Student Success

ISU Student Success Index

Element	Bottom lines
Belonging, well-being, and subjective happiness	Well-being and student success: A collaborative curricular + co-curricular opportunity Can I do it? Should I do it? Do I belong?: Building a retention model Sense of belonging is the most important factor in student success AI sentiment analysis of text data: Better at explaining than predicting and better at measuring general sentiment over specific Belonging visualizations: Introvert Extrovert \| Race \| College \| First-generation \| Living Arrangements \| Transfer Native \| Co-curricular \| Civic Engagement \| Fraternity and Sorority \| Working Off and On Campus
Collaboration & civic engagement	Student collaboration has taken a hit at ISU. That's a big deal Do internships lead to higher wages after graduation? Heck yes ISU students are disengaging from political conversations
Connecting the classroom and student success	Increasing classroom belonging through effective teaching practices Talking about career plans matters How do ISU students read for class? Is it a big deal? No, students will be fine NSSE comprehensive dashboard: Student faculty interaction , with peer group comparisons
Co-curricular involvement	The hidden payoff of student affairs: co-curricular activites are associated with higher post-graduate wages. Wonder why?
Culturally dynamic students	Sense of belonging is the most important factor in student success , including text responses and student comments Belonging visualizations: Introvert Extrovert \| Race \| First-generation
Grades	C's get degrees. And are associated with higher lifetime earnings
ISU support for student success	NSSE comprehensive dashboard: ISU support for student success , with peer group comparisons
Labor market outcomes and economic returns to college	C's get degrees. And are associated with higher lifetime earnings Talking about career plans matters About 1 in 3 adults say a college degree isn't worth. They're wrong.
Learning impact	NSSE comprehensive dashboard: Impact on learning , with peer group comparisons NSSE comprehensive dashboard: Academic challenge , with peer group comparisons
Online enrollment	Hybrid and in-person enrollment and post-pandemic impact on student success at ISU
Practical learning experiences	Do internships lead to higher wages after graduation? Heck yes
Retention	ISU first-year departures and combacks: Who left in 2023...and who returned Can I do it? Should I do it? Do I belong?: Building a retention model
Time management & working	Helping over-extended ISU students succeed ISU first-year departures and combacks: Who left in 2023...and who returned Working on-campus leads to higher post-graduate earnings for ISU graduating seniors. Working off-campus may not.

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