University of Minnesota, Morris
Campus Resources and Planning Committee
October 12, 2004
Members Present: Andy Lopez,
Mark Fohl, Jim Carlson, Sara Haugen, Sharon VanEps,
Isaac
Linehan-Clodfelter, Matt Croaston, Cassie McMahon, Tim Brooks,
LeAnn
Dean, Arne Kildegaard, Bryan Herrmann, Sarah Mattson
Guests: Leslie
Meek, Fritz Schwaller, Sandy Olson-Loy
(In these minutes: Classroom Climate Report, Report on
Early Alert Pilot)
A joint meeting with the
Consultative Committee will be held on Tuesday, October 26 at 8:00 a.m. in the
Behmler Conference Room.
Fritz Schwaller reported that
there was concern expressed by students of color regarding some faculty that
were using practices they should not have been using and were not aware of
it. He and Sandy Olson-Loy put
together a task force to look at the issues. The task force proposed to the Faculty Development Committee
and the Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning that the 2004
Fall Faculty Retreat address issues of classroom climate for students of
color. The task force also
had two additional recommendations:
1) that language about diversity be added to the universityıs Mission
Statement, and 2) the establishment of a full-time position of Coordinator of
Diversity and Equity Programs.
Schwaller distributed a proposal from the task force regarding the
mission statement. Lopez asked the
committee members if they wanted to revise the statement or have the senior
leadership team do it.
Kildegaard said he was not at all possessive about the statement and
would be happy to look at proposals from the leadership team. He also asked about the timetable
for the position. Olson-Loy said
they need a sense from CRPC and the campus about when this position should be
opened up. Herrmann asked who this
person would report to. Schwaller
said there would be dual reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
and the Vice Chancellor or Academic Affairs and Dean. Lopez added that the fall retreat was very well done
and that he agrees with the priorities mentioned. He expressed concern about how this position would integrate
into our existing programs. He
added that at some point the mission statement will become an agenda item.
Leslie Meek reported that as
of 10/8/04, 31 faculty had participated in Early Alert (15 from Humanities; 9
from Science & Math; 6 from Social Science; and 1 non-faculty from AAC);
and 83 early alerts were received by the committee (this includes multiple
alerts for some students).
As of 8/17, 135 faculty were
hired (both full and part time).
This means that 23% of faculty participated in Early Alert during the
first semester (15/43 in Humanities = 35%; 9/39 in Science and Math = 23%; 6/39
in Social Science = 15%; 1/14 in Education = 7%).
A database was created using
information from:
-
Scholastic Committee
(SC) probation
-
SC successfully appealed
suspension
-
Conditional Admits
-
SAP Probation (SAP =
Federal Financial Aid Academic Guidelines)
-
SAP successfully
appealed suspension
-
SAP suspension
The above criteria were used
as flagsı.
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If a student had two of
the above flags, the advisor received an early alert notice.
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If a student had one of
the above flags and an instructor sent in an early alert about them, then the
advisor also received a notice.
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If a student received 2
early alerts from an instructor, the advisor received a notice.
-
For this semester, since
relatively few faculty participated, if a student received only one early alert
and had no other flags, the advisor was notified.
(Note 1: Students with unsuccessful SC appeals
or SC suspensions were not added into the database since those students could
not return to school anyway; nor were those with SAP suspension for credits
only added to the database. Note
2: We currently have 266 students
in our database, indicating that they have at least one flag of some kind.)
Summary of early alerts sent
out (114 total):
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36 students received 1
EA only (EA = Early Alert notice from faculty)
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22 students received 1
EA and one other flag
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14 students had
successful SAP appeals and SC probation
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13 students had SAP
suspension and SC probation
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9 students received 1 EA
and 2 flags
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6 students had
successfully appealed for both SC and SAP
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4 students received 2
early alerts (no other flags)
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3 students were alerted
for personal concerns
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2 students were on
probation for both SC and SAP
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2 students has SAP
suspension and successfully appealed SC suspension
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1 student had
Conditional Admit plus successfully appealed SAP suspension
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1 student had
Conditional Admit plus SAP probation
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1 student had 3 flags,
Conditional Admit, SAP appealed and approved and SC probation.
Lopez thought this was quite
helpful and believes many faculty will use this as a way to get their advisees
to come see them. Sandy
Olson-Loy added that over 80% of the students responding to the senior survey
stated that they expected their adviser to let them know if they were in
trouble academically. Bryan
Herrmann asked if we could use the early alert to predict if students will
succeed. Meek said it is clear to
her that there is a group of students who will not succeed at UMM, but that
number is small, probably 10 or so.
The committee thanked Leslie and the Early Alert task force for the work
theyıve done.
Minutes of April 29, 2004 were approved as presented. Minutes of September 14, 2004 were approved with one minor amendment.
Meeting adjourned at 8:50
a.m.