Access to Completion Panel Participants Louis Jimenez University

Access to Completion Panel Participants: Louis Jimenez, University Registrar, Texas State University Dean Rathe, Executive Director of Enrollment Services, Red Rocks Community College Jeff Rhodes, University Registrar, University of Texas Pan American Sarah Collins, VP of Business Strategies, Ad Astra Moderator: Stacey White, VP of Client Success, Ad Astra Information Systems March 31, 2014

Agenda • • • Introductions Advancing Student Success Increasing Capacity and Efficiency Data and Change Management Questions and Answers

• Dean Rathe – Executive Director, Enrollment Services • 10 years at RRCC • Implemented Ad Astra Strategic Checkup – 2012 • Official Fall 2013 Enrollment: 8, 608 • Annual Unduplicated Headcount: 14, 351 • One of 13 colleges in Colorado Community College System

Introductions – Texas State University • • • Lou Jimenez – University Registrar 6 Months at Texas State; 6 yrs at University of AL Ad Astra User for @ 8 yrs Implemented Platinum Analytics at UA Official Fall 2012 Enrollment: 34, 225 – Undergraduates: 29, 458 – Graduates: 4089 • Number of Course Sections Fall 2014: @9113 • Number of Lecture Class Rooms : @214

Introductions - UTPA • 20, 053 students in fall 2013 • 3 rd largest Hispanic-Serving Institution in the nation • Will be abolished in 2015, then consolidated with UTB to create UTRGV • Recently began scheduling rooms using the optimizer – seeing results and pushback from some faculty.

Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey 2012 Identified Key Challenges for College Students: – Student Response: “Ability to get the courses I need with few conflicts” was the top challenge – Institution Response: “Ability to get the courses I need with few conflicts” was not ranked in top 25 © 2012 Noel-Levitz, Inc. • www. noellevitz. com

Advancing Student Success -Questions 1. How have national/state level completion initiatives influenced your institution? 2. How big a problem is conflict-free access to required courses on your campus? What are you doing to improve students’ experience at registration?

Increasing Capacity and Efficiency - Questions 1. Are you “out of space? ” If so, how do you know? What is the impact of your answer to this question on your campus? 2. How efficient is your institution relative to aligning course offerings to evolving student need and faculty pedagogical need? What are you doing to improve this? What will the impact be?

The Five Dysfunctions of Scheduling* • Lack of TRUST • Fear of CONFLICT • Lack of COMMITMENT • Avoidance of ACCOUNTABILITY • Inattention to RESULTS Lencioni, P. , (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Change Management - Questions 1. What needs to happen on your campus to maximize the strategic and pragmatic impact of data and analytics? 2. How do you define “progress” in this area? How do you share and talk about it?

Notable Quotes “In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. ” Eric Hoffer “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less. ” General Eric Shinseki, Former Chief of Staff of the Army

Questions and Answers Thank You! Louis Jimenez, Texas State University lej 27@txstate. edu Dean Rathe, Red Rocks Community College Dean. rathe@rrcc. edu Jeff Rhodes, University of Texas Pan American rhodesjh@utpa. edu Sarah Collins, Ad Astra Information Systems scollins@aais. com Stacey White, Ad Astra Information Systems swhite@aais. com. © 2013 Ellucian. All rights reserved.

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