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Wyoming Summit on Community Colleges

Wyoming Summit on Community Colleges. September 18, 2012 Carol G. Puryear, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee Technology Centers. Who Are We?. Part of the Tennessee Board of Regents TTCs- 27 Institutions serving approximately 30,000. High Completion Rates.

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Wyoming Summit on Community Colleges

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  1. Wyoming Summit on Community Colleges September 18, 2012 Carol G. Puryear, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee Technology Centers

  2. Who Are We? • Part of the Tennessee Board of Regents • TTCs- 27 Institutions serving approximately 30,000

  3. High Completion Rates • 70-75% Average Statewide Completion Rate • 75-80% Average Placement Rate

  4. A review of IPEDS data reveals that of 1,145 two-year, public postsecondary institutions in U.S., only 105 (about 9 percent) can report an average ―150 percent of time graduation rate above 50% for the last five years. All twenty-seven Technology Centers are included in that group; during those five years the Technology Centers averaged above 70% completion. • Complete College America-A Working Model for Student Success--- Tennessee Technology Centers

  5. Why such high completion rates? • Competency-based, Self-paced learning model • Highly involved Students • Services • Contextualized Foundation Skills • Program Structure

  6. Not Burger King • TTC students choose their program, their full time or part time status and the rest is done. • Focus is on completion and placement

  7. Program Structure • Students register for a program not classes • Student Catalog • Average size catalog for TTC 50-75 pages maximum Policies and Procedures Course listing Exit Points

  8. Program Structure (cont.) • Students know the schedule prior to registration • Begin date • End date if full time or part time • Approximate cost • Jobs available • Instructors

  9. Scheduling • Full time students attend 30 hours a week • Set time for technology foundations • Three even terms of 72 days-no summer break • Competency based • 20-22 students max per class-one faculty • Lecture and Hands On

  10. Attention • Texas State Technical Colleges • Ivy Tech Community Colleges • National Public Radio • Chronicle of Higher Education • Community College Weekly • American Radio Works • New York Times

  11. Bill and Melinda Gates “Helping Students Beat the Odds” presentation/panel • Visit by Bill and Melinda Gates to the TTC Nashville • Champions of Change at the White House • Complete College America-Nashville • CCA Content Expert- Denver • Utah • Washington Monthly panel discussion, “A Jobs Bill That Can Pass: Community College Reform.” • Pathways to Prosperity Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

  12. Tennessee Community Colleges • Participation in a LUMINA Grant • Developed the Tennessee Transfer Pathway • Increasing articulation agreements with the TTCs • "Fast Track" programs • Using Prior Learning Credits • Changing Developmental Classes

  13. Wyoming Summit on Community Colleges September 18, 2012 Carol G. Puryear, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee Technology Centers

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