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Supplemental Updates for Atlanta Metropolitan State College - 2025

Summary of Results, Lessons Learned, and New Strategies Moving Forward

  1. Employing Student Success Coaches and providing an individualized graduation plan/path for students with 75% earned credits toward completion proved very effective for associate degree-seekers and generated a record change in the graduation rate. That strategy will be expanded to the bachelor’s student cohorts.
  2. The  new  freshman  strategy  employed  was  not  as  effective  as  anticipated.   While  new  and  improved communication methods were implemented to educate and inform freshman of campus resources, the academic outcome was essentially flat from the previous year. A more “hands-on” approach with in-person support appears to be most important for improving the success of new freshman. For the next year, AMSC will integrate the services and support staff  of the Early Alert program with that of the Office of the Quality Enhancement Plan. This collaboration of two major support staff, and resources, is expected to coordinate efforts and create synergy for better results.
  3. The College believes that its strategies of norming and offering smaller class sizes in high DFW courses was not fully implemented across all section, thus did not produce the expected results. This is evident by large sample variation and standard deviation of pass rates between the various sections of ENGL 1101 classes. A more controlled implementation of these strategies will be implemented in the upcoming year.
  4. Several programs showed increases in completion numbers, while other programs experienced decreases. The College will implement several strategies to improve its completion numbers in the upcoming year: (1) implement a Summer Bridge Program, providing student specialized academic support services for high-risk students (2) employ creative campaigns to encourage students to enroll in 12-15 credits per term, and (3) provide more financial support to students, a primary completion barrier for many AMSC students, who are unable to pursue a full-time course load due to financial related challenges, and  (4) create a strong pool of college-ready students through the new AMSC TAG agreements and target strategies to enroll former dual enrollment students.