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Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual Meeting April 3, 2009 Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campu

Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual Meeting April 3, 2009 Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus. Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Office of Academic and Student Affairs Lynn J. House, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner

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Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual Meeting April 3, 2009 Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campu

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  1. Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual MeetingApril 3, 2009Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Office of Academic and Student Affairs Lynn J. House, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner Pearl Strickland Pennington, Director of Student Affairs

  2. PRESENTATION MAP 1. High School Graduates 2. Dev. Ed. Courses/Placement Policies 3. Fall 2007 Enrollment Ethnicity/Gender 4. IHL Landscape 5. Updates/Initiatives

  3. “Both community colleges and four- year institutions have important roles to play in ensuring educational opportunity for all, and the availability of developmental education will always be a part of this effort.” Alene Russell, Senior State Policy Consultant, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

  4. MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2008 18.9 ACT Composite 25,641 20.1 Core or More MHSG 22 ACT Benchmark Math 17.5 18.2 Non-Core Min. Core - Math

  5. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Mississippi Public Postsecondary Institutions • Fall, Spring, and Summer • Mandatory Placement • CJC offers Fundamentals of Mathematics, Beginning Mathematics, and Intermediate Algebra • IHL offers Developmental Mathematics and Intermediate Algebra

  6. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Wide variation in CJC placement policies • College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 – 20 Common placement policy among the IHLs • College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 and above (discretion of the university) Note: ACT Math Benchmark: 22

  7. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Ethnicity - Fall 2007 IHL CJC

  8. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Gender - Fall 2007 IHL CJC

  9. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IHL Intermediate Course Enrollment 1997-2008 English Mathematics Reading 9,717 16,216 6,417 Source: Policy Research and Planning, IHL_MISN, November 2007

  10. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE

  11. DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IHL Retention Rates * Intermediate enrollment figures contain freshmen students as well as other students who elect to take the intermediate courses. These percentages may be slightly inflated due to the inclusion of these additional students. Source: IHLMIS, 2008

  12. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES

  13. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL STRATEGIC PLAN

  14. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE The Developmental Education Task Force will: • Review the current state of all aspects of developmental education, • Construct a comprehensive plan for improving developmental education in the IHL system, & • Work toward greater collaboration with CJCs & the MS Department of Education.

  15. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE • 16 member task force composed of administrators, faculty, financial aid, student affairs, CJC representation, etc. • Four sub-committees focusing on: - Preparation - Policy and Procedures - Practices and Programs - Public Relations

  16. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES Lumina Making Opportunity AffordablePLANNING GRANT • Designed to produce higher post-secondary completion rates at a lower cost • Developing 3-5 pilot implementations of redesigned developmental math courses • Using The National Center for AcademicTransformation models of course redesign • Fosters greater student success while lowering costs

  17. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL HIGH SCHOOL FEEDBACK REPORT • Developed collaboratively with MDE, superintendents, principals, & other stakeholders • Informs both IHL universities and high schools about student and program performance • Shared with principals and superintendents state-wide in both public and private schools • Assigned campus liaisons to assist high schools • Distributed annually during the spring

  18. UPDATES AND INITIATIVES COLLEGE READINESS • Competencies in Math and English collaboratively developed and validated by IHLs, CJCs, and P-12 representatives • Taskforces have begun work on development of competencies for Biology and U.S. History • Presentations: • 2008 Mega Conference, • ACT College ReadinessSummit (March) • Mathematics Education Symposium (May-09)

  19. QUESTIONS ?

  20. CONTACT INFORMATION Lynn J. House 601-432-6501 or lhouse@mississippi.edu Pearl S. Pennington 601-432-6482 or ppennington@mississippi.edu

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