My Day

With input and support from many individuals across the University, we have crafted a report to describe the monumental work undertaken by the college academic advisors who reached out to all those who did not priority register in November 2008.  In addition, the Office of Institutional Research helped us to craft the subsequent survey sent in January 2009 to reach out and ask those who did not return if we could have done something more - the report shows the results of that effort as well.  Through the tremendous support from Sheila Vinton, our graduate research assistant here in the Office of Undergraduate Education, we provide you with a story of this University-wide effort to reach out to our students falling through those legendary cracks in the system. 

You can download the report here.

It humbled us here in the Office of Undergraduate Education to see the good will and generous spirit of those who went above and beyond the usual day-to-day efforts (already at maximum capacity) to explore what causes attrition at the University of Kentucky and how we might better communicate with those who might drop out.

Please accept my grateful thanks to all who contributed to this report.  It is our hope that UK faculty and staff find it useful in understanding the larger issues surrounding the need for improving UK retention rates and in finding new and strategic ways to continue moving forward in these efforts.