UpdatesMDRC Evaluation, Leadership, Developmental Education, TAACCCT, Managed Grant Program, Policy

MDRC EvaluationFinal report

Release planned for April 28

Turning the Tide was interim report; final report was to focus on trend line – which after 2 more years remains relatively flat

More context about the internal and external factors influencing college work at the beginning of Achieving the Dream and the characteristics of Round 1 colleges

Prepare as a stand alone report Clearly describe the charge to MDRC Be clear about limitations of the data used Elevate lessons learned including effective

practice

Wrap around activities

Companion document written by ATD that adds other dimensions to the analysis of impact of Achieving the Dream

Advance briefings for coaches, funders, presidents

Case studies and other materials (e.g., AR study)

Meetings with editorial boards, higher ed media

10th Anniversary and future directions

LeadershipAACC reports 234 presidential transitions in the last 17 months, the vast majority from retirements

Why ATD?

The exodus threatens the advances realized in last 10 years

Sitting presidents report they feel unprepared for the new demands on community colleges

There is an opportunity to partner with other organizations to call greater attention to the problem and to create new or improved development opportunities for current and emerging cc leaders

Activities

Crisis or Opportunity report released in June

Formal agreement with AACC, ACCT, Aspen Institute, ATD, League for Innovation, Student Success Initiatives at UT-Austin to look for opportunities to collaborate and maximize our efforts

Leader College and Aspen Prize Presidents’ Symposium

Culture of Evidence and Action Restructuring Equity

Open source curriculum modules focused on success and completion objectives

Tools for assessing presidential candidates

National advisory panel to focus on “what else?”

Developmental Ed

Near term activities

3 practitioner briefs in December Modularization: El Paso, Bunker Hill, Patrick

Henry Contextualization: Tacoma, South Texas, LA

Trade Tech Acceleration: Zane State, CC of Denver,

Baltimore County

Dev Ed Day at DREAM Co-ordination with AACC 21st Century Task Force

Research (in collaboration with other organizations)

Op Eds, briefs aimed at policy makers, other stakeholders

Math Placement Test Results:ATD Colleges, Student Cohort 2002 to 2012 3 million records

16%

18%

31%

2%

33%

At college level

One level below college level

Two or more levels below college level

Below college level, detailed level unknown

Exempt from Placement Tests or Unknown Results

White African American Hispanic Non-Pell Pell0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

20%

11%13%

18%

14%19%

19%16%

16%

20%

26%

40% 39%

26%

39%

At college level One level below college level Two or more levels below college level

Math Placement Test Results by Race/Ethnicity and by Pell Grant Recipient Status

Note: The percentages for each subgroup do not add up to 100% as only students with known levels of math placement tests are exhibited.

TAACCCT Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training, US DOL

Round 1 and 2 Activity

National Programs of Study Learning Network (NPSLN), funded by Lumina Foundation, to capture, build upon, and disseminate the knowledge developed as a result of the work of Round 1 and 2 institutions

C4 Consortium – NOVA is lead college, ATD facilitates knowledge development and dissemination

Learning Network at DREAM 2013 with The Collaboratory and Office of Community College Research and Leadership, University of Illinois

Round 3: Northeast Resiliency Consortium

7 colleges developing capacity to prepare for and respond to urgent environment, social, and economic threats through career pathways in:

health care, where remaining adept at responding to emergencies and crises is critical for survival

information technology, where data networks must remain functional during catastrophes

environmental technologies, where resilient infrastructures can help states and communities prevent and recover from disasters

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and ATD as subcontractor partners: Statway and Quantway, productive persistence

Passaic as Lead College with Kingsborough, Housatonic, Bunker Hill, Capital, LaGuardia, and Atlantic Cape

Managed Grant Program Provides funding and other incentives to subsets of colleges to dive deeper into specific reform areas with the objective of spreading lessons across the ATD network

29 grants to date

TG (Peer Coaching) – Lee, El Paso, San Jacinto, Austin, South Texas, Temple, Brazosport

Bank of America (Financial Literacy) – LA Gray Harbor, Baltimore County, Houston

Walmart PRESS for Completion (Faculty and Staff Engagement) – Aiken, Alamo, Brazosport, Beaver County, Cuyahoga, Durham, Guilford, Northampton, Northern Essex, Orangeburg-Calhoun, Pulaski, Roxbury, Tallahassee, Valencia, Yakima

Gates Catalyst (Scaling) – Brazosport, Bunker Hill, Durham, Patrick Henry

Emerging Program: Working Families Success Network(WFSN)

Goal: help low income students and their families achieve financial stability

Approach: Intentional integration (“bundling”) of three core services

employment and education services screening and referral to public benefits and supports

financial coaching and education

Center for Working Families (CWF)

Based on pioneering work at Central NM started 10 years ago – Center for Working Families

Community Colleges (MDC Network of 16 colleges)

80 % of CWF students retained term-to-term, a rate that exceeded the general student population at those institutions by 15 %

115 United Way & Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) sites in 30 cities

Funders and National Network

Funders:  Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Lumina, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

National Network: ATD, LISC, MDC, United Way, Funders

RFP in December, Selection in May 2014

Cadre Model: several colleges plus state entity submit single application

Eligible States: AR, CA, IL, MI, NJ, TX, VA, and WA

Applications Due: Mid-FebruaryFunded Sites: 16-20 colleges in 4 states

Grants: $85-150K per yearDuration: 3 years

PolicyNew policy investor: Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley CharitableTrust

Policy activities

State Policy Network – semiannual meetings of 11 networked states with Student Success Centers (MI, TX, AR), in CBD (NC, OH, FL) or long-time ATD states (OK, MA, CT, VA, HI)

3-4 college-led regional collaboratives to work on STEM policy and practice to build robust and highly structured STEM pathways to credentials with high value in the labor market and further education

STEM policy framework