Figure 12: Student intakes and institutional responsiveness The argument can be illustrated further by outlining three different loosely ‘cases’, based upon actual institutions: Table 6: Illustrative examples - student intakes and institutional responsiveness Table 7: Three illustrative examples - student intakes and institutional Institution Institution Institution ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ Close to planned Has capped Has experienced a limit to growth student growth marked shift in student Relatively Fairly diverse demographics homogeneous student and academic student population population preparedness Highly selective Highly selective selective admissions admissions entry High course load Moderate course requirements load High course load Limited teaching and curriculum Wide range of Weak teaching innovation teaching and and curriculum curriculum support Plans to increase interventions black enrolment to Graduation in 30% over time Graduation in minimum time minimum time Graduation in 30-35% minimum time Final graduation 40% graduation around 36% around 60-65% Total graduation planning to Black graduation around 70% increase this by in minimum time Challenge: 10% 1-7%; total black maintain and graduation To meet its goal, around 25% improve needs to ensure throughput, while similar success Challenge: rate for black improving
Figure 12: Student intakes and institutional responsiveness The argument can be illustrated further by outlining three different ‘cases’, loosely based upon actual institutions: Table 6: Illustrative examples - student intakes and institutional responsiveness Table 7: Three illustrative examples - student intakes and institutional Institution ‘A’ Institution ‘B’ Institution ‘C’ Close to planned limit to growth Relatively homogeneous student population Highly selective admissions High course load Limited teaching and curriculum innovation Plans to increase black enrolment to 30% over time Graduation in minimum time Total graduation around 70% Challenge: maintain and improve throughput, while Has capped student growth Fairly diverse student population Highly selective admissions Moderate course load Wide range of teaching and curriculum interventions Graduation in minimum time 30-35% graduation around 60-65% to increase this by 10% To meet its goal, needs to ensure similar success rate for black Has experienced a marked shift in student demographics and academic preparedness selective entry requirements High course load Weak teaching and curriculum support Graduation in minimum time Final graduation around 36% Black graduation in minimum time 1-7%; total black graduation around 25% Challenge: improving planning 40%
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