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Completion by Design
Scott Markland, Ph.D.August 2012
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Completion By Design
• Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Goal:Raise community college completion rates for low-income students under 26 years of age
Campuses: Partners:
Statewide Advisory Board
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• Dr. Ron AbramsOACC
• Stephanie DavidsonOhio Board of Regents
• Donna DemerlingRetired Trustee, Stark State College
• Cathy DietlinREACHigher P-16 Council
• Hon. Dan FoleyCommissioner, Montgomery County
• Larry GoodmanTrustee, Lorain County Community College
• Jeff HoaglandDayton Development Coalition
• Bruce JohnsonInter-University Council of Ohio
• David KaminskiCanton Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Sen. Gayle ManningOhio Senate Education Committee
• Steve MoreyTeam Lorain County
• Adrienne O’NeillStark Education Partnership
• Rich PetrickBusiness Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy
• Sasheen PhillipsOhio Department of Education
• Rep. Gerald StebeltonOhio House Education Committee
• Mark ThompsonLJB, Inc.
• Piet Van LierPolicy Matters Ohio
• Brett VisgerOhio Board of Regents
• Dr. Reggie WilkinsonOhio College Access Network
• Barney WrightTrustee, Sinclair Community College
Loss & Momentum Framework
CONNECTION
Interest to Application
ENTRYEnrollment to Completion of
Gatekeeper Courses
PROGRESSEntry into Course of Study to 75% Requirements
Completed
COMPLETIONComplete Course
of Study to Credential with Labor Market
Value
STUDENT DATA SYSTEM (From Day 1 to Completion)
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMPLETION
Examples of Key Findings from Data
• Quantitative: Students who enter a program of study (take three classes within the major) within one or two years are more likely to graduate
• Qualitative: Students need more structure, advising, and orientation and that it should be mandatory.
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Removing Silos through Cross-Cutting Conversations
Engaged with approximately 1,500 faculty and staff and 1,000 students
– CbD added to existing meeting agendas
– Focus Groups and Surveys
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Strategic Priorities
• Accelerating Students through Pathway
• Academic Pathway Redesign and Contextualization
• Integrated Student Support and Development
• Institutional and State Policy
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Cadre-Wide Strategies and Tactics
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1. Early Placement Testing and Interventions in High School
2. Redesign of Developmental Education
3. Create Academic Pathway4. Early and Regular Faculty
Mentoring and/or Faculty Advising
5. Robust Experiential Learning Opportunities
6. Holistic Development of Students
8. Early and Continuous Career Advising
9. Phased-in Mandatory Academic Advising
10. Financial Literacy and Planning Services
11. Mandatory New Student Orientation
12. Student Incentives for Persistence13. Statewide Policies Incentivizing
Earning a Credential Prior to Transfer
14. Reverse Transfer
Lessons Learned
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• Be more prescriptive• Move to systems thinking• Get students into a program of study more
quickly• Start with the end outcomes in mind • Balancing perspectives:
student responsibility vs. institutional responsibility
Ohio Cadre Goal
• Increase graduation rate by 40% for the 2015 cohort.
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Questions?
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