Transforming Developmental Education

Board of Higher Education Meeting | December 6, 2011

Developmental Education

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Developmental Education: College ReadinessMassachusetts Leadership in K-12 Education

High achievement on K-12 outcomes does not mean everyone graduates HS ready for college

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College Readiness is especially low for certain population groups

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Developmental Education: Enrollment

Enrollment in Developmental Education

Source: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

First-time Student Fall Enrollment in Developmental Education, Mass Residents


First-time Student Fall Enrollment in Developmental Education, Mass Residents


Source: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.


Developmental Education Enrollment by Subject


Source: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.

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Developmental Education: Why it MattersDevelopmental Education and Graduation

Community College: Graduation and Persistence of First-Time, Full-Time Degree Seeking Students by First-Term Developmental Enrollment and Completion (Fall 2006 Cohort)

Cohort

Graduated in 4 years

from Initial

Graduated in 4 years

from Anywhere

All Students 11,716 20.9% 23.4%

Did Not Enroll In Developmental

4,549 26.2% 29.7%

Enrolled in Developmental 7,167 17.5% 19.5%

Completed Developmental 4,308 25.6% 28.1%

Did Not Complete Developmental

2,614 4.8% 5.7%

Developmental Education: Why it Matters

Four -Year Graduation Rate (from anywhere) of First-Time, Full-Time Degree-Seeking Students Enrolling in a Community College in Fall 2006 by First-Term Developmental Education Enrollment and Completion Status

Developmental Education and Graduation

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Developmental Education: Why it MattersDevelopmental Education and Graduation

Effect on closing the graduation gaps at community colleges

If Black students enrolled in and completed developmental education at the same level of White students, Black graduation rates would potentially increase from 15.9% to 18.5%. This would reduce the Black/White graduation gap from 10 percentage points to 7.3 percentage points.

If Hispanic students enrolled in and completed developmental education at the same level of White students, Hispanic graduation rates would potentially increase from 15.5% to 17.0%. This would reduce the Hispanic/White graduation gap from 10.4 percentage points to 8.8 percentage points.

Working Group on Graduation and Student Success Rates

National Crisis Fewer than 25% of students in dev ed ever get a degree National annual cost of $2.5 billion or more All state and institutions confront challenges

Responses Growing body of research literature Foundation support National initiatives

National Context


Assessment and Placement Diagnostics Multiple measures Open Access

Accelerated Delivery Mainstreaming Modularization Contextualization Compression Student Support

Emergent Strategies


Curricular Redesign “Statway”

Pedagogy/Faculty support

Emergent Strategies

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States to Watch

VirginiaTexasNorth Carolina

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Working Group on Graduation and Student Success RatesState-Level Recommendations and Actions

Transform Developmental Education

Create a statewide developmental education task force

Collect and analyze developmental education student progression data

Identify mathematical competencies needed to inform focus for developmental math education

Support campus collaboration / best practices Accelerated Developmental Education Focused Meetings Math Developmental Education Conference


Sample Initiatives

Boot Camps – Quinsigamond CC

Compression – Mount Wachusett Cc

Modularization – Bridgewater State University

Contextualization – Community College System

Campus Actions