TEXAS SUCCESS CENTER PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS TEXAS COMMUNITY

TEXAS SUCCESS CENTER PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTRUCTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS Dr. Cynthia Ferrell Interim Executive Director, TSC, TACC & Director, Student Success Initiatives, UT Austin June 2, 2015

STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES IN TEXAS A LOT OF GREAT THINGS… 1. Accelerated Developmental Education Project 17. Partners for Postsecondary Success 2. Achieving the Dream 18. Pathways Project 3. AVID Postsecondary Project 19. Readiness Project - UT Austin 4. Board of Trustees Institute (BOTI) 20. Regional Action Plan for Postsecondary Success 5. Complete College America 6. Completion by Design 7. Developmental Education Demonstration Projects 8. Early College High Schools 9. Generation Texas (Gen. TX) 10. Governance Institute for Student Success 11. Graduation Texas (Grad. TX) 12. Gulf Coast Partners Achieving Student Success 21. Student Success by the Numbers 22. Student Success Leadership Teams 23. Student Success Scale and Data Leadership Team 24. T-STEM Challenge Scholarships 25. Talent Dividend Prize 26. Texas College Access Network (Tx. CAN) 27. Texas Community College Developmental Education Initiative Project 28. Texas Course Redesign Project 29. Texas Developmental Education Bridges 14. Innovation Challenge Grant 30. The New Mathways Project 15. Learn and Earn/DOL Initiatives 31. Transfer 101 13. Higher Education Intensive Bridging Programs

But…. . –THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

But…. . –THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT • Texas ranks 46 th nationally in attainment of associate degrees. • 59% of all new jobs in Texas will require postsecondary training or education by 2020. Currently, 34% of Texans aged 25 -34 have an associates degree or higher. • In the last decade, DE Reading and Writing students’ completion of a related college level course in one year has not reached 25%. DE Math students’ rates remained at 3 7%. • Of prepared students, 2/3 or less complete a college level Reading or Writing course in one year. And only about 40% of prepared Math students do so. • Among those who transfer, 39% lose all credits, 28% transfer some, and only 33% transfer all credits. Sources: TXHED Almanac 2015; TAB/THECB; GTF Policy Brief

LESSONS WE’VE LEARNED • TOGETHER We can build a large collective focus on student success. Collaboration is key. • We still have systems and structural barriers to address. Interventions have made a difference, but not enough. Many students lose gains in success after additional support ends. • We must impact more students. • We must make front door engagement inescapable. • We will not make the needed change without faculty and advisors working together to simplify students’ progression to success. • Lasting change requires good policy implementation.

TRANSFORMATION… From an institution characterized by: A focus on student access → Fragmented course-taking → Low rates of student success → Tolerance of achievement gaps → To one characterized by: A culture of anecdote → Individual faculty prerogative → A culture of evidence Collective responsibility for student success Culture of isolation → Emphasis on boutique programs → Focus on teaching → Information infrastructure as management support → Funding tied to enrollment → Culture of collaboration Effective education at scale Focus on learning Information infrastructure as learning analytics Funding tied to enrollment, institutional performance, and student success A focus on access and student success Clear, coherent educational pathways High rates of student success Commitment to eradicate achievement gaps Source: AACC 21 st Century Commission Report: Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future http: //www. aacc. nche. edu/aboutcc/21 stcenturyreport_old/index. html

TEXAS SUCCESS CENTER MISSION: SUPPORTIN G STATEWIDE COHERENT ACTION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS • ALIGN • ACCELERATE • ADVOCATE

WHO WE WORK WITH • Funders • Advisory Board • Leadership Teams • TACC, CCATT • THECB, TEA, TWC • State Associations

PARTNERS • STARLINK/VCT • Texas Student Success Council • Council for Adult and Experiential Learning • New Mathways Project

TEXAS SUCCESS CENTER MATH PATHWAYS SUCCESS SURVEY Alvin Galveston Austin Grayson Blinn Hill Brazosport Houston Cisco Howard Clarendon Kilgore Coastal Bend Laredo COM Lee Lone Star – Kingwood Tarrant Midland Texarkana Navarro Trinity Valley Odessa Tyler Paris Vernon Ranger Victoria South Texas Western Texas Temple

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS Initial Texas Success Center Progress at the Intersections: College Readiness Dual Credit Prior Learning Assessment Transfer Measuring & Funding Success Professional Development

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS College Readiness • College Prep Course Frameworks • Statewide MOU

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS Dual Credit • Newly established Task Force • Interim Agenda

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS Prior Learning Assessment • TACC purchased 1, 000 enrollments in an online portfolio building course ($150 value each) • Courses delivered via VCT • CAEL will provide advisor training • Students pay $50 for course, $125 for assessment and $15 for transcript

COLLEGES PARTICIPATING IN THE SUMMER PLA PILOT Alamo Community College (District) College of the Mainland Collin County Community College Lone Star Community College (District) Navarro College Ranger College San Jacinto College (District) Tarrant Country College (District) Texarkana College

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS Transfer • TCCNS legislation and adoption • Use of technology and analytics • Support the development of Programs and Fields of Study Curriculum

WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SEAMLESS PATHWAYS Measuring & Funding Success • Student Success Points • Metrics Task Force Professional Development • Pathways to Progress Institute (2014) • Success Summit (2015) • Star. Link and TCCTA virtual pd modules • CCATT Trustee Leadership Series

END-OF-TCCIA THOUGHTS • Learn from our past experiences—anticipate points of leverage, resistance, and scalability • Use success data to focus, unify, and motivate us • Become a Joyful Conspiracy that moves with urgency • Commit to transformation that is a bigger solution than we’ve attempted together before —We are redesigning students’ educational experience

QUESTIONS FOR ME OR EACH OTHER? WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE COLLECTIVELY IN OUR PATHWAYS THINKING? RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CENTER? PRESIDENTS? TRUSTEES? OTHERS? WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT?

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