Statement of Activities
Title III grant activities are all directly linked with Millikin's institutional objectives. Guidelines for the administration of the grant are outlined in the Title III Grant Policies and Procedures Manual (PDF). Specific goals for each year of the grant are noted below. With the approval of the grantor, several goals were updated in late 2005 to more accurately address changing university realities.
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| Goal |
Achieved
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| YEAR ONE (October 2002 - September 2003) |
| 1. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention from 79% to 80%. |
83.2% 
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| 2. Increase six-year graduation rate from 61% to 62%. |
61.0%
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| 3. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for Exploratory Studies students and other at-risk students to 80%. |
81.0%
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4a. A subgroup of students will use self-guided tools for successful development of an Individual Plan of Study pilot.
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Piloting showed IPOS plan not workable. Goal revised for years 2-5 (see below).
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| 4b. Online registration for seniors will begin. |
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| 5. Improve scores on the NSSE survey for Quality of Academic Advising by 0.10 from 2.71 for first-year students and from 2.79 for seniors for 2002. |
1st-year +0.26 (2.97)
Seniors -0.02 (2.77)
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| 6a. A percentage of faculty members yet to be determined will either have an advising load that falls within a range defined in the Policies and Procedures manual, or 6b. Further study revealed advising loads need to be reviewed at the departmental level. |
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| 6b. Faculty receive compensation or release time for non-standard advising loads. Faculty committee decided compensation or release time was not advisable. |
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| 7a. A larger group of new faculty will be fully conversant with the MPSL by the end of their first year of service. |
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| 7b. A larger group of new faculty will be fully conversant with student service resources by the end of their first year of service. |
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YEAR TWO (October 2003 - September 2004) |
| 1. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention by one percentage point over previous year. |
-3.2% (to 80%)
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| 2. Increase six-year graduation rate by one percentage points over previous year. |
-1.0% (to 60%)
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| 3. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for Exploratory Students and other at-risk students by one percentage point over previous year. |
+2.0% (to 83%)
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| 4a. Improve at least one departmental website as a user-friendly source for departmental learning goals. |
1 website fully updated
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| 4b. Juniors will be added to the subset of students using online registration. |
-All students added
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| 5. Improve scores on the NSSE survey for Quality of Academic Advising by 0.10 for both first-year students and seniors. |
NSSE was not administered for one year
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| 6. Develop "Advising as Teaching" model and include evaluation of advising as part of promotion and tenure requirements. |
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| 7a. All new faculty will be fully conversant with the MPSL by the end of their first year of service. |
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| 7b. All new faculty will be fully conversant with student service resources by the end of their first year of service. |
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YEAR THREE (October 2004 - September 2005) |
| 1. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention by one percentage point over previous year. |
-2.0% (to 78%)
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| 2. Increase six-year graduation rate by one percentage points over previous year. |
+ 1.4% (to 61.4%)
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| 3. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for Exploratory Students and other at-risk students by one percentage point over previous year. |
-12% (to 71%)
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| 4a. Improve at least five more websites as user-friendly sources for departmental learning goals. |
8 websites fully updated
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| 4b. Pilot online degree audits for students to increase their responsibility for their own education. |
Seniors given access to online degree audits
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| 5. Improve scores on the NSSE survey for Quality of Academic Advising by 0.10 for both first-year students and seniors. |
-1st-year +0.20 (to 3.17)
Seniors +0.20 (to 2.97)
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| 6. Develop "Advising as Teaching" model and include evaluation of advising as part of promotion and tenure requirements. |
Goals met in early 2004
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| 7a. All new faculty will be fully conversant with the MPSL by the end of their first year of service. |
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| 7b. All new faculty will be fully conversant with student service resources by the end of their first year of service. |
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YEAR FOUR (October 2005 - September 2006) |
| 1. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention by one percentage point over previous year. |
+2.0% (to 80%)-
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| 2. Increase six-year graduation rate by one percentage points over previous year. |
-+ 0.6% (to 62%)
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| 3. Increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for Exploratory Students and other at-risk students by one percentage point over previous year. |
--8% (to 63%)
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| 4a. Improve at least five more websites as user-friendly sources for departmental learning goals. |
5 websites fully updated -
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| 4b. Make online degree audits available for all students to increase their responsibility for their own education. |
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| 5. Improve scores on the NSSE survey for Quality of Academic Advising by 0.10 for both first-year students and seniors. |
--1st-year -0.11 (to 3.06)
Seniors +0.07 (to 3.04)
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| 6. Develop "Advising as Teaching" model and include evaluation of advising as part of promotion and tenure requirements. |
Goals met in early 2004
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| 7a. All new faculty will be fully conversant with the MPSL by the end of their first year of service. |
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| 7b. All new faculty will be fully conversant with student service resources by the end of their first year of service. |
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YEAR FIVE (October 2006 - September 2007) |
| 1. Maintain or increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate to 83%. |
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| 2. Maintain or increase six-year graduation rate to 70%. |
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| 3. Maintain or increase freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for Exploratory Students and other at-risk students to 83%. |
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| 4a. Improve at least five more websites as user-friendly sources for departmental learning goals. |
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| 4b. Maintain online degree audits for all students to increase their responsibility for their own education. |
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| 5. Maintain scores on the NSSE survey for Quality of Academic Advising at 3.11 for first-year students and 3.09 for seniors, or improve them to this level. |
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| 6. Develop "Advising as Teaching" model and include evaluation of advising as part of promotion and tenure requirements. |
Goals met in early 2004 -
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| 7a. All new faculty will be fully conversant with the MPSL by the end of their first year of service. |
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| 7b. All new faculty will be fully conversant with student service resources by the end of their first year of service. |
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