Academic Success Workshop

Through a desire to create more equitable student outcomes, the Academic Success Workshop team used baseline post-intervention academic outcomes data and analysis to redesign the Standards of Academic Progress intervention for students placed on academic caution. When the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the workshop’s move to an online module, the team significantly increased assessment to improve academic outcomes and close identified equity gaps. Following a continuous improvement approach aligned with assessment and annual process improvement processes, the project expanded the college's understanding of the challenges students face by implementing a new survey to explore noncognitive life factors that impacted academic success. The online intervention was enhanced several times to better align with the data and feedback from students; outcomes show significant improvements and closing of all equity gaps.

Innovators

• Sharon Brennan, Counselor
• Scott Friedman, Dean, Student Engagement
• Dan Gaichas, Senior Research Analyst, Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness
• Maysa Jibawi, Academic Advisor
• Mary Paraskis, Academic Advisor
• Aminah Salah, Counselor