{"id":15845,"date":"2013-04-11T14:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=15845"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T21:21:09","slug":"uh-graduation-initiative-on-national-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/11\/uh-graduation-initiative-on-national-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"东精影业<\/abbr> graduation initiative on national stage"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Johnsrud addresses representatives of 22 states and the District of Columbia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A team from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System took the national stage at the Complete College America<\/a> (CCA<\/abbr>) conference in Denver, Colorado to share details of the highly successful 15 to Finish<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

The 15 to Finish campaign encourages students to take 15 or more credits each semester and graduate on time—two years for an associates degree and four years for a baccalaureate degree.<\/p>\n

“It was such an honor. This team has been working on this for over a year and a half, and to be asked to come here and share it with these 22 states and the District of Columbia is a real tribute to our ten campus effort. To think that what we’ve done in Hawaiʻi<\/span> is going to inform these states — we should all be so proud,” said 东精影业<\/abbr> Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost Linda Johnsrud.<\/p>\n

The aggressive 15 to Finish publicity and advertising campaign resulted in significant increases in the number of 东精影业<\/abbr> freshmen taking 15 or more credits. In the fall of 2011, only 15 percent of 东精影业<\/abbr> freshmen across the state took 15 or more credits. That increased to 24 percent one year later, following the campaign.<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> Mānoa saw an increase from 38 percent to 56 percent.<\/p>\n

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The 15 to Finish team takes questions about the campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It’s always hard to get large numbers of students to do something different. So that makes it even more significant what the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> has done. And that’s one of the reasons that we call it a game changer, because they’re moving the numbers significantly. That’s why all these states came through a blizzard to get here to listen to the Hawaiʻi<\/span> team and learn about their program,” said Stan Jones, CCA<\/abbr> president.<\/abbr><\/p>\n

“The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System is really a model that we’re using across the country. We have 22 states and the District of Columbia that are extremely interested in launching a 15 to Finish campaign in their own states, and Hawaiʻi<\/span> is going to lead the way,” Jones said.<\/p>\n

Johnsrud’s 15 to Finish team also includes Pearl Iboshi, Director, Institutional Research and Analysis<\/a>; Joanne Itano, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/a>; Joanne Taira, Senior Executive for International & Strategic Initiatives; and Teri Yamashige, Communications Specialist for Hawaiʻi<\/span> P-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“But although we did the campaign, we were building on the foundations laid by each of our ten campuses to make this possible,” Johnsrud said.<\/p>\n