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Integrating STEM & Student Success: Leading Intrusive Academic Advising Through an Institutional Collaborative Integrating STEM & Student Success Freddie E. Wills Jr., Ph.D. - Director, MOLSAMP Harris-Stowe State University Sylvia

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Integrating STEM & Student Success:

Leading Intrusive Academic Advising Through an Institutional Collaborative

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Integrating STEM & Student Success

Freddie E. Wills Jr., Ph.D. - Director, MOLSAMP Harris-Stowe State University Sylvia Harris, M.Ed., STEM Academic Advisor University of Missouri - St. Louis Ryan Miller, BA, Academic Advisor Truman State University

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Integrating STEM & Student Success

  • Overview of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program
  • Overview of the Missouri LSAMP Alliance
  • Review of Intrusive Academic Advising Strategies
  • Working within an Institutional Collaborative
  • Practical tips YOU can implement
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What is MOLSAMP?

  • A National Science Foundation research program focused around student success
  • An Alliance-based program set in a Tinto’s Model of Retention framework.
  • Assists colleges and universities with diversifying the nations STEM workforce
  • Provides funding to Alliances for providing comprehensive, evidence-based,

innovative, and sustainable strategies for graduating underrepresented minority students and advancing them to graduate school and careers

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Missouri LSAMP Objectives

  • Double the graduation count of underrepresented minority STEM students across

Missouri

  • Increase first and second year retention to at least 60%
  • Increase 2-year to 4-year transfer rates by 25%
  • Increase undergraduates enrolling in graduate school by 25%
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Missouri LSAMP (MOLSAMP)

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Tinto’s Dropout Model (1975)

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Intrusive Academic Advising

“… involves intentional contact with students with the goal of developing a caring and benefi ficial relationship that leads to increased academic motivation and persistence...”

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Intrusive Academic Advising

“So, tell me, how are things going?” “....fi fine…” “What does that mean?”

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MOLSAMP Intrusive Academic Advising

  • Relationship building
  • Connect students to resources on and off campus; through other institutions
  • Have touchpoints when students encounter academic and personal challenges
  • Being proactive & solution-oriented
  • Help students feel like they are cared for
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Institutional Collaborative

  • Doing more differently than we do alike...but that’s why it works!

○ Nine campuses! ○ Each campus does what is needed for their students ■ Truman: Intrusive 1:1 academic advising with a dedicated STEM advisor ■ Harris-Stowe: MOLSAMP Club ■ Missouri State: funded academic-year research opportunities ■ UMSL: Intrusive 1:1 academic advising with MOLSAMP advisor and major advisor

T E A A M

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Institutional Collaborative

  • But we manage to stay on the same page...

○ MOLSAMP Synergy

■ Alliance Guidebook ■ Collaborative teams

  • IR Team
  • Innovation Team
  • Dissemination Team

■ Collaborative activities

  • Monthly conference calls
  • Annual Research Symposium
  • Summer Sophomore STEM Institute
  • Summer Research Opportunities
  • Travel to conferences
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Suggestions for your campus

Wait, you don’t have a $1 million grant to pay for: A dedicated STEM advisor? Academic tutors? Research experiences? Conference travel? Food for club meetings? …….?

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Suggestions for your campus

  • Intrusive Academic Advising

○ Make yourself and your intentions known to others ○ Develop relationships with faculty and other involved professional advisors or staff ○ Have an organizational system and take notes of student meetings ○ What activities can be automated or completed by peer mentors?

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Creating an action plan

  • Worksheet

○ Enhancing support for URM students in STEM Fields ○ STEM Action Plan

  • Small Group discussion
  • Large Group share
  • Advice from Dr. Tinto

○ Start at 35:40 - 4 minutes

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Any questions?

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Acknowledgements

NSF Grant Number: HRD #1619639

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Integrating STEM & Student Success

Freddie E. Wills Jr., Ph.D. Director, MoLSAMP Harris-Stowe State University willsf@hssu.edu Sylvia Harris, M.Ed., STEM Academic Advisor University of Missouri - St. Louis sharris@umsl.edu Ryan Miller, BA, STEM Academic Advisor Truman State University ryanm@truman.edu

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