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Provost's Task Force on the Academic Progress of Undergraduates

Task Force Working Groups

Institutional Policies group
Institutional policies (and practices) on satisfactory academic progress for undergraduates

	Frank Ashby	ashby@rio.engr.washington.edu
	Carolyn Plumb	plumb@u.washington.edu
	Mona Pitre-Collins	mpitre@u.washington.edu
	Jody Burns	davisj@u.washington.edu

Data group
Data for at least three annual cohorts of students on progress to degree for undergraduates

	Emile Pitre	empit@u.washington.edu
	Phil Hoffman	hoffphil@u.washington.edu
	Rick Bonus	rbonus@u.washington.edu
	Scott Winter	swinter@u.washington.edu

Characteristics group
Characteristics of students who accumulate extraordinarily high levels of academic credit and the factors contributing to the accumulation of credit (e.g., academic goals, difficulties gaining access to needed courses, ineffective decision making about majors)

	Jacqueline Hoekstra	hoekstra@u.washington.edu
	June Hairston	jhair@u.washington.edu
	Sam Castic	srcastic@u.washington.edu
	Derek Huoth	dhuoth@u.washington.edu
	Nana Lowell	nlowell@u.washington.edu
	Cathy Beyer	cbeyer@u.washington.edu

Barriers group
Institutional barriers that prevent students from completing degree requirements in a timely manner (such as inaccessible required courses or majors)

	Brittany Goodnight	bgoodnig@u.washington.edu
	Kelli Jayn Nichols	knichols@u.washington.edu
	Judi Clark	jclark@u.washington.edu
	Elena Guevara	eguevara@u.washington.edu
	Jan Carline	carlinej@u.washington.edu

Strategies group
Strategies employed by other institutions with similar missions and student populations to address enrollment challenges

	Tim Washburn	timwash@u.washington.edu
	Laura Avila	lavila@u.washington.edu
	Gail Dubrow	dubrow@u.washington.edu
	Robert Corbett	rcorbett@u.washington.edu
	Ken Etzkorn	etzkorn@u.washington.edu