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Glenn DuBoisChancellor
A Student-First FocusThe Case for Change at
Virginia’s Community Colleges
Unprecedented Times
We can shape our future or be shaped by it.
1. More students
2. More unprepared students
3. Less public funding
4. More public accountability
5. The call for more college graduates
6. Achieve 2015
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250,000
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Credit Headcount
281,243credit
enrollment
More students
Historic Headcount Credit AY 1994 to AY 2010
More students
The average VCCS graduate needs
four years to complete an associate’s.
More than 30% need five or more years.
More students
A cross-section review of 164 applied associate degree programs found
that 45% require
69 credit hours,or more.
More students
Nearly one million Virginians 18 years or older
have some college
experience but have not earned
a credential.
More unprepared students
Over the last five years,
nearly 50% of all recent high school graduates required
developmental education.
More unprepared students
25%The percentage of VCCS
developmental education students who graduate or transfer in four
years.
Less public funding
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 * $-
$50,000,000
$100,000,000
$150,000,000
$200,000,000
$250,000,000
$300,000,000
$350,000,000
$400,000,000
$450,000,000
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000 State Support Declines as Enrollment Grows
General Fund Appropriation Enrollment (FTE)* Projected
Less public funding(It doesn’t look like this anymore.)
More public accountability
Governor’s Commission on
Higher Education, Reform, Innovation
and Investment
More public accountability
Commission recs:1. Use buildings year-
round.2. Leverage technology3. Innovative degree
paths4. Elevate system-wide
restructuring
The call for more college graduates
Five million additional American college graduates
over the next decade.
100,000 additional Virginia college graduates over the
next 15 years.
College Graduation Leaders
1. South Korea2. Canada3. Russia
12. United States
A Student-First Focus
Rethinking Virginia’s Community
Colleges
A Student-First Focus
• Reengineering Taskforce created in Fall 2009.
• Recommendations accepted by the State Board in November 2010.
• Chancellor held 14 Town Hall Meetings.• Reengineering Taskforce II now
implementing the ideas over the next months and years.
A Student-First Focus
Task Force Guiding Principles:
• No change for change’s sake• Recs should enhance student
outcomes, align w Achieve 2015 or save money
• Shared among all stakeholders• Sustainable, scalable solutions
A Student-First Focus
Developmental Education redesign
A 25% success rate isn’t good enough.
A Student-First Focus
Implement Shared Services
Financial aid paperworkPurchasingDistance learningProgram consortia
A Student-First Focus
Degree credit audit
“Zero to Associate’s in five years,” just
doesn’t cut it.
A Student-First Focus
Articulate Learning Outcomes for Courses to Enhance Student
Success
Peer group ledFocus on courses with high
enrollment/low success ratesMultiple assessment methods
Together, we are on the verge of greatness!
Stay Engaged…
Thank you.
