Closing the Gaps at Austin Community College District

1. Closing the Gaps at Austin Community College District Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee on Participation and Success January 5, 2009

2. ACC Has Met 2010 Participation Goals *OIE Table 1, Austin Community College, Student Profile - ACC Total, 12th Class Day Data, Fall 2007 vs. Fall 2008 *THECB (2008, July). Closing the gaps by 2015: 2008 Progress Report. www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/1555.pdf. *THECB (2004). Institutional targets for closing the gaps in participation: Targets one – four. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/ClosingTheGaps/ctgtargets_pdf.cfm?Goal=1

3. ACC’s Closing the Gaps Initiatives

4. Early College Start Initiatives Dual Credit and Co-Enrollment • Academic transfer courses • 149 course sections in 27 school districts • 124% increase from Fall 04 to Fall 08 • Tech Prep Initiatives • Credit-in-escrow • 125 agreements in 24 school districts • 5958% increase from FY04 to FY08 Five-Year Fall ECS Enrollment Five-Year Articulated Course Credit

5. ACC/ISD Partnerships College Connection Growth College Connection • One-on-onesupportto assist students through college admissions • 17,000+ seniors • Graduating seniors receive acceptance letters to ACC • Adult Education College Connection • 41 % GED completers entered into ACC FY08 • Statewide College Connection training P-16 College Readiness Initiatives • Area P-16 Councils • College Readiness Standards • Vertical articulation teams • Regional forums College Connection Enrollments into ACC

6. ACC/ISD Partnerships Early College Models (Alternative to Gates Model) • Crockett College Academy • Lockhart High School • Many schools requesting • A year or more of college credit CTE/College and Career Preparatory Programs • Austin ISD (Urban) • Lockhart ISD (Rural)

7. Creating a College-Going Culture • Summer Bridge • Graduated seniors • Writing, reading, and math • Summer Youth Academy • 4th – 7th grades • Applied sciences, arts, design • Summer Camps • Enrichment/STEM opportunities • Game camp, web design, SAT prep • Two Mobile Go Centers • One-stop, college-information facilities • 2500 events FY08 • 5500 visitors FY08

8. Recommendations To Enhance Success in Closing the Gaps… Strengthen Dual Credit and Tech Prep • Support statewide GPA calculation for dual credit, AP, IB, and some CTE • Implement statewide approved dual credit list • Support efforts for equal dual credit funding to school districts and colleges when students pay college tuition, fees, or textbook costs • Factor dual credit into school district accountability ratings • Support local articulation agreements and Advanced Technical Credit Special Initiatives • Participate in national clearinghouse to track Texas graduates into out-of-state higher ed

9. Recommendations To Enhance Success in Closing the Gaps… Increase Community College Funding • Support shared priorities reflected in TACC, THECB Commissioner’s recommendations, and Comptroller’s Texas Works report • Increase funding for community colleges • Incentive funding for successful Closing the Gaps initiatives • Accountability funding • Support CTE programs at all levels • Policies to reinforce value (e.g., equal GPA weight for some CTE courses) • Funding to promote increased awareness of CTE certificate and degree opportunities, wages for graduates • Incentive funding for CTE start-up programs

10. Stephen B. Kinslow, Ph.D. President and CEO CEO@austincc.edu 512-223-7598 For copies of this presentation: www.austincc.edu/collegereadiness/010509Presentation.ppt