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A Student-First Focus The Case for Change at Virginia’s Community Colleges

A Student-First Focus The Case for Change at Virginia’s Community Colleges. Glenn DuBois Chancellor. Unprecedented Times. We can shape our future or be shaped by it. More students More unprepared students Less public funding More public accountability

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A Student-First Focus The Case for Change at Virginia’s Community Colleges

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  1. A Student-First FocusThe Case for Change atVirginia’s Community Colleges Glenn DuBoisChancellor

  2. Unprecedented Times

  3. We can shape our future or be shaped by it. • More students • More unprepared students • Less public funding • More public accountability • The call for more college graduates • Achieve 2015

  4. More students Historic Headcount Credit AY 1994 to AY 2010

  5. More students The average VCCS graduate needs four years to complete an associate’s. More than 30% need five or more years.

  6. More students A cross-section review of 164 applied associate degree programs found that 45%require 69 credit hours,or more.

  7. More students Nearly one million Virginians 18 years or older have some college experience but have not earned a credential.

  8. More unprepared students Over the last five years, nearly 50%of all recent high school graduates required developmental education.

  9. More unprepared students 25% The percentage of VCCS developmental education students who graduate or transfer in four years.

  10. Less public funding

  11. Less public funding(It doesn’t look like this anymore.)

  12. More public accountability Governor’s Commission on Higher Education, Reform, Innovation and Investment

  13. More public accountability Commission recs: • Use buildings year-round. • Leverage technology • Innovative degree paths • Elevate system-wide restructuring

  14. The call for morecollege graduates Five million additional American college graduates over the next decade. 100,000 additional Virginia college graduates over the next 15 years.

  15. College Graduation Leaders 1. South Korea 2. Canada 3. Russia 12. United States

  16. A Student-First FocusRethinking Virginia’s Community Colleges

  17. A Student-First Focus • Reengineering Taskforce created in Fall 2009. • Recommendationsaccepted by the State Board in November 2010. • Chancellor held 14 Town Hall Meetings. • Reengineering Taskforce II now implementing the ideas over the next months and years.

  18. A Student-First Focus Task Force Guiding Principles: • No change for change’s sake • Recs should enhance student outcomes, align w Achieve 2015 or save money • Shared among all stakeholders • Sustainable, scalable solutions

  19. A Student-First Focus Developmental Education redesign A 25% success rate isn’t good enough.

  20. A Student-First Focus Implement Shared Services • Financial aid paperwork • Purchasing • Distance learning • Program consortia

  21. A Student-First Focus Degree credit audit “Zero to Associate’s in five years,” just doesn’t cut it.

  22. A Student-First Focus Articulate Learning Outcomes for Courses to Enhance Student Success • Peer group led • Focus on courses with high enrollment/low success rates • Multiple assessment methods

  23. Together, we are on the verge of greatness!

  24. Stay Engaged…

  25. Thank you.

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