THE QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES An Inside Higher Ed Webinar March 25 at 2 p.m. Eastern
Presenters • Scott Jaschik, editor, Inside Higher Ed, scott.jaschik@insidehighered.com • Doug Lederman, editor, Inside Higher Ed, doug.lederman@insidehighered.com
Why Community Colleges Matter -- I • 45% of undergraduates are enrolled • 41% of first-time students • 44% of first-time, low-income students, with some estimates higher (15% of high income) • 50% of Latino college students and 31% of black students started at community college (compared to 28% of white students)
Community College Success and Public Policy • Impact on state appropriations • Policies that disproportionately affect community colleges (summer Pell) • President Obama’s free community college plan
Why Student Success Isn’t a Sure Thing • Community college graduation rates (using the federal methodology) are around 22% • Of first time students at community colleges, 34 percent earn some college credential within 6 years • Two statewide studies have found that about 25 percent of the students from one semester don’t come back the next
Poll: The Federal Rate On a scale of 1-5, how valid is the federal graduation rate in measuring the quality of a community college? 1. Not valid at all 2. Valid a little 3. Neutral 4. Somewhat valid 5. Very valid
Strategies on Registration / Orientation
Strategies on Remediation • Required or not? • Taking for-credit courses or not? • How much is too much? • Mini-units or entire courses? • Technology / adaptive
Strategies on Choice
Strategies on Technology • Online learning • Early warning • Lecture capture • LMS plus • Online tutoring • Adaptive learning
Strategies on Competency
Strategies on ‘High Impact Practices’
Strategies on Transfer
How to Measure Success • Graduation/retention rates • Transfer rates • Employment rates / salaries • Cost, price and debt • Time to degree • Role in community
Poll: How Much Progress? For those who work at community colleges: In the last two years at your institution, have retention/graduation rates: 1. Improved significantly 2. Improved marginally 3. Remained flat 4. Gotten worse
More Resources • To download the full booklet: https://www.insidehighered.com/download/sscc.html • Archive of articles about community colleges: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/focus/community_ colleges
Q&A • Your questions • Your suggestions for future coverage
With Thanks …
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