NonTraditional Student Retention

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Non-Traditional Student Retention

• Betsy Headrick
• Coordinator Teaching Learning Academy
• Betsy.headrick_at_chattanoogastate.edu
• 423-697-4756

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Contents

• Definitions
• Statistics
• Chattanooga State
• Online
• Questions

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Definitions

• Non-Traditional students are those who have
  population characteristics not normally
  associated with higher education students.
  ww.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/nontr
  aditionalstudents.htm
• Mature students
• Lower socio-economic backgrounds
• First generation undergraduates
• Ethnic minorities
• Gender groups in some areas (ie
  females/engineering)
• Students with disabilities
• Returning to college after a long break
• Part-time
• Works full time
• Single parent

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Definitions Cont.

• Minimally nontraditional
• 1 non traditional characteristic
• Moderately nontraditional
• 2 3 characteristics
• Highly nontraditional
• 4 characteristics
• http//nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2002/analyses/nont
  raditional/sa01.asp

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Statistics

• Fastest growing group
• in 1996, 40.9 were 25 years or older DiFiore,
  2003
• 2002 National Center for Education Statistics
  report nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid2
  002025.
• 73 of all undergraduate students enrolled
• 39 are 25 years old
• Florida Community College System (2001-02)
  http//www.fldoe.org/CC/OSAS/FastFacts/ff67.pdf
• 67 non-traditional were part-time
• 35 were 25 years old
• 23 received Pell grants
• 84 of total population had at least one
  Non-Traditional Characteristic

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Statistics
Percentage of undergraduates with nontraditional
characteristics 199293 and 19992000

SOURCE U.S. Department of Education, NCES.
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
(NPSAS2000).
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Statistics
Percentage distribution of undergraduates
according to their student status, by type of
institution 19992000

SOURCE U.S. Department of Education, NCES.
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
(NPSAS2000).
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Chattanooga State

• Career Counseling
• Math and Reading Writing Center
• RI 100 Course
• Virtual Services
• Bookstore
• Enrollment and Registration
• Advising, etc.
• Child Development Center
• Orientation (also Virtual)
• Adult Services Center
• Councilors on campus
• 1000 students enrolled in Tiger Web Site
  Required New Student
• Fully Online Degrees
• Virtual Dual Enrollment
• Synchronous courses

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Child Development Center
The Child Development Center is for Children of
students, faculty, staff and the community
between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years
old. Hours 730am to 530pm (M-F)
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New Student Orientation
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Adult Services Tiger Web Group
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Tiger Web Group - Announcements
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Tiger Web Group - Files
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Tiger Web Group Message Board
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Tiger Web Group Links
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Fully Online Degrees (Asynchronous)

• Complete virtual services
• On site and off site proctoring
• 24/7 help desk
• Net Tutor
• Online Student Orientation
• Student Handouts at Registration and/or
  Orientation

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Online Student Orientation
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Online Student Orientation
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(No Transcript)
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Student Handouts
Poster Flyer
Business Card Handout
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RODP Student Handouts
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Virtual Dual Enrollment
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Synchronous

• Desktop Video Conferencing
• Elluminate (eLive)
• Delivered from Classroom or Instructors Office
  to Multiple Sites
• Delivered from Classroom or Instructors Office
  to ANYWHERE.

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eLive Student Reference Guide
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Resources

• Allen, Betty A., Spring 2003, The Student in
  Higher Education Nontraditional Student
  Retention The Community Services CATALYST
  Volume XXIII, Number 2 (Spring 1993)
• Brown, Sherry Miller, 2002, Strategies that
  Contribute to nontraditional/Adult Student
  Development and Persistence, PAACE Journal of
  Lifelong Learning, Vol. 11, pp 67-76.
• DiFiore, L., 2003, Financial Aid Strategies for
  Non-Traditional Students, Part 1. What is a
  Non-Traditional Student?
• Hill, Christopher, editor, Strategies for
  Increasing Online Student retention and
  Satisfaction Faculty Focus Special report A
  Magna Publication.
• Analytic Quality Glossary Non-Traditional
  Students ww.qualityresearchinternational.com/glo
  ssary/nontraditionalstudents.htm
• IES national Center for Education Statistics
  Special Analysis 2002, Nontraditional
  Undergraduates http//nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/20
  02/analyses/nontraditional/sa01.asp
• U.S. Department of Education, NCES. National
  Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS2000).
• nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid2002025
• http//www.fldoe.org/CC/OSAS/FastFacts/ff67.pdf

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Non-Traditional Student Retention
Questions?

• Betsy Headrick
• Coordinator Teaching Learning Academy
• Betsy.headrick_at_chattanoogastate.edu
• 423-697-4756