A New Day DawningCreating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-

curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success

A New Day Dawning: Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-Curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success

▪ How Are Students Supported?▪ What Matters in Student Life?▪ Helping Students Make a Personal Investment in Their Success

▪ What We Can Do?

Category Strategies

Sorting “Best-Fit” admissionsEntry assessment and placement Program/course planningEarly warning/academic alert

Supporting Child careFinancial aidHealth and wellness programsSecurity and transportation

Connecting Student activities, student groupsPeer programsOrientationFaculty/student “events”Attendance policyFaculty advisors, mentorsWork study

Transforming Learning assistance, tutoringRemedial educationCounseling about goals, careers

How We Help Students - Sorting, Supporting, Connecting and Transforming

What Matters in Student Life

To advance the success of two-year institutions, there is a need for quick and easy access to data that describe the progress and success of community college students. The Completion Arch is a comprehensive framework that spans the wide range of community college student endeavors - from enrollment to college completion to career readiness. It provides centrally organized statistics on the progress of students and the role that community colleges play in addressing the nation's need for a well-educated workforce.

The nature and frequency of interactions with faculty members

Involvement with peers from diverse backgrounds

Use of campus learning resources and opportunities

Satisfaction with college

The nature of college learning environments

Personal Investment By StudentsTo be personally invested is to be involved,

motivated, persistent, engaged in activities, intense and intensive, and have patterns of behavior that are noticeable to others.

Students are personally invested when they use there time, talents, gifts and energy to achieve something whether inside or outside of the classroom.

Students make choices about where to spend their time and what to become engaged in depending on the meaning these activities have for them.

Engaging Students to Make a Personal Investment

Patterns of Behavior

Engagement InvolvementProductivity

Socio-cultural Environment

CultureCurriculum

Co-curriculumCommunities

Sense of SelfSense of Purpose

Personal GoalsPerceived

Opportunities

What Can We Do?Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, Community

▪ Culture - Mission has to be reality not rhetoricSense of purposeCollege prioritiesValue added

▪ Curriculum and Co-Curriculum - Learning and development have to be integrated

Create a curriculum and co-curriculum that jointly highlights both learning and development. (i.e. Service Learning)

▪ Community - The campus community must foster support and challenge

Mentoring communityConsider Community and Diversity as Complementary