Unifying Value: Student Success Goal 1: Develop clear pathways into and through the university to ensure equitable access to higher education, enhance student engagement and success, and improve retention and graduation rates. • Initiative 1.4: Pathways: Limitless Grant with Yakima Valley Technical School • Initiative 1.5: Intentional and Developmental High Impact Practices Sathy Rajendran, Dean, College of Education and Professional Studies, presented on Enhancing College Access Opportunities for High School Students and Adult Learners through the CWU and Yakima School District Limitless partnership. Dean Rajendran summarized a project within the College of Education and Professional Studies that uses iconic mapping to visualize High Impact Practices in curriculum. All the curriculum is mapped so faculty can see where the gaps are and can then adjust as needed. He then introduced the Limitless Learning Network. Collaboration of 26 partnerships in Washington State were dedicated to boosting postsecondary enrollment rates. These partners included higher education institutions, K-12, and others. The goal is to increase awareness and improve access to strategies and approaches, improve partnership capacities, and improve data capacity. A Bachelor of Applied Science in Professional Studies is currently being developed. It will be a degree completion program for students who have started but not completed a four-year undergraduate degree. The goal is to launch this in the next year. Yoshiko Takahashi, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, presented on Navigating Student Success Through Intentional and Developmental High-Impact Practices (HIPs). Dean Takahashi explained that High-Impact Practices are educational practices that research has shown to increase rates of student retention, student engagement, and persistence to graduation for all students across diverse backgrounds. There is evidence of significant educational benefits especially for historically underserved students. CWU is working to ensure that every student has access to several types of HIPs. We are exploring how to incorporate HIPs across the curriculum in developmentally appropriate ways that offers pathways to success. We are connecting academic programs like UNIV 101 with co/extracurricular experiences like Week of Welcome, Student Leadership Academy, and SOURCE. First-year HIPs increase a sense of belonging for students. They provide students’ academic connection opportunities, peer-to-peer connections, and they encourage social and community engagement. The sophomore to senior year HIPs enhances the learning experience. They provide a sense of excitement that comes from working to answer important questions. They give students the opportunity to explore cultures, life experiences, and world views different from their own, and students learn to work and solve problems in the company of others. Nearing graduation HIPs require students to draw connections between their own disciplinary studies and their general education experiences and learning, demonstrating the mastery of learning. Unifying Value: Student Success Goal 3: Elevate the holistic well-being of our students.
• Initiative 3.1: Culture of Respect • Initiative 3.2: Health & Wellness
Members of the Culture of Respect Leadership Council: Staci Sleigh-Layman, AVP, Human Resources, John MacArthur, Director, Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX, Laura Brant, Deputy Title
9 Board of Trustees Minutes July 25-26, 2024
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