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Address:
Lawrence Center, Room 262
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-3416
Fax: 610-436-2600
Andria Young
Administrative Assistant
AYoung@wcupa.edu
The Division of Undergraduate Studies and Student Support Services (USSSS) promotes academic excellence and contributes to the success of all students at West Chester University.
Academic Development Program (ADP)
The ADP is a special admissions program and provides structured academic support for students in their first year and beyond.
Learning Assistance & Resource Center (LARC)
The LARC offers tutoring services in most general education courses and introductory courses in business.
Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSD)
The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSD) offers services for students with physical and learning disabilities.
Exploratory Studies
The Exploratory Studies advisors offer services to assist students who have not yet declared a major to explore their fields of interest before entering a degree program.
Early Alert
The Early Alert Program is a proactive system of communication and collaboration of professors, program staff, academic advisors, and University students.
Staff
Other
- Academic Advising
- Academic Recovery Plan (ARP)
- Student Retention and Success / Equity Scorecard Process
Student Retention and Success
West Chester University defines student success as the active involvement in the academic, co-curricular, and social life of the university, which leads to persistence toward the completion of a degree program.
WCU's first-to-second year retention rate is 87.9% for the Fall 2013 entering cohort. The six-year graduation rate is 66.9% for the 2008 entering cohort. For more information on the University's retention and graduation rates, please visit the Office of Institutional Research webpage.
Equity Scorecard Process
Together with the other thirteen institutions of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education (PASSHE), WCU is participating in the Equity Scorecard Process™ developed by the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California. The Equity Scorecard (ES) process is a data-driven, organizational learning process designed to foster institutional change through identifying and eliminating racial disparities among college students. Consistent with WCU's mission to provide access and high-quality undergraduate education, the aim of this project is to identify structurally hidden and unintended inequalities leading to racial disproportions in the following: access to the university, retention, degree completion, and involvement in high impact activities, such as internship, honors, and undergraduate research.
The ES process promotes the principle of equity-mindedness. In this way, our focus is on institutional barriers to student excellence, rather than on potential deficits among individual students. Compensatory programs that aim to eliminate racial/ethnic student deficits alone are not sufficient to bring about equity in student outcomes. By identifying and eliminating unintended structural inequalities that are obstacles to equity at WCU, we are better positioned to effect and sustain systemic change.
Working collaboratively with campus administrators, staff, and faculty, the 12-member ES evidence team began its work in January 2012 and completed the process in August 2014. A complete report will be released by the end of Fall 2014.
For more information, please contact the ES Co-Leaders:
Dr. Vanessa K. Johnson, Department of Psychology Professor