CCRC BROWNBAG / FEBRUARY 18, 2015 Redesigning America s Community Colleges A Clearer Path to Student Success Shanna Smith Jaggars Assistant Director, CCRC @sjaggars @CommunityCCRC #RedesigningCCs 1
Almost half of all undergraduates are enrolled at community colleges Undergraduates NOT at community colleges 55% 45% Undergraduates at community colleges Knapp, L.G., Kelly-Reid, J., & Ginder, S. A. (2012). Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2011; Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2011; and Graduation Rates, Selected Cohorts, 2003-2008. NCES, U.S. Department of Education. 2
More than half of all Black and Hispanic undergraduates are enrolled at community colleges Black & Hispanic undergraduates NOT at community colleges 48% 52% Black & Hispanic undergraduates at community colleges U.S. Census Bureau, 2012; NCES (2014). IPEDS Fall 2012 Enrollment Survey (AACC analysis). 3
Socioeconomic distribution at colleges by selectivity, 2006 Bottom SES Quartile Third SES Quartile Second SES Quartile Top SES Quartile 16% 27% 25% 29% 37% 49% 63% 70% 30% 28% 25% 21% 29% 20% 14% 26% 21% 17% 17% 9% 9% 8% 7% 5% Community College Less- and Non-competitive Competitive Very Competitive Highly Competitive Most Competitive Carnevale, A. P., & Strohl, J. (2010). How Increasing College Access Is Increasing Inequality, and What to Do About It. In Rewarding Strivers: Helping Low Income Students Succeed in College, edited by R. D. Kahlenberg (New York: Century Foundation Press), Figure 3.7. 4
Access to college for low-income African American and Hispanic students NCES: BPS: 2012 study, computation using NCES Powerstats. 5
Per-pupil education & related expenditures (i.e., excluding sponsored research & auxiliary enterprise) $35,596 $21,392 $16,810 $15,919 $12,363 $10,242 Private Research Sector Public Research Sector Private Bachelor's Sector Private Master's Sector Public Master's Sector Public Community College Sector Desrochers, D. M., & Wellman, J. V. (2011). Trends in College Spending 1999 2009 (Washington, DC: Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability), figure A2, 52 57. 6
Increases in total operating spending over time, AY 1999 2009 $13,912 $4,152 $2,719 $1,973 $922 $1 Private Research Sector Public Research Sector Private Bachelor's Sector Private Master's Sector Public Master's Sector Public Community College Sector Desrochers, D. M. & Wellman, J. V. (2011). Trends in College Spending 1999 2009 (Washington, DC: Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability), figure A2, 52 57. 7
Slightly more than one third of community college students earn a degree in 6 years 100% 90% 80% 70% 44% 60% 50% 40% 20% 30% 20% 10% 36% 0% Earned a degree at any institution Still enrolled at an institution Not enrolled Shapiro et al. (2014). Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 8
CC Transfer Outcomes Jenkins, D., & Fink, J. (2015). What we know about transfer. New York, NY: Community College Research Center
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Select 12 courses from this list of more than 300) 10 10
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SAP Failure Rates in One CC System (Fall 2007 entry cohort) 50% First-Term Failure of SAP Requirement 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% GPA % Credits Overall Schudde, L., & Scott-Clayton, J. (2014). Pell grants as performance-based aid? An examination of Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements in the nation s largest need-based aid program (CAPSEE Working Paper). New York: Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment. 12
Four Structural Components Program Structure Intake & Support Services Instruction Developmental Education 13
More-Structured Programs Florida State U Arizona State U Guttman CC Valencia CC Queensborough CC City Colleges of Chicago Exploratory Majors Transfer Admissions Guarantees Common Curriculum Lifemap + Pre-majors Freshmen Academies Reinvention / College 2 Careers 14
COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH CENTER City Colleges of Chicago Pathway introduction On ramp options Semester by semester courses and accomplishments See http://www.ccc.edu/departments/documents/academiccatalog_interactive.pdf 15
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Intake Process Basic application Math & English placement scores Orientation Registration advising 17
Intake Information Students know little about college College knows little about student 18
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