WHY THE 3 00 HIGH SCHOOL GPA Fall

WHY THE 3. 00 HIGH SCHOOL GPA? Fall 2011 FTIACs with HS GPA 3. 00 or higher N End of Fall 2011 GRCC GPA 2, 065 2. 99 FTIACs with 2, 916 HS GPA below 3. 00 2. 07

SIGNIFICANCE OF DATA Took CLS 100 in Fall 2009 (N = 470) # % Graduated GRCC and Transferred by 2012 Graduated GRCC Only Transferred Only (2 - and 4 -year) 42 24 112 *Statistically significant difference at p <. 05 **Statistically significant difference at p <. 01 8. 9% 5. 1%* 23. 8%** Did Not Take CLS 100 in Fall 2009 (N = 3, 373) # % 187 156 635 5. 5% 4. 6%* 18. 8%**

SUMMARY OF LITERATURE � Assessing the Effectiveness of a College Freshman Seminar Using Propensity Score Adjustments � Examining the Academic Performance and Retention of First-Year Students in Living. Learning Communities and First-Year Experience Courses � Measuring the Impact…

POLICY STATEMENT FOR FYE � � Beginning Winter 2014, all students new to GRCC who are enrolled in a degree seeking program are required to complete a college learning success course, either PY 097 (Strategies for College & Life Success for students with two or more developmental placements) or CLS 100 (Introduction to College: New Student Experience for students with less than a 3. 00 high school GPA). Students not placing into PY 097 who possess a mastery of the content offered in CLS 100 may attempt a Challenge Exam for CLS 100. Passing this exam will exempt a student from the course. Students must complete the course requirement their first semester of classes taken at GRCC. A degree-seeking student who has already successfully completed 12 or more credits of college-level courses at GRCC, another college or university or has received GRCC transfer credit for these courses will not be required to complete CLS 100 or PY 097.