The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at MGA has been well-established with the hiring of additional staff to disseminate effective practices in teaching and learning for new instructors and for the continued professional development of full- and part-time faculty. It provides regular programming to support how faculty enrich their practices in order to enhance student learning.
MGA’s FYE initiative encompasses three elements – academic success,, character development, and community engagement.
The Knights Academy (KA) is an online academic community focused on increasing first year student academic success by engaging the student in a variety of learning activities. These activities seek to assist students develop critical student success skills by participating in quests and engaging with other students through discussion posts. Topics covered in the Knights Academy include the following:
This project is promoting career readiness by:
Designing and integrating academic success content into all sections of Area I (formerly, Area B) courses, regardless of session length or modality. Because this activity has been brought to completion, the project will now focus on cohesive guidance on instructional practices shared across all faculty teaching Area I courses. This guidance aligns with evidence-based practices for creating welcoming, encouraging, and navigable courses.
MGA admits a significant number of students who need remediation and are enrolled in learning support (LS) coursework. MGA saw a 1.9% increase in the number of LS students from fall’22 to fall’23 and another 1.5% increase from fall’23 to fall’24. In fall’24, 733 students placed into learning support, accounting for 8.7% of fall’24 enrollment.
Supporting student success is the major focus of all the momentum initiatives at MGA. By building efficiencies into our advising processes, offering peer mentoring to our students, and enhancing our academic support resources, the student success teams that include our professional academic advisors, the Student Success Centers staff, and the academic success coaches, continue to work towards this goal. This activity closely aligns with the following MGA’s ASPIRE/POISED goals: 1) To increase the number of qualified applicants for the Pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) is a five-campus institution, providing selective undergraduate and graduate education throughout the middle Georgia region. MGA serves a diverse student body through traditional, online, and hybrid delivery of curriculum. It is the mission of MGA to educate and graduate inspired lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the region and the state. The institution’s vision is to transform individuals and our communities through extraordinary higher learning.
Promoting Career Readiness and Student Leadership by:
Planning and implementing a centralized process for promoting and preparing students for internships (both credit and non-credit) to increase the number of students participating in internships.
Establishing Learning Communities to promote student success
» 270 Washington Street, S.W. | Atlanta, GA 30334
© 2021 Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
