Where Are They Now Division of Undergraduate Studies

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Where Are They Now?
Tracking DUS students at University Park
2001 Cohort
Eric White, Executive Director ERW2_at_PSU.EDU Wesley
P. Lipschultz, Senior Undergraduate Studies
Adviser WPL100_at_PSU.EDU Sharon Rider, Technical
Assistant SLR29_at_PSU.EDU Division of Undergraduate
Studies
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Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)

• Academic advising and enrollment unit for
  exploratory and transition students
• Enrolls 7000 students system-wide
• Enrolls 3000 at University Park (UP) alone,
  including 1500 new first-year students (FYS)
• Typically largest enrollment unit for Penn State
  FYS

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How These Data Were Extracted, Analyzed, and
Presented

• A Data Warehouse query was written to extract the
  IDs for students admitted to or transferring into
  DUS for the cohort (calendar year) being tracked.
• A computer program was written to print a
  transcript for each ID extracted.
• Support staff culled data by hand from each
  transcript and entered the data into tables.
• An adviser/administrator used the tables to
  create the graphs and calculate the percentages
  and numbers used in this PowerPoint.

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What We Did and WhyFormal Factors in the Study

• DUS subgroups examined
• Cohorts from several years
• University Park only
• FYS students admitted to DUS
• Transfers into DUS
• Colleges of origin

• Outcomes measured
• Graduation rates
• Retention
• Attrition
• Colleges of graduation
• Stability of decisions
• Time spent in DUS
• Cross-group comparisons
• The economy of retention

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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, 20015-year Graduation
Rate 80.0
N 1503 Status as of Spring 2007
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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, 2000 vs. 20015-Year
Graduation Rates
Admitted 2000
Admitted 2001
Note the snapshot for these two cohorts was
taken at the same time, spring 2007, so the extra
year afforded the 2000 cohort may be a factor in
the slight differences between these groups
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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, 2001Graduation/Retention
/Attrition
N 1503 Status as of Spring 2007
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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, 2001Colleges of
Graduation
(1.5)
(2.8)
(30.6)
(11.2)
(1.1)
(5.3)
(3.2)
(13.5)
(1.5)
(24.4)
(4.0)
(0.8)
N1237 Status as of Spring 2007
NOTE 35 students completed more than one major,
so there actually were 1202 graduates
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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, 2001Percent Changing
College of EnrollmentAfter Moving Out of DUS
Status as of Spring 2007 N1202
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FYS Admitted to DUS, UP, Fall, 1990-1998Average
Number of Semesters Spent in DUS
Note beginning in about the 1998-99 academic
year, DUS began accepting the Smeal overflow
students, who were mandated to remain in DUS
through the end of their sophomore year for a
Smeal goal. Because this significant subgroup of
students would skew the data presented here, 1998
is the last cohort included.
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 2.00 CGPA5-Year
Graduation Rate 82.0
N 222 Status as of Spring 2007
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 2.00
CGPAGraduation/Retention/Attrition
N 222 Status as of Spring 2007
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 2.00 CGPAPercent
Changing College of EnrollmentAfter Moving Out
of DUS
Status as of Spring 2007 N182
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FYS vs. Transfers to DUS, UP, 2001Comparison of
Time to Graduation
FYS (graduation 80.0)
Transfers in gt C (graduation 82.0)
Status as of Spring 2007
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 lt2.00 CGPA5-Year
Graduation Rate 47.6
N 105 Status as of Spring 2007
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 lt2.00
CGPAGraduation/Retention/Attrition
N 105 Status as of Spring 2007
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 lt2.00 CGPAPercent
Changing College of EnrollmentAfter Moving Out
of DUS
Status as of Spring 2007 N50
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Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001 lt2.00 CGPACredits
vs. 5-Year Graduation Rates
N 105 Status as of Spring 2007
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All Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001Colleges of
Origin
(3.0)
(4.6)
(5.2)
(6.1)
(0.6)
(2.1)
(28.4)
(5.5)
(6.1)
(7.0)
(15.9)
(5.2)
(10.4)
Note total percentage is equal to 100.1
because of rounding error
N 328 Other reinstatements, advanced
standing, etc.
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All Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001Colleges of
Graduation
(1.7)
(47.5)
(7.6)
(1.3)
(1.3)
(0.8)
(9.3)
(6.4)
(19.1)
(5.1)
Note total percentage is equal to 100.1
because of rounding error
N 236 (4 students had more than one
major) Status as of Spring 2007
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The Economy ofAdvising and Retention Efforts
105 Transfers into DUS, UP, 2001, less than C
average
Consideration I One Semester of Retention
REVENUE, one semester (105 X 6,140 in-state
tuition ) 644,700
Consideration II Average Three Semesters of
Retention REVENUE, three
semesters (105 X 6,140 in-state tuition X 3)
1,934,100
Note this is an EXTREMELY conservative estimate.
If one factors in room, board, auxiliary
expenses, and some portion of out-of-state
tuition, the actual revenue generated is most
likely hundreds of thousands of dollars more per
semester
Fall 2007 dollars