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A Matter of Degrees. Promising Practices for Community College Student Success. I Have a Goal!. On the SENSE survey, entering students say… 79% want to obtain an associate degree. 73% want to transfer to a four-year institution. 59% want to complete a certificate program. Students Speak. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A Matter of
Degrees
Promising Practices
for Community
College Student
Success
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I Have a Goal!
On the SENSE survey, entering students say…
79% want to obtain an associate degree.
73% want to transfer to a four-year institution.
59% want to complete a certificate program.
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Students Speak
Bringing data alive through student voices…
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What did you hear?
About “front door” experiences?
About learning and teaching?
About support for students?
About what makes a difference for students?
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Not all orientations…or learning communities…or student success classes…or whatever the practice…
are created equal!
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Design Principles for Effective Practice
A strong start Clear, coherent pathways Integrated support High expectations and high
support Intensive student
engagement Design for scale Professional Development
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The College with the Most Innovations…
…doesn’t necessarily win!
This is NOT a checklist!
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The effectiveness of educational practice depends on…
Specific design of the practice Quality of implementation
Integration of the combination of practices the college intentionally employs…
at scale!
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Promising Practices for Community College Student Success
Planning for Success– Assessment and Placement– Orientation– Academic Goal Setting and Planning– Registration before Classes Begin
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Discussion Questions
What practices are in place at your college? What is mandatory? For whom? What have you brought to scale?
Registration before classes begin? Academic goal-setting and planning? Orientation? Assessment and placement?
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Promising Practices for Community College Student Success
Initiating Success– Accelerated or Fast-Track Developmental
Education– First-Year Experience– Student Success Course– Learning Community
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Discussion Questions
What practices are in place at your college? What is mandatory? For whom? What have you brought to scale?
Accelerated or fast-track dev ed Student success course? First-year experience? Learning communities?
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Promising Practices for Community College Student Success
Sustaining Success– Class Attendance– Early Alert and Intervention– Experiential Learning beyond the Classroom– Tutoring– Supplemental Instruction
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Discussion Questions
What practices are in place at your college? What is mandatory? For whom? What have you brought to scale?
Class attendance (as in “it’s important to show up.”)
Early alert and intervention? Experiential learning beyond the classroom? Tutoring? Supplemental instruction?
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Center for Community College Student Engagement – CCCSE
Collecting Data from Many Perspectives
Quantitative data – 4 surveys – the “what”
Qualitative data – focus groups – the “why”
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Four surveys CCSSE CCFSSE SENSE CCIS
Focus groups Initiative on Student Success – Starting Right High-Impact Practices Initiative Improving Outcomes for Men of Color
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Structured Group Learning Experiences – Promising Practices
Orientation Accelerated / Fast-track developmental
education First-year experience Student success course Learning community
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Structured Group Learning Experiences
Learning community
Student success course
First-year experience
Accelerated or fast-track developmental education
Orientation
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
56%
83%
58%
42%
96%
Percentage of colleges that report they implement each practice (N=288)
Source: 2011 CCIS data.
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CCIS, CCSSE, CCFSSE Promising PracticesPromising Practice
Colleges That Report Having It
Students Who Report Doing It
Full-Time Faculty Who Teach or Facilitate
Orientation 96% 58% 13%
Student Success Course
83% 24% 12%
First-Year Experience
58% 26% 17%
Learning Community
56% 13% 16%
Accelerated DevelopmentalEducation
42% 26% 14%
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Structured Group Learning ExperiencesAmong responding colleges using each practice, the percentage that require the
experience for all first-time students (part-time and full-time)
38%
*Required for first-time developmental students only (part-time and full-time)
Source: 2011 CCIS data.
Yes (105 of 276)
Orientation
13%
Yes (15 of 120)
Accelerated or fast-track developmental education*
27%
Yes (45 of 166)
First-year experience
15%
Yes (35 of 238)
Student success course
1% Yes (2 of 160)
Learning community
Students don’t do optional!!
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Orientation
…leads to higher student satisfaction, greater use of
support services and improved retention of at-risk
students.
However…
19% of entering students are unaware of it.
38% of colleges require it for all students – full-time and part-time.
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Orientation
Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating
58%
Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.
Yes (N=237,325)
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2011 CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Orientation –
52.3 52.3 52.8 52.7 53.4
47.8 47.2 47.8 47.7
45.7
Participated in Orientation
Did not Participate in Orientation
Sources: 2011 CCSSE data
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Student Success Course
Student success courses improve students’ study skills, time management, note-taking and test-taking skills
However,
Only 15% of CCIS colleges (35/238) require it for all first-time students.
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Student Success Course
Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating
24%
Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.
Yes (N=229,696)
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2011 CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Student Success Course
54.956.1
53.955.9
57.8
48.9 48.549.7
48.847.7
Participated in Student Success Course
Did not Participate in Student Success CourseSources: 2011 CCSSE data
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Late Registration?
11% of CCSSE respondents reported that they registered for class after the first class session had started.
Yet, 62% of faculty responders (CCFSSE) say that at least one student registered late for a class.
2011 Data - CCFSSE (Faculty) Promising Practice Items combined with Student CCSSE responses
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2011 CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Registration
50.5 50.151.1
50.1 50.049.647.9 47.1
49.248.1
Registered for all courses before the first day of class
Registered late
Sources: 2011 CCSSE data
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What are the challenges that get in the way of implementing promising practices? Bringing them to scale?
What could you implement tomorrow – low-hanging fruit?
If I Ran the Zoo…
One improvement that you believe would have a significant impact on improving student success…
for the college or my department
in my role
High Performing Colleges
…make student engagement
inescapable!
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Learning College Summit 2012
Arleen Arnsparger,
Project Manager
Initiative on Student Success
www.cccse.org
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