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The Faculty Role in Scaled and Sustained Community College ExcellenceJosh WynerFounder & Executive Director, Aspen College Excellence ProgramVice President, Aspen InstituteAugust 30, 2017
Learning• Do colleges set
expectations for learning, measure what is learned, and use that information
in a process of continuous improvement?
Equity• Do colleges strive for
equitable access and outcomes for
underserved minority and low-income students?
Completion and Transfer with Bachelor’s Degree• Do students earn degrees
and other meaningful credentials, and do those who transfer go on to earn bachelor’s degrees?
Labor Market Outcomes• Do graduates find strong
employment opportunity in well-paying jobs?
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program Framework for Student Success
The Aspen Prize
Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2017)Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2015)Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2013)Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2013)Valencia College, Orlando, FL (2011)F
Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2017)Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2017)Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2015, 2013, 2011)West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah, KY (2015,2011)Kingsborough Community College , Bronx, NY (2013)Miami-Dade College (2011)Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2011)
Odessa College, Odessa, TX (2017)San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX (2017)Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL (2015)
Winners
Finalists w/Distinction
Winners, Finalists with Distinction, and Rising Stars
Rising Star
The Aspen Prize
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN (2017)Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX (2015, 2013)Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2013)Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2017)College of the Ouachitas, Malvern, AR (2013)El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX (2015)Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (2015)Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2015)Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS (2011)Mott Community College, Flint, MI (2011)Northeast Community College, Norfolk, NE (2017)Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar, IA (2011)Olympic College, Bremerton, WA (2015)Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (2017)Renton Technical College, Renton, WA (2015)Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2011)Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2013)Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College, Cumberland, KY (2013)Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde, TX (2011)West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, WV (2017, 2013)
Finalists
Finalists
The Aspen Prize
Exceptional improvements over time in completion
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
Increase in the number of credentials awarded at Valencia College, 2002-2011AA, AS/AAS Degrees and Certificates/Diplomas Awarded
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
AA Degrees
Certificates and Diplomas
AS and AAS Degrees
84% increase over 6 years
46% increase over 6 years
66% increase over 6 years
The Aspen Prize
Exceptional improvements over time in completion
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
Odessa College: Five-Year Trends
9.4
48.8
24.6
38.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Graduation and Transfer Rate
Degrees per 100 FTE
The Aspen Prize
Exceptional improvements over time
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
28.6
37.138.4
53.9
0
10
20
30
40
50
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Graduation and Transfer Rate
Degrees per 100 FTE
San Jacinto College: Five-Year Trends
The Aspen Prize
Completion/transfer rates that far surpass the national average
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
39%
53%
74%
National Average Valencia College (CA) Lake Area Technical Institute (SD)2011 Winner 2017 Winner
The Aspen Prize
Exceptional transfer and bachelor’s completion outcomes
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
Rate of first-time in college students who successfully transferred to a four-year college in six years, and the rate of bachelor’s degree completion for those students who transferred
33%
42%
National Average
Transfer-Out Bachelor’s
Completion Rate
Transfer-Out Rate
41%
63%
Santa Fe College (FL)
Transfer-Out Rate
Transfer-Out Bachelor’s
Completion Rate
55% 54%
Santa Barbara City College (CA)
Transfer-Out Bachelor’s
Completion Rate
Transfer-Out Rate
50% higher
than avg.
29% higher
than avg.
24% higher
than avg.
67% higher
than avg.
The Aspen Prize
Exceptional labor market outcomes for graduates
Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges
Average salaries of recent graduates compared to the average for othersin the region (top short-term and long-term performers)
$22,808
$69,027
$28,908
$88,577
Lake Area Technical Institute (SD)One Year After Completion
San Jacinto College (TX)Five Years After Completion
Regional average for New
Hires
27%above avg.
Regional average for All
Workers
28% above avg.
2017 Winner 2017 Rising Star
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:
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Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture
Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs
Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning
Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps
Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:
12345
Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture
Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs
Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning
Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps
Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
West Kentucky Community and
Technical College
Widespread development and use of assessments to improve instruction, driven by leaders engaging in multiple strategies to create urgency around the need to improve
student learning.
Result: Strong graduation rates and dramatically improved reading scores.
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
Valencia CollegeCulture where faculty consistently invent new approaches to teaching and measure whether
they improve student learning—part of the exceptional Teaching and Learning Academy and a new process of tenure and promotion.
Result: Graduation rates nearly double those of peer institutions; strong transfer
and bachelor’s completion rates.
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
San Jacinto CollegeSan Jacinto professionalized department chairs and trained them as instructional
leaders.
Result: Steadily increasing course completion and retention rates.
Create strong transfer program maps.
Align learning to what comes next.
What does this mean for Pathways work?
Transfer and Bachelor’s Completion
Strategic engagement with employers.
Align learning to what comes next.
What does this mean for Pathways work?
Employment with Family-Sustaining Wages
More information
• The 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
• What Excellent Community Colleges Do (Harvard Ed Press, 2014)
• Crisis & Opportunity: Aligning the Community College Presidency with Student Success
• Hiring Exceptional Community College Presidents: Tools for Hiring Leaders Who Advance Student Access and Success
• Structural Equity: Big-Picture Thinking & Partnerships That Improve Community College Student Outcomes
• The Transfer Playbook: Essential Practices for Two- and Four-Year Colleges
Online: http://highered.aspeninstitute.org/
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