Supplemental Instruction Program

Performance Indicators

SI significantly reduces attrition rates in "high-risk" courses.

In courses which have a 30 percent or higher rate of D and F final course grades and withdrawals, SI reduces these combined rates by approximately 30% to 50%. At UMKC these courses include those from the lower division College of Arts and Sciences and professional and graduate schools.

Final Course Grades (4 point scale)

	All Colleges	2 Year Public	4 Year Public	4 Year Private
Non-SI	2.09	2.09	2.07	2.31
SI	2.42	2.56	2.36	2.55
Number of Courses	N=4,945	N=93l	N=3,001	N=993

Percentage Received a D, F, or W Final Course Grades

	All Colleges	2 Year Public	4 Year Public	4 Year Private
Non-SI	37.1%	32.4%	37.3%	28.4%
SI	23.1%	24.3%	23.9%	19.1%
Number of Courses	N=4,945	N=93l	N=3,001	N=993

Percentage of A & B Final Course Grades

	All Colleges	2 Year Public	4 Year Public	4 Year Private
Non-SI	35.9%	32.4%	35.4%	43.2%
SI	46.8%	50.2%	44.8%	52.1%
Number of Courses	N=4,945	N=93l	N=3,001	N=993

Percent of Re-enrollment the Following Semester.

UMKC students of differing levels of previous academic achievement. Quartiles based on composite ACT score as compared with other UMKC students.

	Top Quartile	Middle Two Quartiles	Bottom Quartile Public
Non-SI	93.1%	77.9%	77.9%
SI	92.9%	90.5%	85.6%

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