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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,


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THE QUEST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES

An Inside Higher Ed Webinar March 25 at 2 p.m. Eastern

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  • Scott Jaschik, editor, Inside Higher Ed,

scott.jaschik@insidehighered.com

  • Doug Lederman, editor, Inside Higher Ed,

doug.lederman@insidehighered.com

Presenters

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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)

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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
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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

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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
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Strategies on Registration / Orientation

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Strategies on Remediation

  • Required or not?
  • Taking for-credit courses or not?
  • How much is too much?
  • Mini-units or entire courses?
  • Technology / adaptive
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Strategies on Choice

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Strategies on Technology

  • Online learning
  • Early warning
  • Lecture capture
  • LMS plus
  • Online tutoring
  • Adaptive learning
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Strategies on Competency

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Strategies on ‘High Impact Practices’

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Strategies on Transfer

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How to Measure Success

  • Graduation/retention rates
  • Transfer rates
  • Employment rates / salaries
  • Cost, price and debt
  • Time to degree
  • Role in community
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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
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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

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Q&A

  • Your questions
  • Your suggestions for future coverage
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With Thanks …