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Major Pressure

• Kate McDaniel
• Larissa Murakami
• Marc Pollack
• Alexander Tcholakov

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Background Story

• History
• Low Four Year Graduation Rate

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Time-to-Degree
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Background Story

• History
• Low Four Year Graduation Rate
• College of Agricultural Environmental Sciences
  Exploratory Program
• Projected Admitted
• 2006-07 552 students
• 2007-08 3,200 students
• Is there a correlation?
• Is there a need for improvement?

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Our Charge

• Compare and contrast programs
• -- Agricultural Environmental Sciences (AES)
• -- Letters and Sciences (LS)
• Assess the effectiveness of current models
• Recommend changes

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Majors and Advising Study

• Focus Groups Interviews
• 5 University Representatives
• Long Survey of Student Population
• 650 online 122 paper responses 772 total
• Quick SARI Survey
• 3,530 responses
• Facebook Group
• 102 Major Pressure members

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Breakdown of Long Survey Responses(772 total)
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Breakdown of SARI Survey Responses(3,530 total)
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Our Charge

• Compare and contrast programs
• -- Agricultural Environmental Sciences (AES)
• -- Letters and Sciences (LS)
• Assess the effectiveness of current models
• Recommend changes

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Comparing theUndeclared Programs
Our Goal
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Undeclared/Exploratory
Letters and Sciences Undeclared
Academic Explorations Program General
Undeclared Program Career Discovery
Program
Divided into different majors Fine Arts
Humanities Social Sciences Physical
Sciences Academic Options Program
Apply to a specific college Declare at 90
units Encouraged to see an advisor
A Unified Undeclared Experience
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Our Charge

• Compare and contrast programs
• -- Agricultural Environmental Sciences (AES)
• -- Letters and Sciences (LS)
• Assess the effectiveness of current models
• Recommend changes

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Undeclared Graduate in Four?
Do you think you will be able to graduate in four
years?
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Undeclared Reason for Decision?
Why did you choose this Undeclared Program?
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Undeclared Frequency of Advising
How often do you actively engage with your
advising staff?
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Our Charge

• Compare and contrast programs
• -- Agricultural Environmental Sciences (AES)
• -- Letters and Sciences (LS)
• Assess the effectiveness of current models
• Recommend changes

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SARI Responses (for AES)
Options to Improve Advising Preference
Assigned Advisor 66
Mandatory Appointment 48
Special Class 41
Majors Fair 36
Undeclared College 18
Workshops 14
Summer Program 12
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Recommendations for the Future

• Conclusions
• Not all undeclared programs are equal
• Decentralized advising

• Short Term
• Coordinate resources
• An Undeclared website
• Assigned Advisor
• Mandatory Appointment

• Long Term
• Fourth year project
• 195 students interested in a focus group
• One undeclared program

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University Goal
A Unified Undeclared Experience
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Thank you and Credits

• JoAnn Baca . Academic Counselor
• Jan Hatch .Academic Counselor
• Cris Brevik .... Student Affairs Officer of
  HACS
• Diane Ullman .. Associate Dean of CAES
• Fred Wood ... Interim Vice Provost
• Kathy Davis . SARI Analyst

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Special Thanks Carrie Devine Ann Orel