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Academic Senate Spring Plenary Session, San Francisco

Where You’re Going Is Where You Have Been: Part II of Getting Basic Skills Students Started Easy and Often, Pretty Good Practices. Academic Senate Spring Plenary Session, San Francisco. Student Success. What is success? What letter grade indicates success?

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Academic Senate Spring Plenary Session, San Francisco

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  1. Where You’re Going Is Where You Have Been: Part II of Getting Basic Skills Students Started Easy and Often, Pretty Good Practices Academic Senate Spring Plenary Session, San Francisco

  2. Student Success • What is success? • What letter grade indicates success? • Are grades the best determinant of success? • How else can success be measured?

  3. Average GPA of First-time College Students by Placement, Fall 2003

  4. Student Success and Attrition Rates • At Riverside Community College the attrition rate from the fall semester to the spring semester can be as high as 50% • Is student success the only factor? • Job • Lack of support • Health issues • Other

  5. Remedial Placement and Subsequent Student Performance

  6. Student Success and Basic Skills • Are students more successful in general education classes if they take basic skills classes? • At Riverside City College, yes they are • Are students more successful if they take basic skills classes the first semester? • At Riverside City College we were unable to show that with existing data

  7. Incentives for Students to Enroll in Basic Skills Classes Early • Advisement • Assessment • Compressed Courses • Authentic Instruction • Prescriptive Modular Instruction • Supplemental Instruction • Learning Communities

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