All staff are encouraged to read Succeeding @ Griffith which is a model for the development of a coherent University-wide strategy to improve the student experience at Griffith.
Succeeding @ Griffith identifies key transition points in students' engagement with the University, and the support students need at these points, with a view to aligning services and resources in order to improve retention and graduate success. It also places emphasis on strategies for resourcing and enabling staff who are key to achieving the fundamental goal of enhancing the student experience at Griffith.
It is a long-term action plan for change in the University, and a blueprint for coordinating service delivery and planning.
Griffith offers its students a wide range of support. No matter what point students are at in their academic careers, it is likely that they will still find some new services they could benefit from. The New Students website is a valuable index of the support sites.
Mentoring of students
Mentoring is an important part of the learning community at Griffith, because connecting with other students and with industry professionals is strongly linked with student success.
The Mentoring @ Griffith program offers assistance to staff to establish a mentoring program and then manage and sustain it effectively and successfully.
The Industry Mentoring Program is coordinated by the Careers and Employment Service (Student Services)
The Industrial Affiliates Program covers a range of University disciplines, offered as either 20CP or 40CP courses.
Background
Improving student retention rates is a strategic priority area at Griffith. The 2003-2004 Griffith University Retention Project supported by the Vice Chancellor's Strategic Fund followed on from the 2002 Griffith University Student Retention Project, which aimed to develop a strategic framework to inform teaching, student support, administration and policy at Griffith.
Planning, Statistics and Business Intelligence maintains data and resources that offer evidence for decision-making about programs and courses.
- Improving retention
- Retention data for schools (Griffith users only)
The Final Report of the 2002 Griffith University Student Retention Project identifies good practice and initiatives at Griffith University in relation to student retention and makes recommendations for further improvements in this area.
- Final report of 2002 Student Retention Project (PDF 1.11MB) (Griffith users only)
- Utilising an organisational learning approach to facilitate change in a university and improve the retention of first year students (PDF 54KB)
- Utilising an organisational learning model to improve student retention at Griffith University (PDF 40KB)
- The impact of full-time employment and family commitments on the first year experience of full-time students (PDF 186KB)
- First year students' perceptions of inclusion: links with teaching and retention (PDF 199KB)