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SSRC Guiding Principles

The Student Success and Retention Council (SSRC) – charged with leading, coordinating, supporting, and communicating about university thought and work focused on student success and retention – has proposed “guiding principles” for this important university work, and we now ask for campus discussion of these principles. We hope the final articulation of our commitments will (1) identify a broadly shared understanding by the campus community – students, staff, faculty – of its commitments to student success and (2) assist the SSRC and the campus in prioritizing investments in student success initiatives.

To that end, please take a moment to consider these statements. Then, if you wish to share comments, questions, concerns, suggestions (what have you), please use the form below to do so. Note that the form will not accept anonymous submissions but that we will post comments without personal identifiers.

Projected review timeline:

  1. 2014-09-19: Send invitation for comment.
  2. 2014-09-26: Post first week’s comments.
  3. 2014-10-03: Post second week’s comments and last call for comments.
  4. 2014-10-10: Comment period closing, final postings.
  5. 2014-10-31: (SSRC) Review comments, revise statements, and adopt and communicate guiding principles.

Thank you for your participation! — Members of the Student Success and Retention Council

PROPOSED: SSRC Guiding Principles

The faculty and staff of the University of Central Arkansas commit themselves to

  1. providing every student with the information, access, and opportunities vital to successful engagement in the UCA community.
    [Link to mission/core values: diversity, community.]
  2. providing guidance and support for students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve academic and personal success.
    [Link to mission/core values: academic vitality, intellectual excellence.]
  3. accepting responsibility and accountability for consistently measuring evidence of student success.
    [Link to mission/core values: integrity.]

If you have questions or concerns about this conversation but do not wish to post them through this form and to this forum, you are welcome to email Jonathan Glenn ( jona@uca.edu ).

For more information about the SSRC, point your browser to https://uca.edu/ssrc/.


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The SSRC Guiding Principles Review form expired on Friday, October 10.