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William Rainey Harper College
AACC Annual Convention
April 22, 2012
COMPLETION SPOTLIGHT UPDATE:HARPER COLLEGE
Kenneth Ender, Ph.D.President
Sheila Quirk-Bailey, Chief of Staff,Executive Director of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
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WELCOME !
Located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago
Serves 535,000 residents
27,419 annual unduplicated headcount
8 associate degrees; variety of certificates
Provides transfer, career, and CE programs
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THE COLLEGE
• Importance of a Completion Goal
• Harper’s Completion Agenda
• Aligning a Strategic Plan for Completion
• Short Term Strategies
• Importance of Certificates
• Longer Term Strategies4
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
Old Economy New Economy
Post-secondary credentialing is not optional!
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Over the next decade, U.S. jobs requiring some level of
postsecondary education is expected to grow to
63 percent. By 2018, it is expected that the United
States will need 22 million new college degrees and
over 4.7 million additional workers with postsecondary
certificates but will fall short of these needs by
over 3 million.
Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2010
Video
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STRATEGIC PLANNING AT HARPER
• Inspiration Develop programs with educational partners that inspire postsecondary education and career readiness as a life goal
• Partnership Engage in partnerships to develop programs in existing and emerging career areas that enable students to succeed in a global economy
• Accountability Create a culture of innovation, accountability and transparency
• Completion Increase completion and achievement of all students with a focus on underperforming student groups
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HARPER‘S STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
• Increase the number of certificate and degree completers.
• Decrease student achievement gaps of developmental, young male, and black non-Hispanic students while increasing academic achievement for all.
• Increase the percentage of first-time, full-time freshmen from our feeder high school districts who begin in credit-bearing courses.
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COMPLETION GOALS
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CLOSING THE COMPLETION GAP
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COMPLETION STATUS
• Goal and strategy teams staffed• Each led by one administrator and one faculty
member• More than 170 volunteers
• Champion Team• Provides overall direction• 6 Administrators, 6 Faculty
• Some student success strategies have gone through a trial, with preliminary results
• Leveraging partnerships like never before 12
STRATEGIC PLAN INVOLVEMENT
•Review Results
•Ability to Scale
•Budget
•Institutional
Decision
•Review of Literature
•Benchmarking
•Action Plan
•Budget
•Trials
•Implementation
•Complete Evaluation
Action Plan
•Budget
•Evaluation Plan
PHASE IInvestigation
PHASE IIPlanning
PHASE IIIPilot
PHASE IVEvaluation to Scale
CheckpointCheckpoint
Checkpoint 13
• Completion Concierge
• Certificates
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SHORT TERM STRATEGIES
• Award certificates to non-petitioning completers
• Identify students who are 3 courses or less away from completion and contact them Phone, letter, e-mail
Special phone number and contact person to assist students
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COMPLETION CONCIERGE
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CONCIERGE IMPACT
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Cre
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ials
Aw
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Last Four Semesters
Concierge
Traditional
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CERTIFICATES
Teacher Certification 311Accounting 311Welding 289HVAC 106Small Business Management 105Sales Management 104Paramedic 102Electronics 97CAD 95Hotel Management 73
• Graduation Fees
• Transfer Issues Dual Admissions
Transfer Back Credits
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ELIMINATE COMPLETION BARRIERS
• High School Integration
• Ladders and Lattices
• Industry Partnerships
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LONGER TERM STRATEGIES
Goal 4.1 Create Stackable Careers and Academic pathways that incorporate Industry relevant and post secondary credentials which lead to a sustainable income.
Outcome: Students will acquire stackable Industry recognized credentials that lead to a living wage.
Targets (FY15): 1. Will identify and develop 30 programs as Stackable Certificates and/or Degrees.2. Will develop plan for publishing, print and online, the programs identified as Stackable Certificates
and/or Degrees.3. Will work with High schools to develop 40 programs of studies for grades 9-14.4. 50% of all area college and high school counselors will have participated in a program to inform them of
Programs of Studies and Stackable Careers.
IEM 1Graduation Rate
IEM 2Persistence Rate:
Fall to Spring
IEM 6Student
Satisfaction
IEM 7Graduate
Achievement of Objective
IEM 17Employment in Related Field
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TARGETS FOR GOAL 4.1: STACKABLE CAREERS
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STACKABLE GRAPHIC ARTS
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STACKABLE GRAPHIC ARTS
180,036
Active Job Seekers
215,400
Total Jobs Available
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INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Matching local job openings with degrees and certificates
• Accelerated PipelineReduce remediation time
• High School AlignmentCatch Up or Speed Up
• Early AlertIdentify challenges while time to address
• Summer Bridge ProgramsCollege Readiness
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STRATEGY TEAMS FORACHIEVEMENT GAPS GOAL
10,604Additional Graduates
by 2020
for
William Rainey
Harper College
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WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?
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IT’S ALL ABOUT STUDENT SUCCESS!
