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Completion by Design S cott Markland, Ph.D. August 2012. Completion By Design. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goal : Raise community college completion rates for low-income students under 26 years of age. Campuses:. Partners:. Statewide Advisory Board.
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Completion By Design • Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Goal: Raise community college completion rates for low-income students under 26 years of age
Campuses: Partners:
Loss & Momentum Framework CONNECTION Interest to Application ENTRYEnrollment to Completion of Gatekeeper Courses PROGRESSEntry into Course of Study to 75% Requirements Completed COMPLETIONComplete Course of Study to Credential with Labor Market Value STUDENT DATA SYSTEM (From Day 1 to Completion) STUDENT ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMPLETION
Examples of Key Findings from Data • Quantitative: Students who enter a program of study (take three classes within the major) within one or two years are more likely to graduate • Qualitative: Students need more structure, advising, and orientation and that it should be mandatory.
Removing Silos through Cross-Cutting Conversations Engaged with approximately 1,500 faculty and staff and 1,000 students • CbD added to existing meeting agendas • Focus Groups and Surveys
Strategic Priorities • Accelerating Students through Pathway • Academic Pathway Redesign and Contextualization • Integrated Student Support and Development • Institutional and State Policy
Cadre-Wide Strategies and Tactics • Early and Continuous Career Advising • Phased-in Mandatory Academic Advising • Financial Literacy and Planning Services • Mandatory New Student Orientation • Student Incentives for Persistence • Statewide Policies Incentivizing Earning a Credential Prior to Transfer • Reverse Transfer • Early Placement Testing and Interventions in High School • Redesign of Developmental Education • Create Academic Pathway • Early and Regular Faculty Mentoring and/or Faculty Advising • Robust Experiential Learning Opportunities • Holistic Development of Students
Lessons Learned • Be more prescriptive • Move to systems thinking • Get students into a program of study more quickly • Start with the end outcomes in mind • Balancing perspectives: student responsibility vs. institutional responsibility
Ohio Cadre Goal • Increase graduation rate by 40% for the 2015 cohort.