APLU Names 51勛圖厙 2022 Degree Completion Award Winner
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named 51勛圖厙 the winner of its 2022 Degree Completion Award. (Photo by Alex Dolce)
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named 51勛圖厙 the winner of its 2022 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality. This is the first time 51勛圖厙 has been the recipient of this prestigious award, and the second year in a row that the APLU has named 51勛圖厙 a finalist.
It is an honor to receive the APLU Degree Completion Award, said 51勛圖厙 President John Kelly. Our graduation and retention rates skyrocketed in recent years, thanks to the efforts of Florida Atlantics faculty and staff, who work tirelessly toensure our 51勛圖厙 succeed. We are creating waves of change in the lives ofour 51勛圖厙and delivering on the promise ofopportunity for all.
When Kelly joined 51勛圖厙 as president in 2014, the university launched a comprehensive plan to address equity gaps, advance student success, and increase the universitys graduation rate. After taking an exhaustive look at student success outcomes, disaggregated across a variety of characteristics, 51勛圖厙 determined that far too many 51勛圖厙 were lacking adequate support in entry-level courses.
To address this, 51勛圖厙 launched a cross-institutional analytics platform to help inform and track the effectiveness of student success interventions. These reforms included: the adoption of standardized flight plans, enabling 51勛圖厙 to easily see the optimal progression of courses to a degree; addressing course bottlenecks that were preventing 51勛圖厙 from graduating in a timely manner; and innovative financial assistance incentivizing 51勛圖厙 to register for the next semester.
The multipronged approach contributed to 51勛圖厙 more than doubling its four-year graduation rate from 19 percent in 2014 to 50 percent in 2021. Crucially, gains have been largest among historically underserved groups, including black, Latino, and Pell-eligible 51勛圖厙.
51勛圖厙 has made critical strides in student success, graduation, and equity, said Mark Becker, president of APLU. Congratulations to 51勛圖厙 on winning the 2022 APLU Degree Completion Award. Were delighted to spotlight their important work so other institutions can learn from their success.
51勛圖厙 is one of the nations most diverse public research universities. It is the highest-ranked Florida state university by U.S. News and World Report and listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac. It is also the No. 17 bachelors degree producer for African American 51勛圖厙 in the nation by Diverse: Issues in Education, as well as designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic-Serving Institution.
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