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Game Changers

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Dhanfu E. Elston, Ph.D., Vice President (dah-nee-foo)

• I. Introduction
• II. About CCA
• III. Game Changers

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Overview

Alliance Member

Arkansas Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Montana Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Commonwealth

• f the Northern

Mariana Islands Nevada New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

35 Members

DC

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Enrollment at Peak of Recession

Record enrollment More minority students More low-income students More first-generation

students

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A NATIONAL PROBLEM Very Few Graduate on Time …

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4-year

Bachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

2-year

Associate

On-Time Graduation Rates

(Started Full-time)

National 5.0% 18.1%

Too Few Graduate At All

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4-year

Bachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

2-year

Associate

150% Time Graduation Rates

(Started Full-time)

National 12.9% 43.2%

Part-Time Students Rarely Graduate

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4-year

Bachelor’s

(Non-Flagship)

2-year

Associate

200% Time Graduation Rates

(Started Part-time)

National 6.9% 15.9%

10.7 15 33.9 79.1

Bottom Second Third Top

Estimated Bachelor's Degree Attainment by Income Quartile by Age 24

Bottom Second Third Top

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• 1. Performance Funding
• 2. Corequisite Remediation
• 3. Guided Pathways - GPS
• 4. Structured Schedules
• 5. Full Time is 15

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Metrics Data drives change!

Remediation- Gateway courses Credit hours earned 1st year Time and Credits to degree Graduation rates (on time & 6yrs)

Data drives change!

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GAME CHANGER Performance Funding

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Performance Funding

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GAME CHANGER Corequisite Remediation

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Too many students start college in remediation.

60%

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Remediation

Too few remedial students ever graduate.

1 in 10

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Remediation

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Remediation

Provide academic support as a Corequisite not as a prerequisite

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Corequisite Remediation

One Semester Redesigned Gateway

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Gateway

Extra Time Mandatory Tutoring Sequenced

• Paired

proctored labs

• 45 minutes

after class

• Additional

class periods

• 5 weeks prep

plus 10 weeks gateway content

One Semester Corequisite Results

Institution Subject Traditional Model Corequisite Model

CC of Baltimore County

English

33% 74% Austin Peay State University

English

49% 70%

Quantitative Reasoning

11% 78%

Statistics

8% 65%

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Math Pathways

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College Algebra’s Purpose: Preparation for Calculus

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College Algebra Calculus

S T E M

STATISTICS ¡PATHWAY ¡is ¡designed ¡for ¡ students ¡seeking ¡a ¡college-­‑level ¡sta3s3cs ¡ course ¡as ¡part ¡of ¡their ¡general ¡educa3on ¡ requirement ¡for ¡majors ¡in ¡fields ¡including: ¡

• Nursing ¡
• Social ¡Work ¡
• Criminal ¡Jus3ce ¡

QUANTITATIVE ¡REASONING ¡PATHWAY ¡is ¡ designed ¡for ¡students ¡pursuing ¡a ¡field ¡of ¡ study ¡in ¡which ¡general ¡educa3on ¡math ¡is ¡ a ¡requirement. ¡These ¡fields ¡include ¡ majors ¡in: ¡ ¡

• Communica3ons ¡
• Graphic ¡Design ¡
• Paralegal ¡

STEM-­‑PREP ¡PATHWAY ¡is ¡designed ¡for ¡ students ¡seeking ¡a ¡STEM ¡or ¡mathema3cs-­‑ intensive ¡major ¡in ¡fields ¡including: ¡ ¡

• Petroleum ¡Engineering ¡
• Computer ¡Science ¡
• Chemistry ¡

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Corequisite Remediation

White House Summit States Committed to Transform Remediation

DC

States Committed to Scale Coreq by 2015

State Activity

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GAME CHANGER Guided Pathways to Success

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NO CLEAR PATH

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Too Many Choices and Too Little Guidance

Most colleges have more than 100

majors and hundreds of courses.

Most students are unaware of their

career options.

45% of students haven’t seen a

counselor by the third week of class.

Why GPS?

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Too Many Credits

78.8

credits accumulated

60

credits standard

120

credits standard

2-year

Associate

4-year

Bachelor’s (Non-Flagship)

136.2

credits accumulated

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GPS: Essential Components

• 1. Default pathways
• 2. Informed Choice
• 3. Meta-Majors
• 4. Academic Maps
• 5. Milestone courses
• 6. Intrusive advising

DO THIS

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GPS Results

Higher graduation rates More on-time graduates Closing the achievement gap Fewer lost credits — saving time and money

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Georgia State University

Degree maps and intrusive advising Graduation rates up 20 percentage points

in past 10 years

Graduation rates higher for:

– Pell students, at 52.5% – African American students, at 57.4% – Hispanic students students, at 66.4%

More bachelor’s degrees to African-

Americans than any other U.S. university

GPS SUCCESS

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Guided Pathways to Success

GPS at Scale States

DC

GPS in STEM States

GPS State Activity

Houston

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GAME CHANGER Structured Schedules

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Structured Schedules

Block schedules of classes Cohorts of students Students choose programs or majors, not courses Attendance required

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TN Colleges of Applied Technology

Highly structured, block schedule

program

More than 75% of students graduate, at

rate 3x higher than peers, even though slightly poorer and older

Center has certificate programs have job

placement rates of 80% or higher

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Structured Schedules

States with Campus- Based Initiatives

DC

State Activity

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GAME CHANGER Full Time is 15

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Most students DON’T take the credit hours necessary to graduate on time. Full-time Students Taking 15+ Credits Per Semester

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The Power of 15 Credits: More students graduate when they complete 30+ credits in their first year.

79% 69% 37% 21%

30+ credits 24–29.9 credits 12–23.9 credits 0–11.9 credits

Bachelor’s degree

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Full Time is 15

HAWAI’I’S “15 TO FINISH”

Significant results in campaign’s first year.

39.3 ¡ 55.5 ¡ 46.9 ¡ 13.5 ¡ 41.5 ¡ 7.8 ¡ 11.2 ¡ Fall ¡2009 ¡ Fall ¡2010 ¡ Fall ¡2011 ¡ Fall ¡2012 ¡

15 ¡or ¡More ¡Credits ¡A>empted ¡

UH ¡First-­‑Time ¡Freshmen, ¡Fall ¡2012 ¡ Maoa ¡ Hilo ¡ West ¡Oahu ¡ UHCCs ¡

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Full Time is 15

States with Campus-Based Initiatives

DC

Statewide Initiatives

15 to Finish State Activity

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Working with states to significantly increase the number of Americans with quality career certificates or college degrees and to close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations. www.completecollege.org

/ CompleteCollege / CompleteCollege

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