System Academic Planning and Policy Fall 2018 Newsletter

The Office of the Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy (OVPAPP) provides executive leadership in setting forth the systemwide academic vision and goals for the University of Hawai‘i in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. A significant portion of OVPAPP’s work is focused on the Hawai‘i Graduation Initiative (HGI), a UH Strategic Direction dedicated to ensuring students’ successful degree completion.

▪ University of Hawai‘i Receives Lumina Grant To Support Adult Degree Completion

The Lumina Foundation has awarded the University of Hawai‘i $400,000 to support adults who want to earn college degrees, certificates, and other quality credentials. To date, Lumina has invested nearly $6.5 million in the Adult Promise effort nationwide. The grant runs from October 2018 through October 2020.

The Lumina Foundation award will help UH:

• Promote the Hawai‘i Promise program for community college students and advocate for expansion of Hawai‘i Promise program to baccalaureate students.
• Develop a system of that supports adults returning to UH to finish degrees. Returning students will benefit from streamlined services including personalized advising, credit for prior learning opportunities, and expanded online learning options.
• Implement outreach/public awareness campaigns targeted to adults to finish degrees that they started – at UH and elsewhere.

UH News
Lumina news release
For more information, contact Tammi Oyadomari-Chun, tammi@hawaii.edu

▪ Enrollment Management Update

An update on enrollment management efforts was presented at the Nov 2018 Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting. Each of the four UH units presented assessments of their 2018 activities, lessons learned, enrollment targets for the next three-year period and strategies to achieve those targets. These efforts focus on providing better stewardship of enrollment at the campuses, with specific strategies for different student populations. A comprehensive enrollment management report will be published.

Presentation to BOR: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/app/documents/EM_Presentation_ASA_DS_4.pdf

▪ UH-CCA Leadership Convening and Academic Advising and Transfer Network (AATN) Conference Focus on Increasing Student Momentum and First Year Retention

In partnership with Complete College America (CCA), the University of Hawai‘i convened two system-wide conferences in September 2018, the UH-CCA Leadership Convening and the Academic Advising and Transfer Network Conference. On both days, content experts Tristan Denley and Loretta Griffy presented national best practices and lessons learned involving first year retention strategies, such as taking English and math in the first year and selecting a major in the first year, taking 30 credits per year, refining academic maps, and academic mindset. The takeaway was that all of these strategies work together to improve retention rates.

In addition, campus teams attending the Leadership Convening worked on draft plans to implement English and math and informed choice/major, two first year retention strategies that are part of the UH System’s HGI priorities for AY 2018-19. Work will continue on moving these strategies forward.

Presentations and planning documents: http://blog.hawaii.edu/hawaiigradinitiative/uh-cca-leadership-convening-on-momentum-and-first-year-retention/
HGI Priorities: http://hawaii.edu/offices/app/hgi/presentations/HGI_priorities.pdf

For more information, contact Sandra Furuto, yano@hawaii.edu

▪ FERPA Training by LeRoy Rooker

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a comprehensive federal law that provides privacy protections for student education records. LeRoy Rooker, AACRAO Senior Fellow and the nation’s leading authority on FERPA, presented an overview of FERPA at seven training sessions this past June. Over 400 faculty and staff attended to expand their knowledge of the proper handling of student data and the latest changes that impact higher education. LeRoy provided insightful facts and real-life scenarios, utilizing his 21 years of experience as director of the Department of Education’s Family Policy Compliance Office.

Presentation and training session video: https://www.hawaii.edu/uhdatagov/
For more information, contact Sandra Furuto, yano@hawaii.edu

▪ Data Governance and Information Security Roadshow

This fall 2018, a team comprised of UH’s Chief Information Security Officer, Data Governance Director, Associate General Counsel, HIPAA Compliance Officer, and Web Accessibility Coordinator is visiting all ten campuses in a series of briefings on data governance and information security. The sessions started in mid-October and will conclude with a webinar in December. Topics covered include updates from a spring 2018 roadshow on breaches and security concerns and a review of rules and regulations involving the protection of sensitive information, including protected health information. New topics include UH’s contract policy revision, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and web accessibility and compliance.

Training information: https://www.hawaii.edu/uhdatagov/
For more information, contact Sandra Furuto, yano@hawaii.edu

▪ “Cash for College” FAFSA Challenge

Hawai‘i P-20 is launching a statewide FAFSA challenge called “Cash for College” to help make college more affordable for Hawai‘i's students. The challenge encourages high school seniors to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which helps students identify how much financial aid is available to them. The FAFSA application, which opens annually on October 1, is required when applying for federal student grants, work-study, loans and scholarships, including those offered by the state, schools, and private organizations. Schools with the highest FAFSA completion rates as well as the largest increase in FAFSA completions over the previous year will be awarded cash prizes for their senior class to support such end-of-year activities as high school graduation, prom and other events. The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, Bank of Hawaii, Central Pacific Bank and First Hawaiian Bank are generously supporting this year’s Cash for College Challenge. This is the third year of the Cash for College Challenge. Last year, 15 schools participated, this year 43 schools have signed up.

UH News: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/10/02/cash-for-college-challenge/
For more information, contact Stephen Schatz, sschatz@hawaii.edu

▪ Data Dashboards Show Where Hawai‘i’s Students Are in the State’s Workforce

An interactive online dashboard created by Hawai‘i P-20’s data team includes various metrics that allow for the tracking of key transition points from middle to high school and postsecondary to the workforce, and provides a look at how this impacts educational and workforce outcomes. The dashboard features postsecondary to workforce metrics, including a breakdown of where University of UH graduates are found in Hawai‘i’s workforce one to five years after graduation, by campus, major, and degree level. Identifying these trends provides insight for educators, policymakers and other stakeholders on how they can help prepare Hawai‘i’s students for the workforce, as well as create a diversified economy that employs graduates right here at home. The dashboard also provides data to track 8th graders promoted on-time to 10th grade. Research shows that on-time promotion to 10th grade is a strong predictor of on-time high school graduation, and students who are promoted on-time are less likely to drop out. By using this metric, one can identify populations of at-risk students and facilitate alignment and collaboration between middle and high schools to decrease 9th grade retention rates.

Dashboard: http://hawaiidxp.org/quick_data/index
For more information, contact Stephen Schatz, sschatz@hawaii.edu

▪ UH Awarded $39M GEAR UP Grant to Help Low-Income Students Succeed in College

The University of Hawai‘i was awarded more than $39 million in federal grants to help increase the number of low-income middle and high school students statewide who succeed in college through GEAR UP, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The federal GEAR UP program provides seven-year, matching grants to states and partnerships for services that improve access to and success in higher education at high-poverty middle and high schools statewide. GEAR UP in Hawai‘i has been serving Hawai‘i’s low-income youth since 2000, impacting an estimated 30,000-plus students, and the latest round of funding is expected to help nearly 25,000 more students over the next seven years. This is the largest amount of money that the GEAR UP program in Hawai‘i has received.

For more information, contact Stephen Schatz, sschatz@hawaii.edu

▪ Gallup Survey Results Reveal Success of UH Alumni, Belief in UH

A recent Gallup survey of nearly 10,000 UH graduates found that the majority of alumni are doing well in key areas. The survey looked at the experience alumni had at the campus they attended and about their life after graduation.

The share of UH alumni who reported that their institution helped with their current success exceeded the national average. Survey results:

• Full-time employment: UH 66%; national avg 57%
• Purpose: UH 53%; national avg 53%
• Social: UH 53%; national avg 50%
• Financial: UH 42%; national avg 43%
• Community: UH 49%; national avg 46%

UH alumni also identified that they had faculty members who engaged them and had professors who were critical to their educational experience. Survey results:

• Graduate had mentor in school to encourage: UH 25%, national avg 22%
• Had professor excite student about learning: UH 65%, national avg 64%
• My professors cared about me: UH 27%, national avg 28%

Of those surveyed, 32% of UH alumni said they could not see the world without the campus where they earned their education compared to 25% nationally. Other survey highlights:

• UH West O‘ahu, UH Hilo and UH Manoa had the highest rate of employment with a combined 68% with full-time employment, full-time self employment (compared to 57% nationally)
• Windward CC, UH Hilo and UH West O‘ahu had the highest % of alumni who felt they had at least one professor/instructor who made them excited about learning (78% compared to 64 % nationally).
• UH Manoa scored above the national average in every well being category.

“The survey helps us identify areas where we are excelling and need to keep the momentum,” Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy Don Straney said. “It also gives us a good look at ways to improve the opportunities our students can be exposed to.”

In October 2018, Gallup presented the alumni survey results to each of the campuses, UH Foundation, and the UH System officers. This is the first Gallup alumni survey conducted on all 10 UH campuses.

Video, President Lassner reports to BOR on Gallup alumni survey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOLr5o076iE&feature=youtu.be&t=1m17s

For more information, contact Pearl Iboshi, iboshi@hawaii.edu