MAP-Works
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A Look at ISU Students from Urban and Rural Areas in Illinois Using MAP-Works Results
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During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Student Success Department received antidotal reports that students of the 2010 cohort were having trouble adjusting to the college climate at Indiana State University (ISU). These students were freshman and mainly from Chicago, Illinois and from the suburbs of that region. Many of these antidotal reports were disciplinary issues the students were involved in, such as drug use in the dorms, and fist fighting with other students. There was also a growing concern that some students who were from low socioeconomic and crime ridden areas of Chicago were coming to ISU to escape their previous life style. These students may not be compelled to succeed at ISU but are just using the institution to escape their hardships.
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First-Year Matriculation at Indiana State
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There are several variables which consistently predict college success, including motivation to achievement and continued interest in this pursuit at the particular university chosen, efforts put forth toward this goal and evidenced in academic performance, and satisfaction with one's learning and social environment.
- First-Year Transition Survey
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Making Achievement Possible (MAP-Works) is a comprehensive student retention and success program designed to integrate both profile and student experience data to ensure accurate identification of at-risk students. It is meant to identify students early in the term allowing for immediate support and intervention. The survey is given to incoming first-year students during the early part of their first semester at Indiana State University.
- Predicting Student Success
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There are several variables which consistently predict college success, including motivation to achievement and continued interest in this pursuit at the particular university chosen, efforts put forth toward this goal and evidenced in academic performance, and satisfaction with one's learning and social environment.
- Intervention for Educational, Personal, and Financial Issues
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MAP-Works, the diagnostic tool developed to identify at risk first-year students, was first implemented at Indiana State University (ISU) in Fall 2009. The term "at-risk" refers to students who are potential candidates for withdrawing from the university and not returning. The three main goals of MAP-Works are to achieve academic success, by improving students' ability to succeed through focusing on elements of academic success; increase retention, by addressing issues that could have been addressed through self-awareness or timely intervention by professional staff; and increase student involvement, by connecting students with campus resources to facilitate involvement with student organizations and campus-wide programs.