An Academic Model for SEM Student Success in an Urban Commuter Institution

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An Academic Model for SEM Student Success in an
Urban Commuter Institution
February 19, 2002
Connie Kubo Della-Piana, Evaluation
Director Benjamin Flores, MIE Project
Director Rosa Gomez, ACES Assistant
Director Helmut Knaust, Associate Dean
Support for this program was provided by the
National Science Foundation
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UTEP Student Population Profile (Fall 2001)

• 24 years of age (undergraduate average)
• 69 Hispanic (Mexican American)
• 82 from El Paso County
• 98 commuter
• 81 employed
• 54 first generation university students

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El Paso County Demographic DataCensus 2000
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Fall 2001 Enrollment

• 16,220 students
• 2,010 UG in Engineering
• 904 UG in Science
•   2,914 18 total enrollment

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UTEP SEM Students from 1994 to 2001
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UTEP Undergraduate Science Engineering Programs

• SCIENCE
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Geology
• Geophysics
• Microbiology
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Psychology

• ENGINEERING
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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UTEPs Academic Model for SEM Student Success
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CircLES SEM Entering Student Program

• Goal of the CircLES Program
• to increase the retention of SEM entering
  students via the implementation of learning
  communities in the freshman year
• Week long summer orientation
• Placement exams in Math and English
• Course clustering (Math, University Seminar,
  English Composition)
• Proactive advising and scheduling

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STRUCTURE
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
ORIENTATION
PEER LEADERSHIP
ADVISING
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ORIENTATION
CONNECTIONS
MATH REVIEW
LABORATORY/ DESIGN
COLLEGE SUCCESS SKILLS
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SCIENCE CHALLENGE
CAMPUS TOURS
SKILL SEMINARS
MATH REVIEW
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ADVISING
SCHEDULE BUILDING
ASSESSMENT
INTRUSIVE ADVISING
PERSONALIZED ADVISING
EXPANDING CONNECTIONS
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LEARNING COMMUNITIES
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PEER LEADERSHIP
PEER LEADERSHIP
FALL 2001 TEAM
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Fall 2001 Status of CircLES Peer Facilitators
(n97)
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CircLES First Semester Student Performance(Fall
2000)
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CircLES SEM Student Retention
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Anticipated Degrees Conferred (2001-2015)
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UTEP SEM Degrees Conferred to Minority Students
from 1993 to 2000
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Academic Center for Engineers and Scientists
(ACES)

• Goal
• To promote and support good study habits in a
  state-of-the-art environment for all SEM commuter
  students
• Classroom Complex
• Physical Sciences
• Biology and Environmental Science
• Mathematics

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ACES SERVICES SEM Tutoring Seminars and
Workshops Career Opportunities Graduate
School Recruiting
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ACES Average Student Usage Fall 2000/ Fall 2001
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Academic Center for Engineers and Scientists

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Center for Effective Teaching and Learning

• Goals
• To provide leadership in teaching excellence at
  UTEP and in the region
• To mentor new faculty and encourage senior
  faculty to stay focused on their teaching
• To support scholarship of teaching

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Faculty CETaL Workshop Attendance (1998-2001)
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LESSONS LEARNED

• Know that change hard work
• Review of organizational history
• Identify new roles and people for new challenges
• Identify innovators, champions, chairs and key
  senior faculty
• Communicate, coordinate make joint decisions
• Support and recognize
• Disseminate internally and market
• Assess, adapt and modify

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Support for this program was provided by the
National Science Foundation