Tennessee’s Community Colleges

June 19, 2013

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Tennessee Board of Regents

http://communitycolleges.tbr.edu/

Tennessee Board of Regents

Student Learning Communities

Funded by Lumina Grant

Most recent data TBR SLC

All TBR Community Colleges

Structured Programs Fall 2011 HC

Spring 2012 HC

Fall 2012 HC

Spring 2013 HC

Finish Faster Programs

1,113 1,042 1,587 1,500

1-year change +42.6% +44.0%

Growth of 42.6% from fall 2011, 44% growth from spring 2012

Summary of StrategiesStructured Learning Communities

• Lumina Grant for $975K for 3 years (2010-13)• 3rd Year Coaching component through “Inside

Track”– Evaluation of Nashville State and Northeast State

implementation• Cohort-based• Accelerated schedules (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Summary of StrategiesStructured Learning Communities

• Block schedule (3 week, 7 week sessions/mini-mesters)

• Lock-step; same courses for entire group as they move together in the cohort

• Received a separate grant from AT & T for scholarships to students– Example: 10 scholarships of $1000 to NeState SLC

students

Other Strategies to Enhance Completion in Tennessee

• Access—teaching sites every 20-30 miles• Dev Ed redesign: “Learning Support” Initiative– Lab-based, competency-based, mastery-based

• Moving Math Dev Ed/Learning Support to 16 high schools through Bridge Math course;– Complete Bridge Math, ready for College Math

($1M grant from Governor Haslam to take to most high schools in TN through Community Colleges)

Other Strategies to Enhance Completion in Tennessee

• Governor Haslam’s Drive to 55– Ambitious goal to get 55% of TN citizens with

higher ed completion by 2025 (currently 32%)• Workforce development—engage industry in

developing curriculum to meet employer needs by hosting skills gaps workshops to bring in experts in the industry to define the job entry level and what we need to be teaching our students

Other Strategies to Enhance Completion in Tennessee

• Complete College TN Act• Business Process Review– Enhance efficiency–Customer service– Integrate standard processes & technology

to make it easier for students to do business with us

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