Balancing Access and Completion: Partnerships and Pathways - AACC 2016 Commission for College...
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Balancing Access and Completion: Partnerships and PathwaysSusan Hallenbeck, PhD
Today’s Conversation
Challenges Facing Students and Institutions
What Hobsons Believes and How We Help
Examples of Successful Partnerships
Questions & Discussion
Remember to include…
PAR info re: indicators of success in CC and after transfer
Readiness includes both academic and social/financial
Bridge the gap by connecting learning to life
Aspirations Gap: Many students want to go to college but don’t actually apply and enroll.Readiness Gap: Completing high school makes students eligible for college, but many are not truly college-ready.
Match Gap: Students struggle to find best-fit postsecondary options that meet their academic/social/financial needs.Success Gap: Even well-prepared students face obstacles in finishing what they start.
The Deck is Stacked
Challenges Facing Students
Job openings requiring at least some college
education by 2018
Students fail to meet the ACT College
Readiness Benchmarks
Students not receiving a HS diploma after 4
years in high school
Student reporting taking remedial classes in
college
63% 28% 22% 20%
Student success is not easy
Who am I?
How will I succeed?
What do I want to be?
How will I get there?
What do I care about? What are my talents? How do I learn?
Who will advocate for me?What resources will help me reach my goals?
Which career path fits my interests and strengths?What education is required?
What’s my plan for success?Where should I go after high school?
Educators have similar struggles
Who are our students?
How do we knowwhat’s working?
How are we helping them?
What could wedo better?
High school student to counselor ratio
471 : 1
The average high school student spends 20 minutes or less PER YEAR talking with a school counselor about postsecondary plans.
A delicate balance in higher education …
Access Completion
Success means different things to different students so understanding intent is critical
All students shouldbe aware of their postsecondary options
What Hobsons Believes & How We Help
Our vision
We envision a future where education advances every student to meet their full potential — a future where equal access to high-quality educational opportunities and support enables students to improve themselves, their communities, and our world. Education Advances
Our mission
Our mission is to empower students to connect learning to life by making informed choices across a lifetime of education decisions. Hobsons products and services maximize student success and institutional effectiveness throughout the student lifecycle.
Connecting Learning to Life
College and Career Readiness
Admissions and Enrollment
Student Success and Advising
Hobsons helps students identify their strengths, explore careers, create academic plans, match to best-fit educational opportunities, and reach their education and life goals. Through our solutions, we enable thousands of educational institutions to improve college and career planning, admissions and enrollment management, student success and advising for millions of students around the globe.
What we do
Connecting students to opportunity
College and Career ExplorationSelf-Discovery
Student support
Admissions AdvisingStudent Matching
Academic Planning
Self-Discovery Career Exploration
Academic Planning
College Preparation
College and Career Readiness
Naviance by Hobsons is a comprehensive college and career readiness solution that helps middle and high school students identify their strengths, explore careers, create individualized academic plans, and match to best-fit postsecondary institutions.
Actionable Student Views
Seamless ApplicationManagement
Multi-ChannelCommunications
Real-TimeInsights
Admissions and Enrollment Management
Radius by Hobsons helps match students to their ideal educational options by enabling institutions to connect with best-fit prospects and analyze each stage of the enrollment lifecycle, from initial inquiry and application through admission and graduation.
Analytics
Student Success and Advising
Early alert Holistic advising Degree planning
Starfish by Hobsons helps all students engage with an informed, connected campus community dedicated to keeping them on track to reach their education and life goals.
Common Data Definitions
Descriptive Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Predictive Analytics and Benchmarking
Benchmarking
PAR Framework by Hobsons enables institutions to create clear student success pathways, prioritize student interventions, and know where toinvest in student success initiatives
Examples of Success: K12 and Postsecondary Partnerships
AASA: Redefining ReadyTo Get Better Results, Do We Need a Better Definition?
CAREER ReadyCOLLEGE
Ready
LIFE Ready
Students are more than a
score
GPA of 2.8 out of 4.0 and one ore more of the following:•Score of 3+ on AP Exam•Grade of A, B or C on AP Course•Grade of A, B or C in Dual Credit College English and/or Math•Grade of A, B or C in College Dev/Remedial English and/ or Math•Grade of A, B or C in Algebra II•Score of 4+ on IB Exam•College Readiness Placement Assessment
Career Ready
College Ready
http://www.redefiningready.org/
Career Cluster identified and 2 or more of the following:•90% attendance•25 hours of Community Service•Workplace learning experience•Industry credential•Dual Credit Career Pathyway Course•Two or more recognized co-curricular activities
High School and middle school students use Naviance to do career exploration and build PGPs
Project-based learning used in classes
Areas of study: CNA, Medical Assistant, PC Technician, HVAC, Electrical Pre-Apprenticeship, Mechatronics
Students learn on industry equipment and take industry certification exams prior to HS graduation
Austin Community College offers Career and Technical Education programming
Funded via $200,000+ Skills Development Fund Grant from Texas Workforce Commission
Other organizations involved:•Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area•Samsung•Austin Regional Manufacturers Assoc’n•Associated Builders and Contractors
School Preparation Partners
Manor ISD (TX)Diploma + Certificate at Graduation
Texas HE goal: 60 by 30
6 CTE programs
District college-going rate increased (46% to 51%)
200+Juniors and Seniors
1999 – dual enrollment courses offered; ~40 students enrolled
2006 – Early College HS opens on SJC campus with 220 students
Student in Early College are 1st gen, traditionally under-represented, economically disadvantaged, or meet 1 of 13 Texas at-risk indicators
Enrollment based on lottery
Realized CCISD students were enrolling in college but not quite college-ready
Since 2008, SJC pays for an Educational Planner to work in the high school•Individual and group meetings re: college questions/concerns•Concentrate on the middle 60% that are otherwise overlooked•Parent/Student info sessions•Dedicated time to work on college application and take college placement exams•College field trips•FAFSA assistance
Clear Horizons Early College HS San Jacinto College
Clear Creek ISD and San Jacinto College
Bridging the Gap
96% graduate w/AA before HS graduation date
Students save $7,000
45 GB bandwidth
420 Current enrollment in dual
credit program
Students take academic courses in grades 9 and 10, while also exploring career and technical offerings (sustainable technology, engineering, auto collision repair, video production)
Academic lessons are integrated with technical education classes; interdisciplinary lessons encouraged
Project-based learning
Dual enrollment during grades 11 & 12
APS students can receive dual enrollment credit from•Northern Virginia CC•James Madison University•Shenandoah University•Adams State University (CO)
Grades 9-12 College Partners
Arlington Public Schools (VA)
The Future: Project-Based Learning and CTE
Core academics
Hands-on skills courses
Dual enrollment
credits
40Students starting in program in 2016-17
CC Predictors of Success at 4-Year Institutions
Insights Into Success
Completion of DevEd Math or English
Found to have a positive correlation on University retention
Predictor of GPA Correlation with success in University
Strong predictor of succcess
Completion of Math Course
Completion of Dual
Enrollment Credits
GPA at CC
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