Dear Colleagues,
As we enter that time in the semester when we all feel the pressures and the excitement of doing all we do to teach and support our students, it's my great pleasure to share with you some very encouraging updates on our student access, achievements, retention and satisfaction. We've put in place enrollment and retention plans and strategies, many as part of our Access to Success focus. And we're making progress in achieving those goals. Here are just a few highlights; please see the full update at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/access/09nov-update.pdf
* Retention of first-time freshmen has increased four percentage points over the last four entering cohorts. The increase in retention for first-time freshmen of color is ten percentage points.
* We enrolled 4100 new freshmen this fall, which is within our planned range. Our freshman class is increasingly diverse: 20.5% including all freshmen of color, or 17.5% including under-represented freshmen of color.
* We enrolled the largest and most diverse student body in our history this past fall.
* We are accomplishing our goals of increasing our graduate enrollments.
* Our students are increasingly more pleased with their UWM experience, with 88% of 2009 seniors indicating that they would either definitely or probably choose again, if doing it over again, to attend UWM – while 79% of 2001 seniors indicated the same.
* On-line enrollments continue to grow, with 1,325 students enrolled this fall exclusively in on-line courses.
We still have work to do, in partnership with our students, but our progress is real. Please accept the chancellor's and my appreciation for all that you have done to support this progress.
Sincerely,
Rita
Rita Hartung Cheng
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
As we enter that time in the semester when we all feel the pressures and the excitement of doing all we do to teach and support our students, it's my great pleasure to share with you some very encouraging updates on our student access, achievements, retention and satisfaction. We've put in place enrollment and retention plans and strategies, many as part of our Access to Success focus. And we're making progress in achieving those goals. Here are just a few highlights; please see the full update at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/access/09nov-update.pdf
* Retention of first-time freshmen has increased four percentage points over the last four entering cohorts. The increase in retention for first-time freshmen of color is ten percentage points.
* We enrolled 4100 new freshmen this fall, which is within our planned range. Our freshman class is increasingly diverse: 20.5% including all freshmen of color, or 17.5% including under-represented freshmen of color.
* We enrolled the largest and most diverse student body in our history this past fall.
* We are accomplishing our goals of increasing our graduate enrollments.
* Our students are increasingly more pleased with their UWM experience, with 88% of 2009 seniors indicating that they would either definitely or probably choose again, if doing it over again, to attend UWM – while 79% of 2001 seniors indicated the same.
* On-line enrollments continue to grow, with 1,325 students enrolled this fall exclusively in on-line courses.
We still have work to do, in partnership with our students, but our progress is real. Please accept the chancellor's and my appreciation for all that you have done to support this progress.
Sincerely,
Rita
Rita Hartung Cheng
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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