Metro Academies and You, 2013 Strengthening Student Success Conference

8/13/2019 Metro Academies and You, 2013 Strengthening Student Success Conference

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HIDDEN SLIDE FOR PRESENTERS

Vicki Intros, what well cover 5 min.Barry The problem; the need for innovation 10 min.

Rama Exchange among participants;

Report out Figure out time division

30 min.

Savi Metro Academies7 Essential Elements 20 min.

Beth Outcomes 20 min.

Vicki Wrap-Up 2 min.

Total 90 minutes


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CTE Basic Skills Transfer

Mission

What Guides Our Work?


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Students

Changing DemographicsLack of Preparation

Diversity

Economically Challenged

Out of Work

All Age Groups


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Community college

students who earned a

vocational degree or

certificate in 2003-2004

saw their wages jump

from $25,856 (for the

last year before receiptof the award) to

$57,594 three years

after earning their

degree (2007), anincrease of over 100

percent.


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The system

enrolls almost

one-fourth of all20- to 24-year

olds in California,

with participation

rates of 243.1 per

1,000 for 2008-

2009.


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Of those who assessed at below

transfer level in mathematics, the

largest proportion assessed at

three levels below transfer level,and 12 percent of this proportion

succeeded in completing transfer-

level mathematics.

Of those who assessed at below

transfer level in English, the largest

proportion assessed at two levels

below transfer level, and about 35

percent of this proportion

succeededin completing transfer-

level English.


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In 2008-2009, the

system

transferred99,583 students

to four-year

institutions

(public, private,

in-state, and out-

of-state).


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How DoesCalifornia

Compare?


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Three-Year Graduation Rates for Associate Students - 2008


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Bachelor's Degrees Awarded Per 100 HS Graduates 6 Years Earlier - 2007


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An effort to make a qualitative change

in completion and university transfer

for low-income, first-generation and/orunderrepresented students.

Metro Academies


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California is the Number 1 Most Diverse State

73 percent of young people under 18 come from

communities of colorover half Latino/a.


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Of the 50 states, California ranks 49thin terms of the

bachelors degree graduation gap between under-

represented students and their peers.

In funding per student in postsecondary education,

California is the 50thof the 50 states.

Californias Youth are Shifting Demographically

Are Our Institutions Keeping Up?


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Most transfer in California comes from a handful of

suburban community colleges that serve mainly

middle class white and Asian students.

Patterns of class/race segregation in K-12 schools

repeat at the community college level. Inner-city high

schools feed to inner-city CCs that have small and

weak transfer capacity, and thin resources spread

among many missions.

UCLA Civil Rights Project,

Build ing Pathways to Transfer, 2012


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Share your ideas!

At your table, introduce yourself, then go around and share oneofthese promising practices.

You have 20 minutes!

When the bell sounds, youll

pick your groups main theme

to share.


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Metro Academies Initiative:

A Redesign of theFirst Two Years of College


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Each Metro is a school within a school, serving 140 students who

spend two years working in a cohort.

Metro Academies: Schools within Schools


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We nowhavetwo Metro Academies at

CCSF andthree at SF State

Its working!


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Our mission.

To increase equity in

college completionthrough engaging,

supportive, rigorous, and

socially relevant education


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Targeted outreach

Recruitment pipelines focus on low-income, first-

generation and/or under-represented students

who can commit to 12 units per semester over four

semesters.


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General education course pathway

All pathway courses fulfill general education

requirements for both associates and bachelors

degrees, including repeated practice across thecurriculumin writing, math, critical thinking and oral

communication.


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Long duration student learning community

Two classes are linked each semester for four

semesters to create a school within a schoolover

the first two years. The cohort has block enrollment

with guaranteed seats.


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Integrated Curriculum design

Curriculum is integrated to systematically build strong

academic skills between linked courses and across

semesters. Curriculum is engaging and socially

relevant, with themes in broad

fields such as health, STEM,

or education.


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Student support based in the classroom

Academic counseling, tutoring, financial aid advising, and

early intervention are tied in to courses.


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Faculty development

A 45-hour, one-year faculty learning community on

high-impact educational practices. This supports

excellent teaching and fosters collaboration.


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Tracking student success

Evaluation of students and program using dashboard

indicatorsof progress toward graduation.


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Metro is reaching the students we set out to reach


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City Collegetransfer prepared after two years:

Metro Health vs. comparison group


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Graduation, Transfer, Persistence


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Metro Addresses the Problem of Excess Units


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Funders

Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)/U.S. Department of Education

CSU Chancellors Office, Student Success Initiative

The James Irvine Foundation

FIPSE/U.S. Department of Education (two grants)Mimi and Peter Haas Fund

Marcled Foundation

CSU Compass Project

Home Institutions

Acknowledgments


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Back-up slides if needed


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Two-year colleges are asked to educate those

students with the greatest needs, using the least

funds, and in increasingly separate and unequal

institutions. Our higher education system, like thelarger society, is growing more and more unequal.

--Century Foundation, 2013

Bridging the Higher Education Divide

Innovation is Needed!


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Comparison FTF at SF State vs Metro

Data represents weighted averages from 2009 to 2012.


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Persistence: Metro compared to all SF State FTF


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SF State Metro 4 & 5 yr Graduation


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It

s an economic issue:A recent study from the Georgetown

University Center of Education and the

Workforce found that by 2018 more than

68 percent of all jobs will require some

postsecondary education an increase

of 40 percent over current needs.

(Carnevale, Smith & Strohl, 2010)

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B.A. Completion Rate

by Age 24 (2009)

Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, Bachelors Degree Attainment by Age 24 by Family Income Quartiles, 1970 to 2009.

Courtesy of the Education Trust

10x

Income Gap

Keep it lowest income students have least chance to get BA

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US Undergraduate Population

(Engles, 2007)

Approximately 24% arelow-income, first-generation

college students.

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Source: NCES, Condition of Education (2010) and U.S. Census Bureau, Educational Attainment in the United States, 2010.

Courtesy of the Education Trust

25-29 Year Olds with

a B.A. or Higher (2010)2-3x

Ethnicity Gap

There are patterns that we knowaccess to ba determined

By income and ethnicity (which is also tied to income)


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US Undergraduate Population

(Engles, 2007)

Approximately 24% arelow-income, first-generation

College students.

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45% of students in their

first two years of college

show no significant

improvement in a range

of skills includingcritical thinking, complex

reasoning, and writing.

According to an analysis of Collegiate Learning

Assessment results of >2300 undergraduates at

24 institutions (Arum & Roska, 2010)


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Data analysis by Dr. Robert Johnstone, senior research fellow, RP Group, Community College Chancellor's Office

Reviewed by Jane Wellman, ED of National Association of Systems Heads & Delta Cost Project

Metro Is Cost Efficient: SF State

Cost Per BA Graduate


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What did you learn from the

Magic Wand Exercise?


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Contact us

Vicki Legion


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Metro Academies and You, 2013 Strengthening Student Success Conference