Howdy,

Barbara Smith recently reached out to the Academic Advising Council (AAC) asking us to discuss developing an all-advising probation program for all of UTSA Advising. Instead of AAC members taking sole charge of this task, we thought it would be best to extend an invitation to participate to those who have worked closely with their center’s current/previous programs or to any advisor who may be interested in helping with this task. We realize this is a busy time for all of us, but the commitment will likely only last until June 1^st (see timeline below).

Specifically, the committee will be focusing on topics such as:

· Developing recommendations for a universal model for working with probationary students regardless of center/advisor

o Best practices

o Current UTSA practices

o Possible different interventions for students along a sliding scale (likely GPA based)

o Minimum expectations of advisors when working with probationary students

· Communication/Outreach strategy: EARN, holds, emails, etc.

· Metrics for future assessment of the program’s impact on student success/retention

· Timeline for training & implementation

The current proposed timeline is:

June 1^st – Recommendations due

Summer/Fall 2014 – Administrative review and approval

Fall 2014 – Advisor training regarding new model

Spring 2015 – Implementation

Please let me know of your interest in participating by 5:00 pm Friday April 18^th. I will be contacting those interested early next week to set up the first meeting time.

Thank you,

Matt D. Keneson

Academic Advisor I

The University of Texas at San Antonio

The Colleges' Freshman Advising Center (CFAC)

One UTSA Circle | San Antonio, Texas  78249

phone 210-458-5170 | fax 210-458-6281

Colleges' Freshman Advising Center Website:  

www.utsa.edu/cfac

Frequently Asked Advising Questions:

www.utsa.edu/advise/students-faq.html