William Rainey Harper College

AACC Annual Convention

April 22, 2012

COMPLETION SPOTLIGHT UPDATE:HARPER COLLEGE

Kenneth Ender, Ph.D.President

Sheila Quirk-Bailey, Chief of Staff,Executive Director of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

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WELCOME !

Located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago

Serves 535,000 residents

27,419 annual unduplicated headcount

8 associate degrees; variety of certificates

Provides transfer, career, and CE programs

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THE COLLEGE

• Importance of a Completion Goal

• Harper’s Completion Agenda

• Aligning a Strategic Plan for Completion

• Short Term Strategies

• Importance of Certificates

• Longer Term Strategies4

OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED

Old Economy New Economy

Post-secondary credentialing is not optional!

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Over the next decade, U.S. jobs requiring some level of

postsecondary education is expected to grow to

63 percent. By 2018, it is expected that the United

States will need 22 million new college degrees and

over 4.7 million additional workers with postsecondary

certificates but will fall short of these needs by

over 3 million.

Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2010

Video

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STRATEGIC PLANNING AT HARPER

• Inspiration Develop programs with educational partners that inspire postsecondary education and career readiness as a life goal

• Partnership Engage in partnerships to develop programs in existing and emerging career areas that enable students to succeed in a global economy

• Accountability Create a culture of innovation, accountability and transparency

• Completion Increase completion and achievement of all students with a focus on underperforming student groups

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HARPER‘S STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

• Increase the number of certificate and degree completers.

• Decrease student achievement gaps of developmental, young male, and black non-Hispanic students while increasing academic achievement for all.

• Increase the percentage of first-time, full-time freshmen from our feeder high school districts who begin in credit-bearing courses.

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COMPLETION GOALS

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CLOSING THE COMPLETION GAP

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COMPLETION STATUS

• Goal and strategy teams staffed• Each led by one administrator and one faculty

member• More than 170 volunteers

• Champion Team• Provides overall direction• 6 Administrators, 6 Faculty

• Some student success strategies have gone through a trial, with preliminary results

• Leveraging partnerships like never before 12

STRATEGIC PLAN INVOLVEMENT

•Review Results

•Ability to Scale

•Budget

•Institutional

Decision

•Review of Literature

•Benchmarking

•Action Plan

•Budget

•Trials

•Implementation

•Complete Evaluation

Action Plan

•Budget

•Evaluation Plan

PHASE IInvestigation

PHASE IIPlanning

PHASE IIIPilot

PHASE IVEvaluation to Scale

CheckpointCheckpoint

Checkpoint 13

• Completion Concierge

• Certificates

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SHORT TERM STRATEGIES

• Award certificates to non-petitioning completers

• Identify students who are 3 courses or less away from completion and contact them Phone, letter, e-mail

Special phone number and contact person to assist students

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COMPLETION CONCIERGE

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CONCIERGE IMPACT

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CERTIFICATES

Teacher Certification 311Accounting 311Welding 289HVAC 106Small Business Management 105Sales Management 104Paramedic 102Electronics 97CAD 95Hotel Management 73

• Graduation Fees

• Transfer Issues Dual Admissions

Transfer Back Credits

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ELIMINATE COMPLETION BARRIERS

• High School Integration

• Ladders and Lattices

• Industry Partnerships

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LONGER TERM STRATEGIES

Goal 4.1 Create Stackable Careers and Academic pathways that incorporate Industry relevant and post secondary credentials which lead to a sustainable income.

Outcome: Students will acquire stackable Industry recognized credentials that lead to a living wage.

Targets (FY15): 1. Will identify and develop 30 programs as Stackable Certificates and/or Degrees.2. Will develop plan for publishing, print and online, the programs identified as Stackable Certificates

and/or Degrees.3. Will work with High schools to develop 40 programs of studies for grades 9-14.4. 50% of all area college and high school counselors will have participated in a program to inform them of

Programs of Studies and Stackable Careers.

IEM 1Graduation Rate

IEM 2Persistence Rate:

Fall to Spring

IEM 6Student

Satisfaction

IEM 7Graduate

Achievement of Objective

IEM 17Employment in Related Field

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TARGETS FOR GOAL 4.1: STACKABLE CAREERS

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STACKABLE GRAPHIC ARTS

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STACKABLE GRAPHIC ARTS

180,036

Active Job Seekers

215,400

Total Jobs Available

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INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Matching local job openings with degrees and certificates

• Accelerated PipelineReduce remediation time

• High School AlignmentCatch Up or Speed Up

• Early AlertIdentify challenges while time to address

• Summer Bridge ProgramsCollege Readiness

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STRATEGY TEAMS FORACHIEVEMENT GAPS GOAL

10,604Additional Graduates

by 2020

for

William Rainey

Harper College

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WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?

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IT’S ALL ABOUT STUDENT SUCCESS!

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QUESTIONS?

Dr. Kenneth Ender: kender@harpercollege.edu

Sheila Quirk-Bailey: squirk@harpercollege.edu