BRAG

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BRAG

• Bringing
• Re-entries and
• ATB students to
• Graduation

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B.R.A.G. is

• A program that targets efforts and resources
  toward our two highest risk groups
• 1. Re-entries
• 2. ATB students

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Why are these the two highest risk groups?

• ATB students drop at a higher rate than the
  non-ATB population
• Half of Re-enters drop again.

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Relative Comparison of ATB population with
non-ATB population by gross drop rate
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Half of our 2007 Re-enters dropped again
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The other reason they deserve attention

• Not only are they the two highest drop rate
  segments of our population, they are also
• THE TWO FASTEST GROWING SEGMENTS OF OUR
  POPULATION!

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Growth rate of ATB pop in 2007 in 4 select schools
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Growth of Re-enters in 4 select schools in 2007
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The Dilemma

• Our two highest drop rate groups are also our
  two fastest growing groups.
• Retention will continue to be a challenge for us
  unless we target these two groups specifically.

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Other Reasons these Two Groups are the same

• These students have the same pattern of quitting
• These students are the first to become
  overwhelmed
• When they are absent it is because they are
  overwhelmed, not because they do not see value
  (like the rest of the student body)
• These students need life skills training
  including how to set goals, and how to make
  back-up plans

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What we know about keeping these two groups of
students and bringing them to graduation

• They graduate when they had one consistent person
  that they could count on throughout the length of
  their program.
• They graduate when we advise them immediately
  after starting school.
• They graduate when their advising has been
  meaningful to them.
• They graduate when their advising has been
  consistent.
• They graduate when we teach them about goal
  setting and making back up plans.

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2 Basic Elements of the BRAG program

• Pacific Institute program
• Advising

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In the first 10 weeks

• Every Re-enter and ATB student will complete
  Pacific Institute Thought Patterns for a
  Successful Career

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Why do they need it the most?

• Quitting is a pattern for them that they have to
  break.
• Their habits and attitudes are not geared toward
  completing anything.
• No one has ever taught them how to set goals.
• No one has ever taught them about back up plans.

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Advising in coordination with PI

• Each school has a group of advisors, with a ratio
  of about 125 students each.
• Each of these advisors are trained and BRAG
  Certified
• To keep the Certification, they must meet minimum
  advising session guidelines that will be
  inspected quarterly.

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B.R.A.G. Advising in a nutshell

• Every ATB student and Re-enter will receive BRAG
  advising within the first three days of school.
• Every ATB and Re-enter will have the same BRAG
  Advisor until they graduate.
• We will track graduation rates of BRAG Advisors
  students and reward bonuses based on meeting
  certain rates.

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How We Will Measure Success

• On a quarterly basis, retention of the ATB
  population will equal the retention of the
  non-ATB population.
• The graduation rate of ATB students will be the
  same as the graduation rate of the total
  population.
• Only one quarter of re-enters will drop again.

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