EXECUTIVE CABINET RETREAT Sacramento City College Michael Gutierrez

EXECUTIVE CABINET RETREAT Sacramento City College Michael Gutierrez President

OBJECTIVES • Story of Community Colleges • Where does Sac City College fit into this Story? • Sac City College as Community College 3. 0

Transformation Communit y College 1. 0: Access Communit y College 2. 0: Access + Completio n Communi ty College 3. 0: Access + Completio n + Postcollege Success

Great Early 20 th Depression century: Junior. Community College 1. 0: Access Era: Community colleges Post-WWII: GI colleges as providing post. Bill leads to workforce secondary expansion of development liberal arts community agents, training college education to semienrollments. prepare professionals to students for train industrial transfer. workers. 1960 s-1970 s: Pell Grant program for lowincome students leads to enrollment boom.

Legacy of Community College 1. 0: Access • Increased course and program offerings to meet the increased demand associated with expanded enrollment. • Increased developmental education needs due to more underprepared students. • Young leaders moved into president and provost positions.

Community College 2. 0: Access + Completion Problem Large number of underprepared students enrolling in community colleges. Proposed Solution Improving developmental education outcomes by accelerating students through the developmental sequence and contextualizing these courses within a degree program. Outcomes Higher rates of students completing developmental sequence, but lack of improvement in overall completion rates.

Community College 2. 0: Access + Completion Problem Large number of programs and courses offered at community colleges. Proposed Solution Creating guided pathways (clear sequences of courses leading to a degree or certificate) and reorganizing advising and educational delivery around getting students onto and through these pathways. Outcomes Institution-wide reform rather than a series of independent initiatives.

Completion is not enough. • Students don’t aim to complete. • Not all degrees are created equal. • Some degrees don’t have independent value. • Opportunities at the program level are inequitable.

3. 0: Four-Part Framework for Student Success Labor Market Learning Outcomes • Do colleges set • Do graduates find strong employment opportunity in wellpaying jobs? expectations for learning, measure what is learned, and use that information in a process of continuous improvement? Completion Equity and Transfer • Do colleges strive for access and with a BA equitable outcomes for Degree underserved minority • Do students earn degrees and credentials, and do those who transfer go on to earn bachelor’s degrees? and low-income students?

Community College 3. 0: Access + Completion + Post-College Success

Community College 3. 0: Access + Completion + Post. College Success • Reorient culture to include postcompletion outcomes • Build your pathways with postgraduation success in mind. • Align student advising systems (including enrollment, program choice, and financial aid) to postgraduation goals. • Engage four-year colleges and universities in improving transfer and bachelor’s attainment. • Engage employers in defining common goals for talent development.

BUILD PATHWAYS WITH POST GRADUATION SUCCESS IN MIND Clarify paths to students end goals Build strong transfer partnerships Help students stay on path Prioritize transfer student success Help students choose and enter a pathway Ensure that students are learning Provide tailored transfer student advising

ENGAGE EMPLOYERS IN COMMON GOALS Align programs with labor market needs Help students align choices with labor market demands Provide workplace learning opportunities Receive honest feedback from employers Secure employer investment Secure student jobs Examine graduates’ labor market outcomes

SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE

QUESTIONS? ? ?

VISIONING What do we want to be known for? What do we want to do best? In what areas do we want to develop or grow?