Developmental Education Initiative (DEI)

What is DEI?

o Three-year project aimed at improving developmental education outcomes

o Funded by Gates and Lumina Foundations through MDC, Inc.

What is DEI? Two levels of the Project

StateColleges

Who is Involved

Five states: OhioConnecticutFloridaTexas and Virginia

Who is Involved

At the state level:o In Ohio, Board of Regents is the

lead agency

o OBR partnering with Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Who is Involved At the Community College Level

o Five Ohio Community Collegeso Colleges had participated in

Achieve the Dream—national initiative to improved community college outcomes

Ohio DEI Colleges

Ohio DEI Colleges

Cuyahoga CC

North Central CC

Sinclair CC

Eastern Gateway CC

Zane State CC

Why Focus on Dev Ed? oWhy Focus on Dev Ed

Why this Focus? o A large number of students need

developmental education. In FY 2008, 90,000 students in the

University System of Ohio are taking some developmental coursework

Scope of problem

Why this Focus?

50% of first-year community college students have been determined not to be college ready in one or more subject

Why this Focus

Fiscal Concerns

o Developmental Education is costly.

In FY 2008, the cost to community colleges and students was $73 million

Why this Focus? o Questions have been raised

about the effectiveness of developmental education in leading students to success

Instructional Concerns

What Do Data Reveal?

HEI DataHigher Education Information

System

oenrollment, o courses, o financial aid, etc.ooutcomes

Definition of Success

Students who within six years of enrollment: o Earned a credentialo Earned a degreeo Transferred to a 4 year institutiono Still enrolled and have earned 30 or

more credit hours

o Reports of the FY 2002 Student Cohort’s success indicate:

What Data Show

Enrollment Status

Outcomes for FY 2002 Cohort

Income Status

Outcomes for FY 2002 Cohort

AgeOutcomes for FY 2002 Cohort

EthnicityOutcomes for FY 2002 Cohort

The DEI

Challenge

o Increase Dev Ed effectiveness and increase success rate particularly among low-income students and students of color

o Increase efficiency

DEI State Role

Determine what changes should be made in

data collection, funding, state policies

to support local efforts to enhance student success.

OBR’s DEI Plan

o Identify and publicize innovative developmental education practices among Ohio community colleges

o Determine need for further research and encourage cross institution research

OBR’s DEI Plan

o Convene a group of “innovators” to propose major redesign and engage 3 or 4 colleges to implement the proposal

o Survey community colleges to determine levels of dev ed courses offered

OBR’s DEI Plan

o Look at ABLE-Community College agreements relating to serving students in need of remediation

OBR’s

DEI PlanIdentify practices that are

most successful in moving students from ABLE back to community college

OBR’s DEI Plan

Develop protocols for use by other ABLE programs and community colleges for initiating, establishing, and maintaining agreements

OBR’s

DEI Plan

Recommend incentives for community colleges, ABLE programs and students for participating in these partnerships.

DEI College Plans

o DEI Colleges will focus on instructional and support interventions

DEI College Plans

o Assessment and placement policies

o Bridge programs with high schoolso Technologyo Tutoringo Intensive advising

DEI College Plans

Examples:

o Modularized instructiono Paired classeso Accelerated classeso Course realignment

DEI College Plans

o ABLE-Community College Partnerships involving formal agreements focusing on remediation