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Campus Completion Policy Assessment Tools. Charting the Course for Student Completion Conference – Ohio Board of Regents Gretchen Schmidt, Jobs for the Future December 15, 2013. What do you think of first when someone says “policy”?. Potential Responses. Rules Guidelines Law/legislation
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Campus Completion Policy Assessment Tools Charting the Course for Student Completion Conference – Ohio Board of Regents Gretchen Schmidt, Jobs for the Future December 15, 2013
Potential Responses • Rules • Guidelines • Law/legislation • Structures • Catalog • Barriers? • Incentives?
MORE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES INCREASED IMPACT
Policy vs. Business Practices • POLICY • Legislation • State Regulation • Board Policy • Policy Manual/Catalog • BUSINESS PROCESS • Functions and processes at institution • Often codified by integration into electronic processes • Ownership not always clear • Become ‘de-facto’ policies
Who Owns Institutional Policies? EVERYONE – NOT JUST ADMINISTRATION • Faculty • classroom policies, attendance policies, grading policies • Academic departments • admissions policies, advising policies, pre-requisite policies, placement policies • Student services • advising policies, student success courses and orientation requirements, financial aid policies • Business office • billing and payment policies, drop policies
The Role of Institutional Policy in Scaling Reform • In order to sustain institutional change, structures, policies and practices need to be revised to support new systems • New structures prevent the institution from falling back into ‘old’ way of doing things • Provides an opportunity to long-standing practices that do not work in current environment • Communication of new policies and practices will help students enter with accurate information and good advice on how to navigate the college
Institutional Policy Audit Tool • Developed for Completion by Design community colleges in Ohio • Colleges have institutional and state policy as a focus area in their grant • Needed a vehicle for doing a comprehensive policy audit at the institutions • Report and recommendations based on institution’s reform efforts and best next steps to sustain reforms
Policy Audit Process • Different at each college • Developed in partnership with colleges – including leadership, faculty and staff • Included 1-day session facilitated by JFF staff • Report to college leadership with recommendations and priorities for institutional change • Strategizing how to use instrument in scaling through OACC
Questions? Gretchen Schmidt Jobs for the Future gschmidt@jff.org 617-728-4446