Mission

Undergraduate Retention is committed to supporting all students on their path to graduation. We strive to enhance student success, which is a combination of academics, wellness and engagement, by encouraging students to identify their individual strengths and take full advantage of campus resources designed to help them succeed. We encourage students to give thoughtful consideration to their academic and personal goals leading them to take responsibility for their education, choices and decisions.

 

Vision

Carolina’s vision of becoming the leading public institution is grounded in its commitment to providing the strongest possible undergraduate educational experience. Institutional performance measures identify retention and graduation rates as key performance indicators. Undergraduate Retention will work collaboratively with units across campus to encourage the success of all students at Carolina while setting a national standard for degree attainment.

 

Values

  • Every student at Carolina has the potential to succeed.
  • Education takes place most productively in an inclusive, diverse and equitable community.
  • Student Success is a combination of academics, wellness and engagement.
  • Students who self-advocate and take responsibility for their education are more likely to succeed.
  • Smart students take advantage of university resources.
  • University partnerships are imperative to encouraging student success; it takes a University to retain students.
  • Strength-based academic advising encourages student success.

 

Goals
1. Collaborate with partners across campus on student success initiatives. Support retention initiatives for all undergraduate students and, in particular, student groups with unique barriers to success including first generation college students, transfer students and students from underrepresented populations.
2. Encourage the development of student responsibility and self-advocacy. Support efforts to normalize help seeking behavior and promote an institutional culture of student success.
3. Provide support to students on academic probation and students failing to meet academic standards.
4. Collect data, compile reports and share information on retention trends and issues. Evaluate the efficacy of initiatives targeted at improving degree completion rates. Stay apprised of best practices at peer institutions.
5. Communicate key academic policies to students. Examine the ways in which academic policies influence persistence and make policy recommendations to enhance student success.