Students Speak: Are We Listening?

Teachership Academy – Phase II Orientation Session

PLANNING RETREATAUGUST 9, 2012

Arleen Arnsparger Project Manager, Initiative on Student Success

Center for Community College Student EngagementThe University of Texas at Austin

Irma CamachoDirector of Student Success

Team Lead, Texas CompletesEl Paso Community College

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What did you hear?

• About “front door” experiences?

• About learning and teaching?

• About support for students?

• About what makes a difference for students?

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Students Need to“Get with the Program”

• Many community college students enroll without clear goals for college and careers.

• CCs offer lots of programs, but most offer little guidance to help students choose a program.

• Disadvantaged students are more likely to complete if they enter a well-structured program of study as early as possible.

• To increase completion rates, colleges need to help more students get “with the program.”

College Entry

Student Success Initiatives

CONNECTION ENTRY PROGRESS COMPLETION

PREPStudent Support Services Program

RAPSummer Bridge

College Readiness Consortium

Early College High Schools

Student Success Core Team

Developmental Education CouncilDevelopmental Education Initiative

Community College Developmental Education Initiative Program

Case Management

Achieving the Dream

College Connection

Texas Pathway Project

Gateway to CollegeDevelopmental Education Demonstration Project

Learning Communities

We Want You Back

Dual Credit

Literacy Program

Achieve Texas Initiative/ Career Clusters

Service Learning Program

Military & Dependent Leadership Grant

Math Emporiums

Upward BoundRISE

Faculty Data Research Team

LEAP (ABE)

Gear Up

Start Right Initiative

What the EPCC Data Says

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Fall Semester Enrollment

Source: EPCC Banner Files: Run 8/7/12

66% Increase in Enrollment

Associates/Certificates Awarded

2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

1,271 1,443

1,720

2,114 2,308 2,353 2,449 2,563

3,699 3,778

Source: EPCC Banner Files: Run 8/7/12

197% Increase in Awards

Retention, Fall to Spring

Fall 2007 to Spring 2008

Fall 2008 to Spring 2009

Fall 2009 to Spring 2010

Fall 2010 to Spring 2011

Fall 2011 to Spring 201268.0%

72.0%

76.0%

80.0%

71.4%

74.4%

76.9%75.6%

76.2%

Persistence, Fall to Fall Terms

Fall 2006 to Fall 2007

Fall 2007 to Fall 2008

Fall 2008 to Fall 2009

Fall 2009 to Fall 2010

Fall 2010 to Fall 2011

50%

52%

54%

56%

58%

51.5% 51.4%

54.7% 54.8%

53.4%

3-Year FTIC Transfer Rates

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

16.8% 16.9%

20.0%22.9% 21.9%

Six-Year Graduation Rates

Fall 2005 Grad by Summer

2008

Fall 2006 Grad by Summer

2009

Fall 2007 Grad by Summer

2010

Fall 2008 Grad by Summer

2011

Fall 2009 Grad by Summer

2012

Fall 2006 Grad by Spring

2012*

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

15.1%15.6%

16.9%16.0%

17.3%18.3%

After college readiness initiatives, we start to see an increase in the percentage of entering students who

are college-ready.

Some Outcomes

Through interventions to elevate placement, we reduced the time required to complete developmental education course work.

Math Placement Levels

ReadingPlacement Levels

WritingPlacement Levels

2003 2009

Some Outcomes

We see a reduction in the number of developmental education areas students are placing into.

Some Outcomes

CCSSE BenchmarksEl Paso Community College

EPCC 2012 Cohort

Active & Collaborative Learning 54.9 50

Student Effort 54.5 50

Academic Challenge 53.7 50

Student-Faculty Interaction 49.6 50

Support for Learners 57.9 50

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CCSSE BenchmarksEl Paso Community College

FT PT

Active & Collaborative Learning 60.8 51.2

Student Effort 59.7 51.2

Academic Challenge 57.5 51.2

Student-Faculty Interaction 53.8 46.9

Support for Learners 61.8 55.4

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CCSSE Data

Compared to students at other community colleges, more EPCC students report that the following are very important to them:

• Academic advising• Career counseling• Tutoring• Math and English labs• Computer labs

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CCSSE Data

Compared to students at other community colleges, more EPCC students use:

• Academic Advising• Career Counseling• Math and English Labs• Computer labs• Financial aid advising• Tutoring

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Where do students turn for academic advising? Nationally…

52% - friends, family, other students

22% - instructors

13% - other staff

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Center for Community College Student Engagement

SENSE 2007 - At EPCC, where do students turn for advising?

1. EPCC Counselor – 50%

2. Friends, family or other students

3. EPCC Academic Advisor

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CCSSE Data

More El Paso Community College students reportthat the college:

• Helps them cope with non-academic responsibilities.

• Provides the financial support they need.

• Provides the support they need to thrive socially.

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CCSSE Data

Significantly more El Paso Community College students report that before the end of their first term, an advisor helped them:

• Develop an academic plan – for completing a certificate, degree or transferring.

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CCSSE Data

The college is what the students experience.

Do we know what our students experience?

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CCSSE Faculty Data

EPCC students who say they often or very often receive prompt feedback from faculty – written or oral – about their performance…

Faculty say: 89%

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CCSSE Student Data

EPCC students who say they often or very often receive prompt feedback from faculty – written or oral – about their performance…

Faculty say: 89%

Students say: 51%Texas

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CCSSE Data – Dev EdMore EPCC students are required to take a placement test before they can register for classes.

More EPCC students took the college placement test while in high school.

More EPCC students did something to prepare for the placement test…and found the college’s brush up/refresher experiences/materials helpful.

More EPCC students were told they were REQUIRED toenroll in a dev ed course in their first term – AND DID IT!

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Questions to consider:

• What about the data surprises you?

• What questions does the data raise for you?

• What additional information do you need before designing strategies to improve student success?

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EPCC/Texas Cadre Priorities:

• A comprehensive student advising and management system

• Redesigned and more prescriptive Programs of Study, to include the TX Core alignment

• Reducing the number of students referred to developmental education and accelerating students referred into programs of study

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EPCC/Texas Cadre Priorities:

A comprehensive student advising and management system

• Re-designing our advising and monitoring system to provide better student advisement, monitoring and tracking along the pathway

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Redesigned and more prescriptive Programs of Study, to include the TX Core alignment

• Includes Core complete pathway for students who are undecided and/or plan to transfer

 • Includes some form of Mandatory Orientation,

Mandatory Student Success Course and Mandatory entry into a Program of Study for all FTICs

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EPCC/Texas Cadre Priorities:

Reducing the number of students referred to developmental education and accelerating students referred into programs of study

• Goal is to reduce the time in developmental education, or eliminate it all together.  Could include modularizing, placement based on intent, contextualization.

 

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EPCC/Texas Cadre Priorities:

CBD Pathways Analysis: Guiding Questions

CONNECTIONFrom interest to

enrollment

ENTRYFrom enrollment to entry

into program of study

PROGRESSFrom program entry to completion of program

requirements

COMPLETIONCompletion of credential of value for further education and (for CTE) labor market

advancement

•How can we increase the number of entering students who are motivated and prepared to choose a college-level program of study?

• How can we accelerate the rate at which new students choose and successfully enter a program?

• How can we accelerate rates at which program concentrators complete program requirements?

• How can we ensure that our programs prepare students for further education and (for CTE programs) for career advancement?

CONNECTION

Outreach, dual credit, early remediation, and in-time

advising, student monitoring-data system

ENTRY

Orientation,programs of study, default schedule, student monitoring-data system

PROGRESS

Student monitoring-data system, feedback &

recognition of milestones

COMPLETION

Automatic Degree, Reverse Transfer & Experiential

Learning, Student monitoring-data system

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION