During DEI 1.0, Wolverine Pathways met with considerable success in helping to diversify, along a variety of factors, the U-M’s Ann Arbor campus (U-M AA). Thanks to those efforts, for example, WP graduates now comprise 20 percent of in-state Black students enrolled at U-M AA. Building on this success, the program will work with WP scholars to achieve two key goals over the next five years:
- Increasing First-Year Admissibility - WP will strive to improve within-school competitiveness through an intrusive advising system that is adequately staffed and able to provide the in-time, practical guidance so essential in helping scholars achieve academic excellence. The program will also offer a Tutoring Corps for scholars who require targeted rather than continuous academic intervention. More intense academic interventions for select scholars will focus on improving SAT performance, course grades and essay writing for academic profiles. Robust data analytics will guide the strategic deployment of aforemetioned resources.
- Increasing Transfer Count - To improve the annual transfer rate of scholars, WP will establish transfer as a credible and predictable pathway to U-M Ann Arbor. Toward this end, the program will cultivate a strong relationship with the LSA Transfer Office to coordinate essential programming and data sharing for transfer prospects. WP will also implement a comprehensive communications and marketing strategy to frame transfer as a normative rather than stigmatized admissions option.
Responsible Unit: Wolverine Pathways Program