfully • Providing and receiving constructive feedback • The SATAL (Students Assessing Teaching and Learning) provide workshops covering both of these topics. • See the details at http://crte.ucmerced.edu/satal/satal-workshops

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