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Minding the structural and psychological variables important for minority student success: Insights from minority-‐serving ins:tu:on Jose Herrera, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CASa),
Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM 88062 [email protected]
Students who do not graduate from H.S. increasingly rare!
Graduation attainment gap: in part, a problem of successful access
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Percentage distribution of highest level of educational attainment of spring 2002 high school sophomores in 2012, by socioeconomic status (SES)
1SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), Base Year and Third Follow-up. See Digest of Education Statistics 2014, table 104.91.
A5…Affluence Affords Access and Attainment.
Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores who earned a bachelor's degree or higher by 2012, by socioeconomic status (SES) and mathematics achievement quartile in 2002
Why haven’t we succeeded in impar:ng these academic skills
sufficiently to allow these students to complete their degree?
So do we know some of the common risk factors for college students?
Yes!
1. Financial need (Pell eligibility) 2. Need for Developmental coursework 3. First generation students 4. Single Head of Household (stop outs)
How do we know this? . . . Ins:tu:ons need real-‐:me access
to student data
At WNMU: DATAmart Paul Landrum: Institutional Research Office Director
Remedia:on
Math 1,051 27%
Read 235 6%
Write 551 14%
Any 1,175 31%
Other Pell 2,134 55%
1st Gen 1,918 50%
Stop Out 1,290 33%
Six year graduation rate = 29% (data from 2005-2013)
Challenges at WNMU mirror those of many Community Colleges, particularly those that serve students of color …
1. Students are financially strapped.
§ A sobering 82% of WNMU students receive some sort of financial aid
2. Students are motivated, yet often underprepared.
Remedia:on
Math 1,051 27%
Read 235 6%
Write 551 14%
Any 1,175 31%
Other Pell 2,134 55%
1st Gen 1,918 50%
Stop Out 1,290 33%
3. Preparation seems to be getting worse at most school districts in SW § 40% intending to major in STEM fields require ≥ 1 dev. math course.
4. Few opportunities for engaged instruction and learning communities…
§ 4/4 loads (WNMU) or 5/5 loads (many CC) § <9% (a mean of about 26 students/yr) of WNMU STEM students
participate in research activities with WNMU faculty. § Student athletes do better … why? built in community? feel they belong? § Professional development for faculty lacking § Low tuition & changing state funding formulaeà few ed. resources
Challenges at WNMU mirror those of many Community Colleges, particularly those that serve students of color …
Chronicle: Delaying enrollment for Philadelphia negatively affects graduation rates for underserved youth
New York Times: New Rules to Eliminate Frustrating Financial Aid Problem By ANN CARRNS DEC. 22, 2015
The very things that enrich our student population, also complicate their educational and financial lives…and we haven’t even talked about psychosocial factors.
Who was the 2013 Na:onal Hockey League’s Defensive man of the Year (Norris Trophy)?
PK Subban Montreal Canadians
Answer: D
The strand of tribalism runs deep within our DNA.
North Carolina’s challenges https://youtu.be/MFfM2GMr3lI?t=4m30s https://youtu.be/bOua8D1GwgY?t=7s