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The League for Innovation in the Community College15th Annual Conference
Dallas. TX
Baccalaureate Access & Completion: Creating Paths to Academic Success
Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 8AM-9AM
Welcome!
Dr. Joshua Smith, former chair of AACC Board of Directors; former Chancellor, California Community College System; former President, Manhattan and Brookdale Community Colleges
Lisa LaVigna, Executive Director of Outreach & Access, Excelsior College
Jacqueline McPhillips, Partnership Development Specialist, Excelsior College
Agenda
Introductions Importance of degree completion Transfer Process
Perceived barriers Perceptions of 4 year schools Perception of students
How to improve the problem? 3+1 Exams and OER
Real life examples
Degree Completion
Why it matters…
Degree Completion
Retention tool Earning power Future employment Job retention
The value of a Bachelor’s Degree
The Transfer Process
What students face…
Perceptions of some four-year colleges
Quality of education at community colleges is not up to standard
Students are not ready for transfer to ‘real’ college work
Diversity of the community college student population is a barrier to quality education
Quality of faculty at Community Colleges is ‘inadequate’
Community College student perceptions of four year colleges
Transfer process is
complicated
Scholarship support isn’t available
Transfer students
aren’t recognized
as “real” students
Faculty isn’t
supportive of students4 year
schools won’t accept
all my credits
Student services will be
difficult to navigate
Students aren’t feeling
the love
What can we do?
Increasing baccalaureate completion…
What can we do about it?
Keep students at Community College longer Have Community Colleges offer bachelor degrees Implement 90+30 programs Promote prior learning assessment (PLA) Offer alternatives such as assessment based credit
earning options
What can we do about it?
Improve Transfer Process Accept more credits Recognize uniqueness of transfer students Build stronger, seamless pathways between
two and four year schools
Five Steps to Low Cost, High Quality Degree Completion
Assess credit
transferre
d
Identify
requirements
to be
completed Match work
needed to
available forms
of assessment
Prepare for
assessments
using OER,
complete
required
coursework
Complete
Capstone
course online
Criteria to Establish Ideal Transfer Agreements
Allow as many credits as possible to be taken at the community college before transfer
Seek opportunities for scholarships for deserving students
Provide students a breadth of credit earning options
Determine that the environment is welcoming Let students know which colleges provide the
best transfer agreements
Options to consider
Three plus one, allowing students to remain at the community college longer
Credit by exam Support in an online
environment
How does this work?
Student Examples…
Katherine
Began college education later in life
Howard CC Graduate
Completed Bachelor’s degree through articulation agreement
Ray
Attended four colleges
Acquired credit through ACE approved training
Utilized credit by exam and online courses to complete a Bachelor’s degree program
Questions?
Contact:
Jackie McPhillips
Visit:
ccpartnerships.excelsior.edu
Sources
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/tomorrows-college/dropouts/value-of-college-degree.html