RooSTRONG, UMKC’s student success model, asserts a vision for student experience that is personalized, engaging and data-informed from the first encounter through transition. RooSTRONG addresses barriers students may face at critical junctures in their journeys: access, entry, progress, completion, and transition. By addressing the whole person, the momentum strategies that compose RooSTRONG integrate academic initiatives that encourage progress and persistence with co-curricular initiatives designed to provide individualized supports for students in our community (e.g. students who are traditionally undeserved, first-generation college, military veterans, students with disabilities, student-athletes, and students who are academically gifted, transfer and returning students).
RooSTRONG adapted Completion by Design's Loss/Momentum Framework and bases student success strategies in the following critical junctures.
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RooSTRONG promotes a Culture of Caring that works effectively and efficiently for students. Students who embrace the UMKC Culture of Caring will: