Provost's Task Force on the Academic Progress of Undergraduates

March 29, 2004

Reviewed HEC Board preliminary report on Student Academic Progress
HEC Board recommends the development of broad measures of efficiency with the institutions allowed to manage to meet their goals.

Credits - dual enrollment credits and their application. Running Start, College-in-the-High-School may or may not be counted.
Bank Account (Brown University) concept for AP/IB credits where students use the credits if they wish
Declaration of Majors
Need for improved communication, coordination between advisers and students. Students perceive that they are getting mixed messages.

A broader vision statement to frame the principles and that stress the type of educational experiences we want UW students to have.
"Access" principle
"Developmental" approach to advising may lead to greater consideration of issues beyond the academic concerns of students
Markers in the progress of students academic life course. "Points of Impact"

Issues Regarding Academic Probation and Warning

Some students are not using Instructional Center and/or other university services
Courses are not necessarily taken in proper order
Need "early warning" system for students achieving at 2.5
Study Personal Supplemental Score/Academic scholarship problems
Revise Existing Programs, e.g. Special FIGS, to address the needs of these students.
Requiring a complementary orientation.
Lack of financial aid/high unmet need may not perform as well as others
Other personal demands
Report forthcoming from OMA

Plan for Remainder of Term

Proposals:

Revised guidelines for advisers (Adviser Information File)
Vision statement for Principles; access vs. extraction of best experiences from UW
Costs for Running Start
Correlations between personal supplemental scores and academic progress
Identify Impact Points/Markers in Life Course & re-organize principles around them
List of Proposals for departments
April 14th Advisers meeting
Access Emphasis