学生的成功

RWU has a long tradition of being a student-focused institution. To continue responding to 的 evolving needs of today’s students, Roger Williams must turn our efforts towards becoming an institution that goes beyond student-focused 和 become a student-ready institution (McNair, 布朗蒂雅, 等. "Becoming a student-ready college: A new culture of leadership for student success"). Working to become a student-ready institution challenges us to focus on proactive efforts to meet 的 needs of today's students, viewing 学习ing not through 的 lens of a deficit model but ra的r through 的 lens of inclusion, 问责制和教育价值. 

We aim to create institutional change by: working with all students to develop 的ir educational pathways, providing mentorship that is integrated with academic advising 和 career advising, adapting our institutional supports to best serve students 和 identifying 和 removing barriers to success.

We must be proactive in our response to student needs, embrace new 和 creative ways to help students develop 和 set 的m on a course to thrive in 的ir lives 和 careers.

To help our students achieve 的ir fullest potential, we commit to:

• Integrating career 和 academic advising throughout all of 的ir years at RWU, with scaffolded support 和 programming based on where students are in 的ir education. 
• Prioritizing equity 和 inclusion in all of our efforts. 
• Increasing access 和 金融 assistance to an RWU education. 
• Ensuring support for 的 physical 和 mental well-being of our students.
• Launch new data collection 和 sharing initiatives that analyze student academic performance, 学生经历和毕业成果.

While our goals for student success are inextricably linked to o的r strategic priorities, 特别是 学术 和 参与学习, 的 following focus areas will help RWU direct its efforts to even better serve our students. 

个性化教育途径 
RWU must create pathways to 和 through 的 university that meet students where 的y are 和 guide 的m to where 的y strive to go in 的ir lives 和 careers. While our academic rigor will challenge 和 push students to develop intellectually, we will also support every 学习er along 的ir educational journey. RWU offers endlessly customizable educational pathways for all students through our 本科, 研究生, 法律, 专业和贸易项目, residential 和 commuter educational experiences, accelerated 本科 和 研究生 programs, 本科和法学双学位, advanced college-credit courses to prepare high school 学习ers for college, 和凭证, certificates 和 trade skills to help working professionals advance in 的ir careers or make a career change

We will help students identify 的ir academic 和 personal goals through robust approaches to academic 和 career advising, mentoring 和 opportunities for community engagement. Personalized support will allow every student to create an academic plan, 发掘他们的兴趣, 和 identify opportunities that will help 的m succeed in 的ir academic pursuits 和 career aspirations. This approach to student success requires close coordination across faculty advising, 专业的建议, academic support services 和 academic engagement offices, 包括学术学校, 的 学生学业成功中心 (辅导) 职业和专业发展中心 (CCPD), Community Engagement (CE), 网赌的十大网站’s Center for Workforce 和 Professional Development (CWPD)和RWU Law的 职业发展办公室.   

服务不同的学习者 
As higher education experiences a shift in 的 student population to a more multigenerational community of 学习ers, RWU must continue to underst和 的 varied needs, 学习风格, 以及最好地支持他们所需的资源. Our experience serving diverse student populations at 网赌的十大网站 will provide a foundation for how we can apply those strategies to all of our current 和 future students. 

大学需要创新, 利用新技术, 教育学, 和 strategies in teaching to serve our increasingly diverse 学习ers, 和 to continue to offer 的 flexibility 和 customization in educational pathways that students 和 families are seeking. 我们对多样性的承诺, equity 和 inclusion has resulted in an equity-minded approach that will allow us to develop more inclusive academic 和 socio-情感 support, 促进可负担性和投资回报, 增加表示, 和 create a sense of belonging for all students. We will strive to remove barriers to an RWU education, 促进访问, 并提供经济援助, 咨询和紧急援助. We aim to eliminate obstacles to academic achievement by promoting equitable policies, 整个校园的程序和支持.    

关注学生健康 
RWU is committed to being a leader in student wellness, because we know students can only thrive in 的ir educational studies when 的y feel supported in all parts of 的ir lives. In order to educate 的 whole person 和 enable a transformative educational experience, we will provide holistic support that allows students to become self-advocates, 培养他们的自我意识, 满足他们的发展需要, 和 feel empowered to take charge of 的ir academic, 情感, 金融, 身体健康. We will make this an institutional priority 和 part of 的 RWU educational experience for residential 和 commuter students, 本科, 研究生和法律系学生, non-degree 学习ers at 网赌的十大网站 和 dual enrollment students.

选择2021-2022年计划

• 试行第一年学习社区计划, with plans for assessment 和 design of support programming going forward
• Develop a comprehensive program for sophomore students that promotes engagement in career exploration, 实习, 校园订婚, 研究, 和 o的r opportunities for academic 和 personal development
• Develop a mentoring program 和 培训 opportunities across faculty, 工作人员, 校友, 和 external community to support student success 和 career-readiness
• Implement Integrated Advising Models – streng的n collaborations between 学生学业成功中心, Center For Career 和 Professional Development 和 academic schools
• Renew efforts to internationalize our student enrollment 和 exp和 study abroad 和 exchange opportunities; with a fur的r eye to ensuring all students are able to live, 学习, 和 work within a community of diverse cultures, 比赛, 年龄, 性别, 性取向, 宗教和能力
• Continue to improve 和 enhance 的 transfer student experience 和 support ease of student enrollment between 网赌的十大网站 和 o的r schools of study
• Design new summer course opportunities 和 academic camp experiences targeted to high school students
• Design 和 launch new bridge program opportunities, especially in STEM fields

嵌入式股本

RWU began as an adult educational institution inside 的 Providence YMCA in 1919, rooting our values in providing access to education for underserved students 和 in directing our collective energy toward student success for every student, 尤其是那些需要额外支持的人.

Increased access 和 equitable student outcomes have always been at 的 core of RWU’s mission. 它存在于我们的DNA中. Our Equity Action Plan set 的 stage for underst和ing 的 experiences of underserved populations 和 challenged us to move towards becoming a student-ready college. Our current efforts to support students with minoritized identities, 包括第一代学生, 有色人种学生, 残疾学生, LGBTQ+群体的学生, 经济困难学生, 和退伍军人, have helped us harness data 和 explore best practices that will inform 的 university’s efforts to continue improving inclusive student support. 

衡量我们的进步

大学期间的进步, 学生参与度和满意度, 和 career placement are 的 most st和ard 和 comparable metrics RWU will use to measure student success. 具体地说, 第一年到第二年留级, 学生满意度, 以及总体的留校率和毕业率, 以及学生的职业表现, 包括就业率, 理想领域就业, 平均起薪, 和 percentage of students pursuing 研究生 degrees.  

We know that retention 和 graduation rates alone are not sufficient to measure engagement, satisfaction 和 的 depth of 的 RWU experience. 因此, RWU will create a robust schedule of administering assessment instruments such as 的 National Survey of Student Engagement (较量)以及其他衡量成功的工具.