Mr. Serkan Celtek - Achieving the Dream · Provides guidance to H.S. seniors through the entire...
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Dr. Shirley Reed Founding and Current President
Dr. Juan E. Mejia Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Anahid Petrosian Assistant Vice President for Academic Advancement
Mr. Paul Hernandez Dean of Student Support Services
Mr. Serkan Celtek Director of Research & Analytical Services
Ms. Kristina Wilson ATD Core Team Leader
PANELISTS
I. Background
II. Transformation of STC through ATD
III.Creating a College-Going Culture
IV.College Readiness
V. Comprehensive Advising
VI.College Completion
VII.Q&A
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
LOCATION OF SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE
STUDY OF TOP 100 U.S.
METRO AREAS
A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment history since STC’s creation in 1993
Source: Texas Workforce Commission, Dec. 2012
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
4th in Awarding Associate
Degrees to Hispanics
44th in Associate Degrees
Awarded
Highest Graduation Rate
for Very Large Community
Colleges in Texas (THECB)
HOW DOES STC RANK?
Source: Community College Week
Measuring Student Success
Data for Decision-Making
Breaking Down Silos
2004: Round 1 College 2009: Leader College Designation
TRANSFORMATION:
ACHIEVING THE DREAM
Reorganization of IR into 3 Areas:
A DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE
New Interactive Online Factbook
Jaguar P.R.I.D.E.
Home-grown program-level & student-level learning
outcome database
Research &
Analytical
Services
Institutional Effectiveness &
Assessment
Student
Learning &
Achievement
Links to RAS, IEA, &
SLA Websites
Higher Education, Public Schools, and Business
Community Leaders
Topics: Closing the Achievement Gap,
College/Career Readiness, Completion
8th Annual Summit:
Feb. 2013
SHARING OUR DATA
Link Summit
Website
Junior Jaguars Kindergarten – 8th Grade
“It’s never too early to start thinking
about college”
Operation College Bound Partnerships with 32 high schools in 14 school
districts
Provides guidance to H.S. seniors through
the entire financial aid and admissions
process
CREATING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE
Summer Leadership Institute Training Program for K-12 Educational Leaders
Provides Tools for Transitional Student
Advisement
Information on STC’s Programs and Services
CREATING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE
New Cohort of
Educators Every Year
A Large & Comprehensive
Program:
21 School Districts
68 High School sites
Over 11,500 students
Over 1,200 Sections
Faculty involved:
Over 300 DE Faculty (High School)
Over 100 STC faculty
INCREASING COLLEGE READINESS:
DUAL ENROLLMENT
Served over 67,000 students since
2003
Tuition Free
DUAL ENROLLMENT
A wise investment to develop the talent
of our region.
DUAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH
3,795 3,537 4,734
5,977 7,373
8,797 9,402 10,645
11,750
-1,000
1,000
3,000
5,000
7,000
9,000
11,000
13,000
Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
S o u r c e : S o u t h Texa s C o l leg e ’ s I n s t i t u t io n a l Da t a
210% increase in DE participation since 2004
6 Dual Enrollment Academies
STEM and CTE
15 Early College High Schools
Summer Bridge
High School Recovery Program
Over 2,600 graduates since 2007
9th Grade Initiatives
TexPREP Program
Rising 7th - 10th grade students
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Link to High
School Programs
Website
MATRICULATION TO STC AFTER
GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL*
Source: South Texas Col lege’s Inst i tut ional Data
19% 20%
23% 23%
28%
15%
17%
19%
21%
23%
25%
27%
29%
Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011
9 percentage point increase since 2007
* Students with Prior Dual Credit Hours
Results Upon Transfer to UTPA:
Retention 18% higher 1st year
Cumulative GPA 0.75 pt. Higher
4 Year Graduation Rate 24% Higher
6 Year Graduation Rate 30% Higher 2 01 2 S t u d y
UTPA RESEARCH STUDY
Attended by H.S. Principals and Counselors
Data Sharing
Discussion of Strategies that Foster Academic
Rigor
Continuous Quality Enhancement of Dual
Enrollment Programs
DE PRINCIPALS’ SUMMIT
Link to Principal’s
Summit Website
Case Management FTIC Dev. Reading and Dev. English Students
Mandatory contacts with students each semester
Contextualized Curriculum Dev. English & Dev. Reading
Integrated learning projects
Themes from college-level gateway courses
Integrated Reading & Writing
COLLEGE READINESS: DEI
Developmental Education Initiative
Redesign of Developmental Math into a 2-Course
Sequence
Higher Completion Rates
Aggressive Scaling
Accelerated Reading & English
QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
PLAN
Accelerated
Developmental Math
Link to QEP
Website
Fall 2010 Completion Rates: QEP vs. Traditional
Courses Source: STC Banner Student Information System
QEP: HIGHER COMPLETION RATES
73%
55% 50%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Math 100 Math 80 Math 85
Source : STC Inst i tut ional Data
COLLEGE ALGEBRA COMPLETION RATES
62.97%
64.65%
66.06%
67.65%
61.00%
62.00%
63.00%
64.00%
65.00%
66.00%
67.00%
68.00%
69.00%
70.00%
Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
DEVELOPMENTAL COURSEWORK
S o u r c e : S o u t h T e x a s C o l l e g e ’ s I n s t i t u t i o n a l D a t a
45% Decrease in Percentage of Enrollment
Simultaneously, Total Enrollment Increased by 75%.
31% 30%
25%
27%
21% 22%
20% 19%
17%
0.15
0.17
0.19
0.21
0.23
0.25
0.27
0.29
0.31
0.33
0.35
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Next Steps: New Mathways Project
Puente Project
Non-Course Based Remediation
Continued Review of Data
Scaling
COLLEGE READINESS
Student Barriers Study (2005)
Students lack information about classes &
services
Comprehensive Advising Taskforce (2005)
Case Management Advising Program
Beacon Mentoring
Orientation
COMPREHENSIVE ADVISING
Students assigned to an academic advisor
Contact at 4 critical points of semester
Results of Pilot with FTIC Students (Fall 2005):
CASE MANAGEMENT
Higher course completion (65% vs. 59%)
Higher GPA (2.22 vs. 1.95)
Higher retention rates
(56% vs. 46%)
Faculty Advisor Training
Based on NACADA principles and STC student data
Over 500 faculty members have been certified
Faculty offer voluntary assistance without additional
compensation
CASE MANAGEMENT: SCALING
Next Steps:
Early Alerts
Student Progress
Dashboard
Off-Track
Notifications
Staff Members Trained to
be Advisors & Mentors
Targets Gateway Courses with High Enrollment
and High Failure Rates
Current Focus: College Algebra
Provide Guidance & Assistance
BEACON
MENTORING
Fast Pass to the First Day of Class
New students complete all necessary
steps for enrollment:
Application
Account Username/Password
Advising
Financial Aid
Student ID
Invitation to Convocation
ORIENTATION
I. Graduation Taskforce
II. Cohort Success Initiative (CSI)
III. Graduate on Time (GOT) Program
IV. Texas Completes
COMPLETION STRATEGIES
2006: Removing Institutional Barriers to
Graduation
Stop-Out/Transfer Student Recovery Program
Increased Awareness of Advising Guidelines
Trainings for the Online Degree Audit System
Expansion of Supplementation Instruction
Piloting of Contextualized College Success Courses
GRADUATION TASKFORCE
2009: Improving the timely degree completion
by the IPEDS cohort (Full-Time, FTIC)
Utilizing Technology to Develop Standardized
Reporting,
Review of Degree Plans to Ensure Correct Course
Sequence and Offerings
Creating Work Opportunities On Campus
Automating Graduation Application
Process
Reverse Transfer Processing
COHORT SUCCESS INITIATIVE (CSI)
Target: Full-Time, FTIC, Degree-
Seeking, & College-Ready
Provides Academic Support, Advising,
Coaching, and On-Campus Work
Opportunities
Graduation Coaches
Faculty Advisors for the Major
Use of Technology: Student Portal
GRADUATE ON TIME (GOT) PROGRAM
Link to GOT Website
TEXAS COMPLETES
Collective Impact
Leveraging Strengths
Priority Change Areas:
Swift Entry into Programs of Study
Provide Students with Consistent
Feedback Along Each Step of their Way
Reduce Time Spent in Pre-Collegiate
Coursework
New Technology Solutions
STC’s Three-Year Graduation Rate: 18.7%,
Average Rate for Very Large Colleges in TX: 10.6%
7 Percentage Point Increase Since 2007
THREE-YEAR GRADUATION RATES
11.7% 13.0%
14.7%
17.1% 18.7%
10.0%
11.0%
12.0%
13.0%
14.0%
15.0%
16.0%
17.0%
18.0%
19.0%
20.0%
FY2007(Fall 2004 Cohort)
FY2008(Fall 2005 Cohort)
FY2009(Fall 2006 Cohort)
FY2010(Fall 2007 Cohort)
FY2011(Fall 2008 Cohort)
Gra
du
atio
n R
ate
*Represents
fu l l - t ime,
f i r s t - t ime- in -
co l lege
(FT IC)
s tudents
S o u r c e : Texa s H ig h er E d u c a t io n C o o r d in a t ing B o a r d ( T H E C B )
138% Increase Since 2004 Approx. 10% is Used to Calculate Graduation Rate
TOTAL DEGREES & CERTIFICATES
AWARDED
1,439 1,793 1,818 1,822
1,998 2,256
3,012
3,430
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: Texas Higher Educat ion Coordinat ing Board (THECB )
ASSOCIATE DEGREES AWARDED TO
HISPANICS
972
1,204 1,223 1,274 1,341 1,498
1,802 1,922
0
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400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
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1800
2000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
96% Increase Since 2004;
Compared to Non-Hispanics: 78% increase
Source: Texas Higher Educat ion Coordinat ing Board (THECB )
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!
For More Information, Contact
Kristina Wilson at
or (956) 872-5583