Expansion of current minority enrollment and retention programs at the College of Arts and Science and Business Administration, including targeted Latino/a freshman events and learning communities.
Institution:
Kansas State University
Academic Level:
Baccalaureate
Issue Area:
Academic Program
Year:
2009
Designation:
SEMILLAS
Key Personnel:
Holmes, JohnElla
Address:
College of Arts and Sciences
City:
Manhattan
State:
KS
Zip:
66506 Goal/Mission:
- Improve retention rate of first-year Hispanic students by 15%.
- Reduce the number of Hispanic students on academic warning by 20%.
- Improve the graduation rates of 4th-7th year students by 10% each year.
Outcome:
The Office of Diversity and Dual Career has created university-wide committees and programs and has also secured funding to support them. Overall retention rate of the Semillas de Excelencia program was 86%. Thirty percent of the participants earned GPAs of 3.0 or better and 74% of the participants maintained a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above. The cohort of Business Administration students was smaller which allowed for more personal contact and relationship building between mentors and students. The result was that 93% of the participants earned cumulative GPAs of 2.0 or above and 46% ended with cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or better.
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