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California Community College Basic Skills Initiative. How Many Are Enrolled in Basic Skills Classes?. 70-85% assess into basic skills 27.4% take basic skills classes Where are the rest?. What is the cost of remediation?. What is the cost of remediation?. What are the CCC’s Doing?.
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How Many Are Enrolled in Basic Skills Classes? • 70-85% assess into basic skills • 27.4% take basic skills classes • Where are the rest?
What are the CCC’s Doing? • An Analysis of Basic Skills Action Plans
Area B - Program Component • B 3.2 • integrated counseling and instruction 43% (44/103 colleges) B 3.1 • 41% (42/103 colleges) identified a proactive counseling advising structure that includes intensive monitoring and advising Planned actions • increasing counseling through additional hires • designating counselors to students w/ basic skills needs • increasing office hours • collaborations with instruction through “early alert” programs • better communication about student services & workshops and increasing workshops
What are the CCC’s Doing? An Analysis of Basic Skills Action Plans – 11 Highest and 11 lowest Colleges – A difference of 44.6%
More Info on the two groups • Both high and low completion rates were found at • Geographically diverse • FTES ranging from very small to very large • Urban and rural colleges • Some in each group were close to 4 year institutions • Some in each group were far from 4 year institutions • (1 of the highest rates did not have an action plan; 2 of the lowest had unusable plans)
More Info on difference between the 2 groups An examination of the more successful colleges revealed their Basic Skills Plans had nothing in common with the lowest colleges Basic Skills Plans
We put basic skills students in exactly the same learning environments in which they have failed to learn for years and expect them to succeed. Mr. Anderson, may I be excused? My brain is full.
We put basic skills FACULTY in exactly the same learning environment in which they have failed to learn for years and expect them to succeed. Next time don’t suck so hard.
FIG Action Plan • Ask a research question/Identify a problem • Create a hypothesis • Review the secondary research • Create outcomes • Conduct primary research • Review and evaluate • Disseminate findings
Chaffey College – Who Are Our Students? • 96% of students assessed are under-prepared in either math, reading, or writing • 65% are deficient in all 3 categories • 31% are first generation college students • 21% have been out of school 5 or more years • Over 80% declare transfer as their goal
Basic Skills Success Rates Success Rates
Creation of Success Centers • Instructional Program • Faculty Leadership • Serve all students and faculty • Student-centered learning community
Learning Center Pedagogy • Promotes individualized instruction and learning • Promotes collaborative learning • Ensures a risk-free environment • De-emphasizes grades and judgment • Promotes affective development of the learner • Promotes a sense of community with the institution • Supports and imitates the values of the classroom
Unduplicated Number and Percent of Students Who Accessed into Success Centers Annually Percent of Students
Relationship between Success Center Access and Success in Transfer Courses: 2004 – 2005
Relationship between Success Center Access and Success for Basic Skills Students
Percent of Degree & Certificate Earners Who Completed at Least One “Basic Skills” Course Percent
Percent of Students Who Completed at Least One“Basic Skills” Course Who Subsequently Transferred to a Four-Year Institution Percent of Transfer Students
Puente Student Profile • Latino students: highest dropout rate in community colleges (94.1% of Latinos in CA won’t complete their AA Degree) • From families with no college experience • From low-income areas • Have a record of low performance for participation in college-track classes • Most test at pre-transfer level English course skill level
Puente Student Profile • Fluent English speakers • Many are second or third generation Mexican/Americans Generally avoid counselors and English classes • Inexperienced writers • Grade point averages are quite low • Unclear career goals • Few are likely to transfer to four-year colleges and universities
Integrates Three Areas of Service • Teaching • Counseling • Mentoring Today: • 65 community colleges • 36 high schools
Puente Works! Only 7% of the first-time freshmen who enter CA community colleges with the goal of transferring actually do so. Among Puente students who have transferred to the UC, 95.6% graduate within four years, as compared with 73% for all transfer students and 62% for Chicano transfer students
Puente Works! Nearly twice as many Puente community college students transfer to four-year colleges or universities as do underrepresented students statewide. Term-to-term retention rate of Puente students is 92%, compared with 60% for community college students statewide. Among students who have transferred, 91% believe that the Puente class prepared them for college-level reading and writing and 83% believe their Puente counselor did a good job preparing them for transfer.
