University helps set standard for CSU Graduation Initiative

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University helps set standard for CSU Graduation Initiative

Friday, 30 July 2010 21:52

A long-term graduation initiative launched by the California State University system in January to increase graduation rates and help underrepresented students finish college can look to CSU Stanislaus for how to make that happen.

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The CSU’s graduation initiative calls for all 23 CSU campuses to raise six-year graduation rates by eight percent by 2016, as well as cut in half the existing gap in degree attainment by the system’s underrepresented students. CSU campuses already in the top 25 percent of the system, which include CSU Stanislaus, have committed to increasing an additional six percent, as well as cut in half the gap for underserved students’ degree attainment.

Cited for its high student retention rate of more than 80 percent and among the CSU leaders on graduation rates, CSU Stanislaus developed a plan in 2005 that has helped a majority of students attain their degree goals. Focusing on helping students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, through a number of special first-year programs and intensive communication with students, the University has emphasized student success and the results have been positive. CSU Stanislaus has been cited in national reports for providing a high quality education while graduating a comparatively high percentage of students from disadvantaged economic backgrounds whose entering test scores are lower than average.

“Many of our students come from families that don’t have any awareness of what college is like and need mentors and guidance that we provide them,” said Lee Renner, Senior Director of Retention Services.

CSU Stanislaus programs helping make that possible include academic support services such as tutoring, a Summer Bridge Program that brings incoming freshman students to the campus for class sessions and orientation, the Faculty Mentor Program that pairs students with instructors, a general education class requirements review process, and closer monitoring of the remediation program for students who need extra help with mathematics and English.

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