PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS: WHAT WE’RE LEARNING

ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST

Kay McClenneyDirector, Center for Community College Student Engagement

The University of Texas at AustinMay 7, 2012

STUDENTS’ GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

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73%

79%

57%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Transfer to a four-year college or…

Obtain an associatedegree (N=71,138)

Complete acertificate…

Please indicate whether your goal(s) for attending this college include the following:

Respondents may indicate more than one goal.Source: 2011 SENSE Cohort data.

Met their goal within six years

Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES (2001). Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 1996–2001 (BPS:96/01). Analysis by Community College Research Center.

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT:

COLLECTING DATA FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

Four surveys that complement one another:

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE)

Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) Community College Institutional Survey (CCIS)

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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING THE MOST INNOVATIONS…

The effectiveness of educational practice depends on…

Specific design of the practice Quality of implementation

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE

A strong start Clear, coherent pathways Integrated support High expectations and

high support Contextualization

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE

Intensive student engagement

Design for scale Professional development

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PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS Planning for Success: Assessment and Placement,

Orientation, Academic Goal Setting and Planning, and Registration before Classes Begin

Initiating Success: Accelerated or Fast-Track Developmental Education, First-Year Experience, Student Success Course, and Learning Community

Sustaining Success: Class Attendance, Alert and Intervention, Experiential Learning beyond the Classroom, Tutoring, and Supplemental Instruction

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QUESTIONS:

What practices are in place at your college? What is mandatory? For whom? What have you brought to scale?

Registration before classes begin? Academic goal-setting and planning? Orientation? Student success course? First-year experience?

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2011 EXAMPLE COLLEGE BENCHMARK SCORES BY ORIENTATION

Orientation No Orientation

Source: 2011 CCSSE data

ORIENTATION

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Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating

Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.

Yes (N=237,325)

PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS

ORIENTATION…LEADS TO HIGHER STUDENT SATISFACTION, GREATER USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND IMPROVED RETENTION OF AT-RISK STUDENTS.

However…

19% of entering students are unaware of it.

38% of colleges require it for all students – full-time and part-time

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PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS

ASSESSMENT AND PLACEMENTMOST STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE PLACEMENT TESTS AND ENROLL IN NEEDED COURSES.

However…Most students do not prepare for placement tests.44% of CCIS colleges (83/187) offer prep

experiences, but only 13% of those require them.

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ACADEMIC GOAL SETTING AND PLANNING

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Percentage of entering students responding agree or strongly agree

Source: 2011 SENSE Cohort data.

STRUCTURED GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCES

The Center describes five of the promising practices as structured group learning experiences:

OrientationAccelerated / Fast-track developmental educationFirst-year experienceStudent success courseLearning community

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STRUCTURED GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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Percentage of colleges that report they implement each practice (N=288)

Source: 2011 CCIS data.

STRUCTURED GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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Among responding colleges using each practice, the percentage that require the experience for all first-time students (part-time and full-time)

*Required for first-time developmental students only (part-time and full-time)

Source: 2011 CCIS data.

Yes (105 of 276)

Orientation

Yes (15 of 120)

Accelerated or fast-track developmental education*

Yes (45 of 166)

First-year experience

Yes (35 of 238)

Student success course

1% Yes (2 of 160)

Learning community

2011 STATE CONSORTIUM BENCHMARK SCORES BY STUDENT SUCCESS COURSE

Student Success Course

No Student Success Course

Sources: 2011 CCSSE data

STUDENT SUCCESS COURSE

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Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating

Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.

Yes (N=229,696)

PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS

Student success courses improve students’ study skills, time management, note-taking and test-taking skills

However,

Only 15% of CCIS colleges (35/238) require it for all first-time students

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2011 STATE CONSORTIUM BENCHMARK SCORES BY LEARNING COMMUNITY

Learning Community

No Learning Community

Sources: 2011 CCSSE data

LEARNING COMMUNITY

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Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating

Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.

Yes (N=229,374)

2011 STATE CONSORTIUM BENCHMARK SCORES BY FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE

First Year Experience

No First Year Experience

Sources: 2011 CCSSE data

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE

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Percentage of CCSSE respondents who report participating

Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.

Yes (N=230,996)

PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS

INCONGRUITIES?Looking for Data Disconnects

ALERT AND INTERVENTION

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Has your institution implemented a systematic early academic warning/early intervention process? (N=181)

Source: 2011 CCSIS data.

Yes

ALERT AND INTERVENTION

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Someone at this college contacts me if I am struggling with my studies to help me get the assistance I need

(N=32,750)

Yes

NoNot applicable; I have not experienced academic diffculties

Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.Source: 2011 SENSE Promising Practices data. (entering students)

TUTORING

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How often do you refer students to peer or other tutoring? (N=35,299)

Source: 2011 CCFSSE cohort data.

OftenSometimes

3%Don’t know/NA

Rarely or never

TUTORING

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During the current academic year, I participated in tutoring provided by this college (N=130,147)

Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

Source: 2011 CCSSE Promising Practices data.

NeverLess than 1 time a week

3% 1%

3 to 4 times a week

More than 4 times a week

1 to 2 times a week

QUESTIONS:

What are the challenges that get in the way of implementing promising practices? Bringing them to scale?

What could you implement tomorrow – low-hanging fruit?

What are your next steps?

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PROMISING PRACTICES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

QUESTIONS?

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