July 2016

American Honors Faculty Conference

AH: New Faces

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New Faces at QL/AH

Mrim BoutlaAVP, Student Experience

Paul Schiff Berman Academic Advisor

David Stremba President, International

Frank Merendino Director of University Relations

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AH: Program Progress

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Summary 2015-2016• Launched three new American Honors sites

– Shoreline Community College– Kilgore Community College– Community College of Philadelphia (International Only)

• Expanded Services at Several Community Colleges– ESL at Jackson – University Transfer Programs at Spokane, Kilgore,

Philadelphia)• Graduated 244 students• 194 students committed to 4 yr transfer school• First cohort of graduates, graduating from 4 year school• Anticipate serving 1,757 students in the Fall, including 248

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AH Experience Updates

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Student Experience Updates 2015-16

Alumni Directory launchAt-risk survey: ScaledTransfer Tool improvements in Quad2 Year Student Course PlanSquads: Career-focused and scaled across campuses

Career strategy: Developing studentsNational honors council: network effectProgram offering: lounge collateral and communication

Honors Seminar Refresh: focus on career developmentLeadership in Action ProjectHonors Success Skills: Organization, Collaboration, Grit, Self-Advocacy, Engagement

Student Support Programming Curriculum

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Partner Experience Updates 2015-16

Daily instructional design office hoursOnline Syllabus RepositoryGoogle Groups (start of communities of practice)TLCquestions@New pedagogical and technical guides at Help Desk

Predictions of student course needs to enhance your course planningHonors Dean Advisory BoardStandardized reportingContinued growth in new partnersMigrated to CC LMS

Grow network to over 75 universities and collegesTransfer fairs (on-campus and virtual)

Faculty CC Partners Transfer Partners

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Our Students

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Enrollment—2015 Cohort Makeup

Average incoming HS GPA: 3.5verified as of July 22, 2016

Gender Ethnicity (domestic) First Generation

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From our qualified base of submitted applicants, the American Honors network is accepting ~50% of applicants

Auto-Accept97%

3,286SUBMITTED

APPLICATIONS

ACCEPTED SIGNEDITE

Selection

61% PASSED TO COMMITTEE

Recommended

84%

Maybe45%

82% 57%

50%[33, 62]

Domestic and International students as of July 8th, 2016

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Student Financial Support• AH and its partners try to prevent ability to pay from becoming

an obstacle– AH & AH Foundation ~$425K over past two years – Partner foundations and associated groups > $250K

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Students from around the world

1 25+

Fall 2015 Cohort, as of July 21, 2016

Top 10 Countries

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Our Results

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Success Metrics at AH Schools• ~ 80% of students who participate in AH have a positive

outcome and/or are still enrolled at the CC – Fall 2013 and 2014 Cohort, 2 Year Completion (AH + CC) = AH Graduates + CC Graduates + AH Transfer Early + AH Enrolled Students + CC Enrolled

Students

• ~ 80% of AH graduates transferred successfully to a four year school

– according to NSC data for students that matched; and schools that participate in Degree Verify

• ~ 86% of graduates who transferred either graduated from or are still enrolled at their four year school

– according to NSC data for students that matched; and schools that participate in Degree Verify

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Transfer (In Progress)

Accepted at a diverse set of schools

• 93% of students applied to transferOf those who applied...

– 96% accepted to at least one university– 63% applied to a partner program

•76% of students have decidedOf those who decided...– 28% are leveraging our AH Network for their transfer

school– 22% of students headed to Assured Admissions

schools– 89% are attending their dream school*– 52% are attending a top 200 school

*From End of Year Survey, includes students who indicated dream school in QuadUpdated 7/21/2016

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AwardsJack Kent Cooke ScholarsSemi Finalists

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Morgan Myers (IVT- FW)

Lauren Espique (IVT- Indy)

Martha Ortega

(IVT-Indy)

Winner!McDaniel Jeantus (UCC)Awarded $80,000

Danny Bush–SFCCFull ride to University of WA

Martha Ortega–VT$39,000 scholarship to Hanover

Joyce Tumfour–UCC- Fall 2015 award for most students tutored in ALC—623 students!-Awarded Cornell University ScholarshipHoai Tran–SFCCHalf tuition scholarship to IIT

Reece Whitt–NC"M.C. and Mattie Caston Scholarship", for Navarro College graduates

Tessa Lutterman - PC (running start)$60,000 merit scholarship and an additional $18,000 merit scholarship to Allegheny College

Academics & Support

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Students are satisfiedAdvising

SatisfactionOverall Program Satisfaction

80% are satisfied with the program 90% are satisfied with advising

(or coaching)

Results from 2016 End of Year Survey

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Course Quality: Student Perspectives

American Honors

Challenged84%

(satisfied or extremely satisfied)

Engaged82%

(satisfied or extremely satisfied)

Honors Level Coursework

85%(satisfied or extremely

satisfied)

Honors Faculty89%

(satisfied or extremely satisfied)

Critical Thinking88%

(satisfied or extremely satisfied)

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Results from 2016 End of Year Survey

Course Engagement: Student Perspectives

Results from 2016 End of Year Survey

“I like how I can tell the difference between my honors classes and my regular classes. My professors explain the lectures so much better and if I have any questions I know they'll respond immediately. I like how I feel encouraged and helped.”

“The honors professors did more with students than the regular ones. In addition, they would use different techniques to teach and at times have students teach the class or present the material to the class.”

“I really like how the classes are discussion based. It helps me work through areas in the curriculum and chapters that I was previously unsure about, but was talked through and we figured it out as a class. It also made me feel more comfortable with my peers, instead of just a bunch of people in a room, I feel like we're all friends.”

“This semester my professors were very delayed with grading homework and paper.”

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“Some honors courses were really well put together, while others seemed to be disorganized or not challenging.”

Student Concerns vis a vis courses● Limited selection or lack of courses continue to be a problem

○ This impacts students perception of ‘cost and value’■ Students equate value of the program with enrollment in at least

one honors course each term

● Solutions○ Over the last year, we’ve been working with Campus Deans to identify

high demand courses that would satisfy different pathways, especially STEM majors

○ But building out new classes takes time○ Alternative approaches? Clusters, independent research, shared courses

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Faculty Perceptions of TLCOverall Experience with TLC

Results from 2016 Faculty Survey

Instructional Design Assistance

75% Satisfie

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Faculty Impressions of Students

Achieved course objectives

Engaged in class

Prepared for Honors coursework

Honors-caliber performance

98% say students achieved the course learning objectives

89% feel students were engaged in their courses

67% feel students’ overall performance was honors-caliber

65% feel students’ were prepared for Honors coursework

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Results from 2016 Faculty Survey

Looking Forward

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Student Experience Plan● Major and Career Selection

(Leadership Seminar + Squads)

● Online Communities (Slack)

● Blended Learning Opportunities:○ Financial

Literacy/Scholarships○ Co-Curricular Offerings○ Transfer Process

Optimization

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Academic Affairs Initiatives● AH-wide Honors Council launching● On-campus faculty professional development workshops twice a

year● Increased integration between student service-led activities and

academic-based co-curriculars● Strengthening communities of practice amongst faculty in the

network● Create network-wide projects that take advantage of the breadth

of the network to bring more opportunities to our students● Launching initiative to improve standard reporting through

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International Expansion● Over the next 12 months, we’ll be expanding our ability to recruit students from 2

primary markets (China & Vietnam) to 9 overseas markets by adding additional in-country field recruiters

● American Honors will be investing additional resources into honing our digital outreach strategy across each core market

● Through collaborations with leading overseas universities, we will launch at least 3 Foundation programs

● We will continue to invest in the student programming, arrival services, on-boarding, etc. to work toward a best in class experience

Current

In Process

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