{"id":459,"date":"2015-09-18T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/?p=459"},"modified":"2015-09-18T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:32:08","slug":"enhancing-the-learning-environment-to-raise-and-equalize-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/2015\/09\/18\/enhancing-the-learning-environment-to-raise-and-equalize-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing the learning environment to raise and equalize student success:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/academics\/experiential-learning-and-leadership\">Provost Initiative Funds<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/academics\/experiential-learning-and-leadership\">provide experiential learning opportunities:<\/a> Funds helped AgSci hire faculty and staff to promote experiential learning opportunities at our <a href=\"http:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/research\/oregon-agricultural-experiment-station\/oaes-branch-stations\">11 Branch Experiment Stations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newdesigns.orst.edu\/admin\/aa\/ir\/sites\/default\/files\/retention-graduation-ag.pdf\">Graduation rates are rising:<\/a> AgSci\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/newdesigns.orst.edu\/admin\/aa\/ir\/sites\/default\/files\/retention-graduation-ag.pdf\">6-year graduation rate<\/a> from the 2007 cohort is 67.8%, above the university rate of 61.5%, for 2013-14.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newdesigns.orst.edu\/admin\/aa\/ir\/sites\/default\/files\/grad-summary-2013-14.pdf\">Total number of degrees awarded<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/newdesigns.orst.edu\/admin\/aa\/ir\/sites\/default\/files\/grad-summary-2013-14.pdf\">is increasing:<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/newdesigns.orst.edu\/admin\/aa\/ir\/sites\/default\/files\/grad-summary-2013-14.pdf\">In 2014<\/a>, AgSci awarded a total of 564 degrees, up from 332 five years ago.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/bioenergy-education\">Bioenergy Program teaches alternatives to fossil fuel:<\/a> OSU now offers an undergrad minor, master\u2019s scholarship, and pre-college programs in this USDA-funded biofuels development program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Provost Initiative Funds provide experiential learning opportunities: Funds helped AgSci hire faculty and staff to promote experiential learning opportunities at our 11 Branch Experiment Stations. Graduation rates are rising: AgSci\u2019s 6-year graduation rate from the 2007 cohort is 67.8%, above the university rate of 61.5%, for 2013-14. Total number of degrees awarded is increasing: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5872,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[758458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-student-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/casprovostreport2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}