Completion by Design

Scott Markland, Ph.D.August 2012

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Completion By Design

• Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• Goal:Raise community college completion rates for low-income students under 26 years of age

Campuses: Partners:

Statewide Advisory Board

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• Dr. Ron AbramsOACC

• Stephanie DavidsonOhio Board of Regents

• Donna DemerlingRetired Trustee, Stark State College

• Cathy DietlinREACHigher P-16 Council

• Hon. Dan FoleyCommissioner, Montgomery County

• Larry GoodmanTrustee, Lorain County Community College

• Jeff HoaglandDayton Development Coalition

• Bruce JohnsonInter-University Council of Ohio

• David KaminskiCanton Regional Chamber of Commerce

• Sen. Gayle ManningOhio Senate Education Committee

• Steve MoreyTeam Lorain County

• Adrienne O’NeillStark Education Partnership

• Rich PetrickBusiness Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy

• Sasheen PhillipsOhio Department of Education

• Rep. Gerald StebeltonOhio House Education Committee

• Mark ThompsonLJB, Inc.

• Piet Van LierPolicy Matters Ohio

• Brett VisgerOhio Board of Regents

• Dr. Reggie WilkinsonOhio College Access Network

• Barney WrightTrustee, Sinclair Community College

Loss & Momentum Framework

CONNECTION

Interest to Application

ENTRYEnrollment to Completion of

Gatekeeper Courses

PROGRESSEntry into Course of Study to 75% Requirements

Completed

COMPLETIONComplete Course

of Study to Credential with Labor Market

Value

STUDENT DATA SYSTEM (From Day 1 to Completion)

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMPLETION

Examples of Key Findings from Data

• Quantitative: Students who enter a program of study (take three classes within the major) within one or two years are more likely to graduate

• Qualitative: Students need more structure, advising, and orientation and that it should be mandatory.

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Removing Silos through Cross-Cutting Conversations

Engaged with approximately 1,500 faculty and staff and 1,000 students

– CbD added to existing meeting agendas

– Focus Groups and Surveys

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Strategic Priorities

• Accelerating Students through Pathway

• Academic Pathway Redesign and Contextualization

• Integrated Student Support and Development

• Institutional and State Policy

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Cadre-Wide Strategies and Tactics

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1. Early Placement Testing and Interventions in High School

2. Redesign of Developmental Education

3. Create Academic Pathway4. Early and Regular Faculty

Mentoring and/or Faculty Advising

5. Robust Experiential Learning Opportunities

6. Holistic Development of Students

8. Early and Continuous Career Advising

9. Phased-in Mandatory Academic Advising

10. Financial Literacy and Planning Services

11. Mandatory New Student Orientation

12. Student Incentives for Persistence13. Statewide Policies Incentivizing

Earning a Credential Prior to Transfer

14. Reverse Transfer

Lessons Learned

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• Be more prescriptive• Move to systems thinking• Get students into a program of study more

quickly• Start with the end outcomes in mind • Balancing perspectives:

student responsibility vs. institutional responsibility

Ohio Cadre Goal

• Increase graduation rate by 40% for the 2015 cohort.

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Questions?

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