Student Success 2.0

Georgia State is internationally known for its commitment to teaching and innovation and for positively contributing to students’ social mobility. While maintaining our commitment to equity in education, we will expand our national leadership through curricular innovation, greater access to education and reliance on evidence-based student success programs for all students at all levels. Georgia State will create additional ways to increase financial support for students and limit costs in instructional materials and associated expenses of pursuing a degree (e.g., open access instructional materials, affordable housing options).

GOAL ONE: Build a flexible and interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum for the future that prepares every student to possess traits that serve as the foundation of academic and lifetime success like critical thinking, adaptability, communication and evaluation skills, and emotional intelligence.

1.1 Engage creatively with curricula to equip students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to pursue their academic, professional and personal aspirations by developing degree completion programs, reimagining orientation and perspectives courses, and incorporating high-impact teaching practice into core courses.

1.2 Strengthen quality instruction, interaction and engagement between instructors and students by attending to effective student-faculty ratios, optimal instructional modalities and innovative learning spaces.

1.3 Establish infrastructure to offer undergraduate emerging scholars and their faculty mentors opportunities in research, scholarship and creative activities.

GOAL TWO: Become a national model of educational affordability and accessibility by enhancing academic and financial support infrastructures.

2.1 Promote career readiness and financial support for students by creating on-campus worker-learner programs and integrating career advancement initiatives for students with off-campus employment.

2.2 Expand the academic support staff and use data analytic tools to increase success rates for undergraduate students, ensure class availability, improve transfer and transition processes and implement academic coaching support for learners.

2.3 Augment access to and actively promote global education programs, including study abroad, international virtual exchange and Global Scholar Distinction courses in each college.

2.4 Expand financial assistance for graduate and undergraduate students to increase degree completion and reduce their financial needs.

GOAL THREE: Increase the number of high-achieving graduate students.

3.1 Diversify and create highly competitive graduate student financial support and professional development resources to enhance engagement in the instructional, research, scholarly and creative missions of the university.

3.2 Expand availability of high-demand degree programs and other credentials at the graduate level with attention to student needs around instructional modality (online, face-to-face, hybrid), affordability and connection to local, national and global workforce needs.

3.3 Adapt the tools and strategies that have made Georgia State a national model for undergraduate student success to graduate students in support of retention and degree completion.