SEM Plan Appendix
Appendix A.
SEM Planning Team Members
SEM Steering Committee
Dr. Melissa Stutz, Senior VP of Student Services, Co-Lead
Dr. Dustin Eicke, VP of Performance & Planning, Co-Lead
Lisa Trimble, VP of Advancement, Co-Lead
Stacy Maestas, Registrar, Co-Lead
Sarah Hannes, Director, Enrollment Services
Amanda Brown, Instructor, Psychology
Tracy Perko, Program Director, Surgical Technology
J. O’Brien, Pathway Coordinator, Communication & Creative Arts
Sarah Smith, Director, Institutional Research
Julie Gerstner, Director, Project Management
Damien Kortum, Dean, ACC Academic Affairs
SEM Recruitment Sub-Committee
Blake Paintner, Manager, Student Success, Co-Lead
Sarah Hannes, Director, Enrollment Services, Co-Lead
Amanda Brown, Instructor, Psychology
Justin Joiner, Manager, Creative Marketing
Jamie McKim, ACC Program Manager, Outreach & Workforce Development
Melissa Nelson, Interim Director, Residential Living & Learning
Sam Graham, Instructor, Welding
SEM Retention Sub-Committee
Stacy Maestas, Registrar, Co-Lead
Alex Barker, Pathway Coordinator, Health Sciences & Wellness, Co-Lead
Alli McCown, Assistant Director, Enrollment Services
Tracy Perko, Program Director, Surgical Technology
Meghan Kelly, Associate Dean, Ludden Library & Learning Commons
Trent Morrell, Pathway Coordinator, STEM
Dr. Zac Roehrs, Instructor, Biology
SEM Marketing Sub-Committee
Justin Joiner, Manager, Creative Marketing, Co-Lead
Lisa Trimble, VP of Advancement, Co-Lead
Sarah Hannes, Director, Enrollment Services
J. O’Brien, Pathway Coordinator, Communication & Creative Arts
Blake Paintner, Manager, Student Success
SEM Data Support Sub-Committee
Sarah Smith, Director, Institutional Research
Stacy Maestas, Registrar
Alli McCown, Assistant Director, Enrollment Services
Dr. Melissa Stutz, Senior VP of Student Services
Nick Colsch, Instructor, Economics/Public Policy
Appendix B.
References and Resources
Data Variable Definitions
Applicant: An individual, often a prospect, who completes and submits an application for admission to LCCC. NOTE: some individuals will start their engagement with LCCC as an applicant.
Cohort Term: The fall term in which the student entered LCCC as a first-time freshman. Each fall cohort also includes students who were first-time freshmen in the summer term and continued to the fall term.
Continuing Student: An enrolled student that continues to stay enrolled, persisting from semester to semester until completion of an educational goal.
Enrollee: An applicant that has successfully registered for courses at LCCC.
First-Generation: Identifies students whose parents do not have any college experience (“first-generation” in college).
First Term Address: The location of the student based on the student’s preferred address in their first fall term.
First Term Load: The student’s load in their first fall term. Full-time = 12 or more
credit hours. Part-time = less than 12
credit hours.
First Term Modality: The modalities in which a student was enrolled in their first fall term. Online Only includes both synchronous and asynchronous online classes. In-Person Only includes any classes with an in-person component, such as face-to-face and hybrid. Both In-Person and Online includes a mixture of online and in-person classes.
Gender: Male and female only with no missing values based on IPEDS reporting requirements.
Graduated in First Year: Flags students who graduated within their first year in college. For example, students in the 2019 fall cohort would be flagged as graduated if they graduated in 2019 fall, 2020 spring, or 2020 summer.
IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is the National Center
for Education Statistics’ (NCES) core postsecondary education data collection program,
designed to help NCES meet its mandate to report full and complete
statistics on the condition of postsecondary education in the United States.
IPEDS Age: The age range of the student per the official enrollment freeze date for the cohort term (usually the last Friday in January). The age categories are based on IPEDS definitions.
IPEDS Race/Ethnicity: Students’ race/ethnicity categories as defined by IPEDS.
LCCC Age: The age range of the student per the official enrollment freeze date for the cohort term (usually the last Friday in January). The age categories are based on requested LCCC definitions.
LCCC Race/Ethnicity: Students’ race/ethnicity derived from the IPEDS Race/Ethnicity groups and categorized into broader groups to help protect student privacy. Non-Hispanic Racial Minorities include the following IPEDS categories: American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Two or More Races, and Non-Resident Alien.
Market: A defined population of individuals, often determined by geographic or demographic criteria, that is comprised of likely suspects for recruitment.
OER: Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others.
Pathway: The pathway in which the program from the student’s first fall term resides. Programs that ended prior to pathways are categorized into the pathway in which they “would have” resided to get a sense of history for the pathway. Program information is limited to one program per student with associate’s degrees taking precedence over certificates and CDs.
Pell Recipient: Flags students who received a Federal Pell Grant in their first year in college (cohort fall, following spring, or following summer).
Permanent Residency: Broad categories based on students’ permanent county and state residency. In-district = Laramie county. Out-of-district = all other Wyoming counties. WUE = all WUE states including Nebraska (https://www.wiche.edu/our-region/). Out of State = all other states and international.
Program Goal: The intended goal of the program. AA and AS programs are identified as Transfer programs. AAS/ADN/CERT/CD programs are identified as Workforce programs. Program information is limited to one program per student with associate’s degrees taking precedence over certificates and CDs.
Prospect: An individual who has acted to engage with LCCC, providing enough information
to allow for customized, direct
communication to them from the College.
Residence County: The Wyoming county reported by the student as their permanent residency. Permanent residence counties outside of Wyoming are unknown.
Residence State: The state reported by the student as their permanent residency, including
military address state codes.
International = students from outside of the US.
Retention: Identifies that a student is still enrolled in a subsequent term or year regardless of completion status.
Service Area: Laramie and Albany counties.
Summer Melt: The phenomenon of prospective college students’ motivation to attend
college “melting” away during the
summer between the end of high school and beginning of college.
Stakeholder: The people, or groups (departments, etc.) that have a vested interest
and/or are dependent on the success of
the area.
Suspect: An individual within a target market that fit characteristics suggesting
they have the potential to become a student
at LCCC.
Yield Rate: The percentage of students who enroll at LCCC after being accepted.