Launched in Spring 2022, the CSUCI Initiative for Mapping Academic Success, also known as CIMAS, is designed to build students鈥� academic skill sets, their sense of academic efficacy and motivation and their sense of connection to the university. The more specific goals of CIMAS are to increase student retention and to help students maintain progress toward graduation.
CIMAS is based on an 鈥淧rogram to Watch鈥� commended program designed by CSUCI Sociology faculty in partnership with Academic Advising.
CIMAS targets students who experienced negative course outcomes in Fall of 2021 courses, specifically, non-passing or incomplete grades, course drops or term withdrawals. Initial results from the program鈥檚 launch show students鈥� average GPAs increased more than half a point, and the percentage of students who graduated or returned for the Fall 2022 semester was nearly seven points higher than that of the general student population.
To express interest in joining CIMAS for Fall 2023, please e-mail sasei@csuci.edu.
Staff & Faculty Leadership:
- Elena Jaloma, SOAR at CI Project Director
- Leslie Abell, Faculty Lead, Sociology Faculty