ACTION PLAN - University of Ulster

Goal 2 Increase retention of all first-time Fall 2003 students by six percent.
Action Plan Anticipated Savings or
Increased Expenditures
A Develop one-stop-shopping Recruiting & Admission
model for academic services. Planning =$180,000
Bookstore=$350,000 by
Campus Corner
Balance-$4,000,000
B Increase web-base services. License, Implementation &
Training= $87,070
C Strategies to encourage formal
and informal contact between
faculty and students.
Spirit Day on Bayou=$3,000
D Organize a parent/family
participatory/support program. Newsletter=$6,000
Promotional Items=$2,500
E Require all entering students
to take FRYS 101 in Fall
2003.
F Continue to expand Web
presence (registration,
advising, belling, etc.).
G Improve course availability. $20,000
H Implement the Supplemental
Instruction (SI) program for
selected “killer courses” by
Fall 2003.
I Design high-interest
residential living programs
and activities.
J
Identify dropout students by
observing behavior cues.
Faculty Cost=$25,000
($20,000 paid by Title III)
TA’s=$9,000 ($6,000 paid
by Title III).
Use existing budgetary
resources.
Fall 2003 - $22,848
Spring 2004 - $25,000
Area Coordinator=$24,000
Programming=$30,000
Improvements=$46,000
Time commitment from Dir.
Of Retention
Explanation
Goal 3 Increase retention of all first-time Fall 2004 students by another two
percent.