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• Mt. San Jacinto College

Equity & Student Success

College and Career Readiness

“A Plan for Systemic Changes to Achieve Greater Student Access, Equity, and Success”

MSJC Board Presentation 2016

Student Equity and Planning

• Purpose:
• To address underrepresented population’s needs with the interest and intent of improving these

students’ opportunities for success.

• Federal & State Goals for Student Equity/Student Success
• Access
• Course completion
• Basic skills and ESL course completion
• Degree and certificate completion
• Transfer
• How did the college begin to address the needs of it’s students
• Completed a Self-evaluation to determine the disproportion of impacted students attending

MSJC

• Results of the Data

Equity Challenges

MSJC Research Indicates

• First-year college students average 3% below mean success and retention rates. (4,500 students)
• Persistence rates for First-Year students are a major problem, 46% drop out during their first year.
• Students in remediation courses average 6% below college level success rate. (5,000 students)
• Transition rate from remedial to college level is very low. The further below college level, the lower the

transition rate. In the lowest level math less than 12% transition to college level math.

• African Americans average 12% points below the mean success rate and degree completion rate. (1,100

students)

• Foster Youth are as much as 20% below average on all metrics. (150 students)
• 20-24 year old population averages 2% points below the mean success rate. (5,500 students)

Keep in Mind SSTF Recommendations Funded Student Engagement

8 areas of focus with 22 recommendations

• Equity
• SSSP
• BSI
• Title V
• General Fund

Funding Efforts

• 1. Increase college and career readiness
• 2. Strengthen support for entering students
• 3. Incentivize successful student behaviors
• 4. Align course offerings to meet student

needs

• 5. Improve education of basic skills

students

• 6. Revitalize and re-envision professional

development

• 7. Enable efficient state-wide leadership

and increase coordination among colleges

• 8. Align resources with student success

recommendations

Early K-12 Engagement & Recruitment College Transition Counseling

MSJC College Transition Counselors College Access Remediation Intervention Financial Support

• African American

Students

• Foster Youth
• ESL
• Special Education
• Dependents of Veterans
• Pre-Enrollment

Activities

• Educational Planning
• College Ready

Registration

• Dual & Concurrent

Enrollment

• EAP
• ERWC
• Curriculum

Alignment Agreements

• Multiple

Measurement?

• Remediation

Planning

Bridge to MSJC Special Populations

• FAFSA Workshops
• “Race to Submit”

MSJC’s First-Year Experience Program

New and Continuing Students “Not College Ready”

Student Support & Mentoring Intrusive Counseling & Recruitment First Year Experience Program (FYE)

• Instructional & Student

Service Collaboration

• Basic Skills Link to Career

Development & Counseling

• Counseling, Mentoring &

Instructional Support

• Extensive Professional

Development

• Piloting a 700 Student FYE

Program

• In-Reach & Outreach

Recruitment

• K-12 Bridge
• Financial Aid
• Experiential Activities
• SSSP Alignment