1) Review and comment on the trend of minority students enrolling in your classes (particularly lower-division, GEN Ed) and in your programs.
In 2020-2021 (first year of the program), Environmental Science majors were 79% white, 13% Latinx, and 9% other. Over time, we would like to increase minority representation within the major to at least the University average or, better yet, the regional demographic. Strategies to work toward this goal are yet to be developed.
2) What support (from enrollment services, advising, first-year transition office, access & diversity, etc.) do you need to help you recruit and retain students?
Retention efforts within the College of Science will benefit environmental science majors. Any advisor meeting with a student interested in Environmental Science will be directed to either Dr. Frantz or Dr. Hoagstrom for major-specific advising. We anticipate that support from the Development Office will allow us to offer dedicated aid to recruit and retain environmental science majors.
3) We have invited you to re-think your program assessment. What strategies are you considering? What support or help would you like?
See assessment plan (above).
4) Finally, we are supporting our Concurrent Enrollment accreditation process. Does your program offer concurrent enrollment classes? If so, have you been able to submit the information requested from the Concurrent Enrollment office? Staff from OIE will reach out to you in the next few months to assist in finalizing that data submission as well as gather information for concurrent Gen Ed assessment.
Environmental Science does not offer any classes within the program. All classes are housed elsewhere.
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