A Systems Approach to Success: Designing for All Students in Large Introductory Course

Student success in higher education?typically measured in performance and retention?continues to be challenging in large introductory courses. Despite numerous interventions and resources, many attempts to address this challenge often focus only on limited aspects of the whole student experience or journey. EDUCAUSE, as well as other institutions, has been promoting the need to adjust strategies and practices for higher education as digital (Dx) and cultural (Cx) transformations impact society around them. Utilizing a holistic and systems approach, a larger university in the Southwest is currently forming agile teams representing key stakeholders in order to partner with academic units and faculty. This session describes concrete instructional, organizational, and administrative strategies that have been shown to positively impact the success of all student populations in large enrollment and cross-modality (online, hybrid, on-ground) courses.