SpringForward
Timeline
Spring 2016 – Autumn 2019
Summary
SpringForward is a pilot academic intervention program designed to increase term-to-term retention for academically high-risk students. First-time, first-year in-state students who (a) earned a pre-forgiveness GPA that was lower than a 2.3 or (b) withdrew from more than half of their first semester courses were invited to participate in a spring academic success course. These students were also invited to apply for a summer residential component of the program that provided holistic student support leading into the students’ second year. As the research liaisons for the project, we are conducting a mixed-method, multi-year study to understand student experiences and the effectiveness of the intervention program.
Project Leads
Presentations
- Jaggars, S.S., & (2019, April). SpringForward: Holistic academic recovery for first-year students. Poster presented at the 2nd annual Student Success Analytics Summit, Bloomington, IN
- Jaggars, S.S., & Prieto, K., & Rivera, M.D., & (2019, March). SpringForward after falling behind: Holistic academic recovery. Session presented at the ACPA—College Student Educators International Annual Conference, Boston, MA
- Jaggars, S.S., & Hensley, L.C., & Prieto, K., & Spreitzer, P., & (2019, February). SpringForward: Holistic academic recovery for first-year students. Presented at the Ohio Undergraduate Success Conference, Columbus, OH
- Jaggars, S.S., & Hensley, L.C., & Rivera, M.D., & (2018, June). SpringForward: A mixed methods approach to assessing and academic recovery program for first-year students. Session presented at the OSU Student Affairs Assessment and Research Conference, Columbus, OH