Ensuring a robust and vibrant education
The University of Oregon is a starting place for the dreams of our students and their families. Students arrive at our university with hopes for successful lives, for fulfilling careers, and for opportunities to contribute to our society at large. This gives us precious responsibility. Recognizing this, we pledge to support them during their time with us and to enhance pathways to timely graduation and degree completion.
Key Performance Indicators
- Four-year and six-year graduation rates
- Four-year and six-year graduation rate equity gaps
- Retention to second year
Indicators of Success
Indicators of Success (IOS) are leading indicators that are directly linked to impacting the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each Oregon Rising goal area. These indicators are designed to drive improvement and to be specific enough for units across campus to see their role in improving one or multiple IOSs. While KPIs will not change, IOSs may change as strategies evolve and we improve performance on specific indicators.
Indicators for this Goal:
- Percentage of undergraduates registered for 15+ credits each term
- Percentage of students who see an advisor in the first year
- Percentage of students who participate in a first-year experience
- Percentage of students with a D/F/W/NP in the first year
- Retention rate through the first three years of college
Strategies
To enhance pathways to timely graduation, we will:
- Establish a campus-wide student policy and practice action team that serves as the central coordinating body to focus on understanding and removing institutional barriers to timely graduation.
- Require on-going, research informed curriculum analysis in the schools/colleges to identify and remove curricular barriers to timely graduation.
- Mobilize a university-wide “finish in four” effort. (Note: “Finish in four” will be adapted to “finish in five” as program durations warrant.) Work together across academic and student support units to create unified principles for student success; and align academic advising practices across the university.
- Direct effective targeted financial assistance to students.
Goal Owners
- Christopher P. Long, Provost and Senior Vice President
- Derek Kindle, Vice President for Enrollment Management
The Goal Owners will work with appointed chairs and their collaborative workgroups driving completion of the milestones assigned for this academic year.
Workgroups
Dedicated teams are actively working together to enhance pathways to timely graduation.
- Student Success Action Team
- Curricular Analysis Workgroup
- Financial Assistance Workgroup
- (No longer active) Strategy Development Team (Winter–Spring 2024)
The Timely Graduation Support Structure Diagram illustrates how leadership, strategies, and workgroups align in pursuit of this goal.