THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN OUR CLASSES LONE STAR

THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN OUR CLASSES LONE STAR COLLEGE October 2018 Workshop

BROADENING PARTICIPATION Need: Have a good understanding of what our demographics look like in our classes compared to our campuses Goal: Recognize discrepancies in our classes and minimize it.

ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHICS IN GEOL 1403 FOR THE PAST 5 SEMESTERS

GEOLOGY DEMOGRAPHICS VS SYSTEM

AFRICANAMERICAN ENROLLMENT IN OUR CLASSES Graphs show what percent of our geology classes are made up of a certain demographic relative to what percent that demographic makes up of each of our campuses. HISPANIC ENROLLMENT IN OUR CLASSES

FEMALE ENROLLMENT IN OUR CLASSES

BROADENING PARTICIPATION Need: Fewer women and African. American students are enrolling in our classes relative to the college population Strategies: To make them aware of geology and greater success rate over other sciences for Gen Ed students � To create micro-campaigns to encourage enrollment in geology (e. g. , focus on those enrolled that have not taken a science class) � Goal: Short term: Move the needle in the right direction Long-term: Come within 2% of our college’s demographics Meet with advisors Work with curriculum team to align our math requirements with current math pathways (make us more accessible than other sciences) Meet with high schools Create and share a brochure about our geology program � Collaborate with National Association for Black Geoscientists to talk to high school classes �

SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS Need: A clear view of who is successful in our classes Goal: Minimizing the difference in success across the demographics

SUCCESS OF STUDENTS BROKEN DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHICS (SUCCESS = A, B, C, ORP)

25 31 21 26 26 23 23 19 18 38 43 35 35 18 35 LABELS ARE THE PERCENT OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC ENROLLED THAT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL

92 23 103 78 89 27 63 91 19 NUMBER LABELS = 105 60 20 86 66 12 95 96 91 22 67 73 67 14 44 54 21 13 12 NUMBER OF 20 17 47 18 GPA FOR DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. 65 2 23 39 15 50 15 11 20 23 68 17 50 73 24 60 6 11 44 39 3 67 6 17 40 26 5 5 STUDENTS 42 156 62 26 166 75 118 86 9 12 107 13 54 65 113 11 79 88 18 59 60 64 74 26 23 62 15 60 35 68

SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS Need: Success rate based on GPA of underrepresented minorities is lower than Caucasian students Goal: Increase success rate by an average of 0. 5 GPA points Strategies: Adjuncts + Full Time: � Increase workshop participation � Expose them to the achievement gap � Provide strategies for an inclusive classroom � Create more active learning ready-made strategies to use in their classrooms

STRAND 3: INCREASING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS Need: Lack a clear pathway for geoscience majors and future science teachers Possible Strategies Goal: Develop a guided universal pathway for all neighboring four-year universities Continue pathway discussions with University of Houston – Downtown as first articulation agreement Educating advisors on geoscience careers and developing a handout Expand campus geology webpages to include career information, internships, research opportunities, highlight achievements of former students

What are your observations? AVERAGE GPA FORGEOL 1403 NOTE: These are the terms that AIR uses for our school.