1. Jim SimpsonFlorida State College at Jacksonville

2. Goal: 8,000,000 Additional GraduatesSource: The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center., College Completion Graph, State-by-StateCollege Completion 3. Ohio Share 290,111 additional degreesneeded by 2020. 4,396 additional degrees needed each year to reach the goal 4.1% average annual percentage increase in degree production needed.Source: Kelly, Patrick; (April, 2010), Closing the College Attainment Gap between the U.S. and Most EducatedCountries, and the Contribution to be made by the States, National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems 4. 10 Year Growth in GraduatesSource: Community College Week; June 16, 2012; Volume 24, No 22 5. LCCC Graduation History1,500 1,2501,2631,1741,086 1,0911,0741,000 9417502005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011GraduatesSource: Ohio Board of Regents 6. Community College Graduation Rates(150%) for Full Time Students24.0 23.6% 22.9%22.9%23.022.021.9% 21.5%21.020.6% 20.3%20.019.018.0 1999 starting 2000 starting 2001 starting2002 starting 2003 starting2004 starting 2005 starting cohortcohortcohort cohortcohort cohortcohortSource: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Derived from: Graduation rates of first-timepostsecondary students who started as full-time students. Table 341 7. LCCC Graduates Needed2,5002,0002,0381,9451,8561,7711,6901,500 1,6121,5381,4681,4011,174 1,2631,000 1,086 1,0745,6643,298 500 0Graduates NeededGraduates 8. What Does this Mean to You?0.1850.180You must improve your0.1790.175efficiency by increasing the 0.1760.170number of graduates per FTE 0.170 0.1730.1650.1670.1660.1640.160 0.1610.158 0.1580.1550.156 0.1560.1540.1500.145 0.147 0.1440.14020052006200720082009 2010 20112012 2013201420152016201720182019Efficiency Needed Current Efficiency 9. Why Are We Falling Short? Inadequate Academic Preparation Poorly Designed and Delivered remediation Broken Credit Transfer Policies Confusing Financial Aid Programs A Culture that Rewards Enrollment Instead of Completion A System Too Often Out of Touch with the Needs of Todays College Students. Source: Complete College America, (2010) The Completion Shortfall: Access without Success is an Empty Promise 10. Stopping ShortSource: Theuen, B. (2010), Most Community College StudentsNever Graduate, The Texas Tribune 11. Need to Rethink College Practices ConnectionEntry Progress Completion From interest to From enrollment to From program entry to From program enrollment entry into a program of 75% of program completion to study requirementscredential of value forcompletedfurther education andlabor market advancementDesign (at scale) and align with every stageSource: Jenkins, D., January 2011, Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons from Research onHigh Performance Organizations, CCRC Working Paper No. 24; Columbia University TeacherCollege, Community College Research Center 12. Potential Graduates in a Year Students Who HaveCompleted TheirCourse Requirements for a Degree or Certificate 13. Typical College Profile Did Not GraduatePOS POS DoesReflects Not Reflect IntentIntentGraduated 14. Goal 1: Capture Your GraduatesGraduated POS Reflects Intent 15. Goal 2: Expand The BoxGraduated POS Reflects Intent 16. 6 Key Strategies to Exponentially Increase Graduation Rates Automate Processes Implement Progression Tracking Tools For Managers For Students Maximize Program Design Advise for Impact Schedule for Success Promote Active Learning Strategies 17. System DesignDoes your college use automated systems in your graduation process? (Example: Automated Degree Audit Processes) Advantages of automated processes: Sustain graduation rates without relying on manualprocesses which may have a single point of failure. Translate gains a college may have in retention intograduates automatically. Implementation of automated processes may allow acollege to have substantial gains in graduation rates in ashort period of time. 18. FSCJs Automated Processes Auto Graduation Auto Populate Auto Program of Study Auto - Articulation 19. Automated-Graduation (Auto-GRAD) What is Auto-GRAD? Auto-GRAD is an automated degree audit that is run periodically on every degree seeking student at the college. 20. Typical College Profile Did Not GraduatePOS POS DoesReflects Not Reflect IntentIntentGraduated 21. Auto-Grad ProfileGraduatedDid Not GraduatePOSPOS DoesReflectsNot Reflect Intent Intent Graduated 22. Automated-Graduation(Auto-GRAD)Impact of Auto-GRAD at FSCJ Students no longer are required to apply for graduation Number of total Workforce graduates increased by 42% in one year Graduate yield per Workforce FTE increased by 31% in one year. 23. Automated-Graduation (Auto-GRAD)As a Result of Auto-GRAD Led to creation of student ProgressionMatrix in the program managersdashboard and in the student portal. Led to the creation of the Auto Population process Led to the creation of the Auto-Program of Study Process 24. Automatic-Graduation(Auto-GRAD)Limitation For Auto-GRAD to have a major impact on enhancing graduation rates the Program of Study codes in your student records must be reasonably accurate. 25. Automated-Population (Auto-POP)What is Auto-POP? Auto-POP is an automated process for populating program of study codes for college credit certificate programs that are embedded into existing Associate degrees. 26. Automated-Population (Auto-POP)Why Auto-POP is Needed For Auto-GRAD to work for college credit certificate programsa programs program of study code must be in the studentsrecord. College credit certificate program of study codes are seldomadded to a students record Advisors very seldom added college credit certificate program of study codes to a students record when initially advising students. Program Managers frequently forgot to add college credit certificate program of study codes to a students record when advising students. Students seldom added college credit certificate program of study codes to their own record when changing their program of study. 27. Auto- Pop ProfileGraduatedDid Not Graduate POS POS Does Reflects Not ReflectIntentIntentGraduated 28. Automated-Population(Auto-POP)Impact of Auto-POP at FSCJ Provided a technology solution to the issue ofstudents not having the relevant program of studycodes for embedded certificate programs in astudent record Certificate graduates increased by 61% in one year Graduates per FTE for certificate programs increasedby 48% in one year 29. Automated-Population (Auto-POP)Limitation For Auto-POP to have a major impact on enhancing graduating rates in certificate programs the Program of Study codes in your student records must be reasonably accurate. 30. Automated-Program of Study (Auto-POS)What is Auto-POS?Auto-POS is an automated process forpopulating program of study codes, ina students record, based on thestudent course taking behavior. TheAuto-POS process is combined withAuto-POP to automatically populatecertificate program of study codes. 31. Automated-Program of Study (Auto-POS) Why Auto POS is Needed Tracking should be based on students actual course-taking behaviors rather than declared major or intent, which can change and are unreliable indicators of student behavior.Source: Jenkins, Davis, April 2011, Get with the Program: Accelerating Community College Students Entryinto Completion of Programs of Study. CCRC Working Paper No. 32. Columbia College TeachersCollege, Community College Research Center. 32. Automated-Program of Study(Auto-POS)Why Auto-POS is Needed For Auto-Grad to work well program of study codesthat reflect the students course taking activity mustbe reasonably accurate. Program of study codes in student records are not asaccurate as we would desire. During advising rush, Advisors rely on program codes they havememorized AA Intended Transfer is a safe program of study code. Students dont notify anyone when they change their program ofstudy 33. Automated-Program of Study (Auto-POS)How is Auto-POS Performed? Most programs have unique courses found only inthat program. FSCJ has 173 total programs of which 122 are stand-alone programs(college has 51 embedded certificate programs) 119 stand-alone programs (97%) have unique courses that are takeneither in the first semester or second semester of the program. Those unique courses serve as the trigger coursefor automatically adding program of study codes toa student record. 34. Automated-Program of Study(Auto-POS)How is Auto-POS Performed (continued)? When the student takes a trigger course theprogram of study for that program is automaticallyadded to the students record. If a degree program of study code is added that has embeddedcertificate programs, the certificate program of study codes areautomatically added via the Auto-POP process. The students original intent is highlighted. No program of study codes are deleted from a students record. Student can view the program of study codes (and thepercentage of degree completion) in their student portal. 35. Auto POS ProfileGraduated POS Reflects Intent 36. Automated-Program of Study(Auto-POS)Impact of Auto-POS at FSCJ Number of total Workforce graduatesincreased by 14% in one year Total graduate yield per Workforce FTEincreased by 3% in one years. 37. Automated-Program of Study(Auto-POS)Limitations of Auto-POS Auto-POP can not be used with VA students. 100% of programs will not have unique trigger coursesoccurring within the first year of program of study. Students will be duplicated in multiply programs of studyfor any reports you may generate. Students may be confused by seeing multiply program ofstudy codes on their student portal 38. Automated-Articulation (Auto-ART)What is Auto-ART?Auto-ART is an automated process for awarding college credit based on existing institutions internal and external articulation agreements. 39. Automatic-Articulate(Auto-ART)Why Auto-ART is Needed Colleges have a large number of articulationagreements.FSCJ has 85 state mandated articulationagreements. Most colleges processes for awardingarticulated credit require individualizedaction and a student with a lot of patience. 40. Automatic-Articulate(Auto-ART)Why Auto-ART is Needed? Nationally, high school students with accelerated collegecredit are 18.1% more likely to enroll in college In Florida, high school students with accelerated college credit are 19.8%more likely to enroll in college and 28% more likely to persist to the 2nd year. Nationally, each course of accelerated college creditresults in a 5.9% increased likelihood of a studentgraduating. In Florida, students with accelerated college credit are 2.4xs more likelyto graduate as compared to a student with no accelerated college credit Sources: 1. Adelman, C.; (2006), The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion from High School Through College; USDepartment of Education. 2. Copa, N., & Alexander, J.; (2008), High School Students Who Take Acceleration Mechanisms Perform Better in SUSThan Those Who Take None: Zoom Edition 2008-1, Florida Department of Education 41. Automatic-Articulation (Auto-ART)Limitation of Auto-ART Auto-ART will work best on articulated agreements with where the articulated course has been transcripted on an electronic transcript (high school or college). 42. Goal is to Expand the BoxGraduated POS Reflects Intent 43. Progression Tracking ToolsFSCJs Progression Tracking Tools 75% Completion Report Used by Program Managers to schedule courses for studentsnearing completion of their program. Progression Matrix Used by Program Managers and District Administrators Student Portal Used by Students 44. 75% Completion Report 75% Completion Report was run 3 times per year. Listed those students who had completed75% of their program course requirements. Provide a listing of courses that the studentsneeded to complete in order to graduate Managers used the report for scheduling. 45. Progression Matrix - Example 46. Progression MappingCurrenty 25%33%50%66% 75% 100%Graduated ActiveCompleted Completed CompletedCompleted Completed Completed Current Status 3 Year Graduation Pace 47. Student Portal Progression Tool 48. Goal is to Expand the BoxGraduated POS Reflects Intent 49. Maximize Program DesignGuiding Principles Relevant Programs. Programs leading to high-wage, high-skill jobs. Program Length & Design. Ideally, Associatedegrees should be designed to be no longer than60 credit hours in length. Certificates. Wherever possible, building blockcertificate programs should be embedded intoAssociate degrees. 50. Relevant ProgramsQuestions to Ask Do you have a targeted program listed based on local labor market data? Do you do periodic labor market reviews of existing programs? Do you have an active Advisory Committee Structure? Do you measure that activity? 51. Program LengthCore questions to ask in designingprogram length: Are you required by statute, licensure, oraccreditation to offer a program over 60credit hours? If the answer is no, ask yourself do the additional hours result in significant value added for the graduate? 52. Texas ExampleIn Texas, associate degrees are given anallowable range of credit hours (60 to 72). 10 largest community college in Texas wereexamined for length of identical programs. Business 2 of 10 required 60 hours. Range from 60 to 69 hours.Average = 63.7; Median = 64 Office Systems 1 of 10 required 60 hours. Range from 60 to 72 hours.Average = 65.5; Median = 66 53. Texas Example Impact of Additional Hours Assumptions: College A has a 66 credit hourprogram. 35% of the students are full time, thesestudents have a F2F retention rate of 60%. Parttime students have a 40% retention rate. Theoretical graduation rate in three years for a 66credit hour program is: Full Time = 32.5% Part Time = 4.9% Weighted = 13.3% 54. Texas Example Impact of Additional Hours (continued) Theoretical graduation rate in three years for a 60credit hour program is: Full Time = 36% (9.7% higher than 66 hour program) Part Time = 6.4% (24% higher than 66 hour program) Weighted = 16.8% (13.3% higher than 66 hour program)The college with the shorter program will need21% fewer students to produce he same numberof graduates as the longer program 55. Associate Median Length = 66 hours15%13%72%Program Length 60 to 64 65 to 69 70 or Longer 56. Impact of Additional Hours at LCCC For every credit hour over 60, a LCCC program reduces the number of graduates it can produce by 2.6%. 57. Impact of CertificatePrograms onGraduation Rates A student is 33% morelikely to graduate withan associate degree ifthey graduate from anembedded certificateprogram. Source: Simpson, Jim (2007); Impact of Certificate Graduates on AS/AAS Graduate Rates at FCCJ; Florida Community College at Jacksonville Internal Study 58. Certificate ProgramsAdded Benefit In Florida, the median earnings is 27% greater($8,000 more per year) for certificate holders thanthose who leave without any credential. In Florida, the overall median earnings are higherthan those who complete an AA degree and wentimmediately into the workforce. In Florida, certificate graduates did not attend high schools with either above average performance or graduation rates. These graduates were more likely to be in a disadvantaged groups Source: Jacobsen, L. & Mokher, C., (2008) Pathways to Boosting the Earnings of Low- Income Students by Increasing Their Educational Attainment, The Hudson Institute and CAN, 59. Certificate Median Length = 30 hours45%26%5%24%Credit Hour Length 12 to 19 20 to 2829 to 38 39 or higher 60. Good Program Design Limit Program Options FSCJ Practice 1:2 Ratio on Electives Limit Or Statements Remove Hidden and Non-Enforceable Prerequisites Remove Structural Barriers Capitalize on Program ClusterSynergyAdapted From: D. Jenkis, S. Cho, 2012, Get with the Program: Accelerating CommunityCollege Students Entry into and Completion of Programs of Study, CCRC Working PaperNo. 32. Columbia College Teachers College, Community College Research Center 61. Good Example Removing Structural BarrierCAS 101 Documents Processing (3)This course is an intermediate keyboarding classemphasizing further development of typing speedand accuracy, as well as the proper formatting andediting of business documents. Prerequisite: CAS 100Keyboarding or successful completion of the Special Examfor Course Credit. 62. Bad Examples of Program Design42 Credit Hour Digital Media Certificate 22 hours of hidden perquisites in the Certificate program made thecertificate a 64 credit hour program. The AAS degree in Digital Mediawas 60 credit hours long. `64 Credit Hour AAS Accounting Program with 3credit hours of electives Allowed for 69 hours of elective of which 33 credit hours wereaccounting courses not found in the AAS degree.62 Credit Hour AAS Marketing Program No course prerequisites in the entire program. 63. The Ugly Death By Sequence Program 21 Credit Hour Networking Certificate Every course in the certificate program(7 total) was a prerequisite for theprevious course. 3.5 Years to complete for either fulltime or part time students 64. Impact of Program Design at FSCJ Total Programs250240236230220 2182102001901801731701601502000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010 2010-2011 65. Impact of Program Design at FSCJ Percent of Programs - High Wage/High Skill (Regional = mean $19.67 per hour)100.0% 92.5% 88.4% 87.8%90.0%80.0%70.0%60.0% 57.5%50.0%40.9%40.0% 36.3%37.7% 35.5% 29.4%30.0% 26.6%26.9%20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 66. Impact of Program Design at FSCJImpact on FSCJ Associate Degrees 3% reduction in the median length of an Associate degree since 2000-2001 From 66.5 to 64.5 credit hours in length in 2010-2011 17% gain in projected (Theoretical) graduation rate 11.4% gain for full time students 30% gain for part time students 67. Impact of Program Design at FSCJImpact on Certificate Programs 63% increase in the number of certificate programs since 2000-2001. From 60 to 98 certificate programs in 2010-2011 76% increase in the number of certificate programs that are 20 credit hours or less in length since 2000-2001 From 29 to 51 certificate programs that are 20 credit hours or less in length. 68. Advising QuestionsWhat intrusive strategies can youlaunch targeted at students whoearn Ws? Nationally, a student who receives a W on 20% ormore of the credits they attempted decreases theprobability of graduation within 3 years by 51%. In Florida community colleges, a student whoreceives a W on 20% or more of the credits theyattempted decreases the probability of graduationwithin 3 years by 83%. 69. Advising QuestionsWhat student intrusive strategieswill you implement for Springsemester for those students whoreceive a letter grade of F in theFall? In Florida community colleges, a student whoearns a F in 20% of their credit hoursdecreases the probability of a college readystudent graduating within 3 years by 91+%. 70. Advising Questions 57.90%How are you going 60% to maximize the per 50% student course 40% yield?19.40% 30% A FTIC who earns 20 20%credit hours is 2.98 xsmore likely to graduate10% than a student who 0% doesnt earn 20 credit Earned 20+ Credits in First year in First Year Did Not Earn 20 Creditshours.Source: Colleen, Moore, Nancy Shulock, Jermey Ofenstein, October 2009, Steps toSuccess: Analyzing Milestone Achievement to Improve Community College StudentOutcomes, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy. 71. Advising QuestionsHow are you going 60%45%to build a buzz for 50%Summer? 40% A FTIC student who is 30% continuously enrolled in 20%14.5%their first year has a 3.1 xs higher graduation rate10%than a student who did 0% not earn credits in the Earned SummerDid Not Earn summer. Credits Summer CreditsSource: Colleen, Moore, Nancy Shulock, Jermey Ofenstein, October 2009, Steps to Success: AnalyzingMilestone Achievement to Improve Community College Student Outcomes, Institute for Higher EducationLeadership & Policy. 72. Advising QuestionsCompleted Course Did Not Complete Course What strategies will you 70% 61.10%use to encourage FTIC 60%51.20% college-ready students 50% to take a college level 40% Math & English in the 30% first two years? 22% 21.20% Students taking CL Math in first 20% two years have a graduation rate that is 2.78 xs greater. 10% Students taking CL English in first0% two years have a graduation rate that is 2.4x greater. Complete CL MathCompleted CLin 2 YearsEnglish in 2 YearsSource: Colleen, Moore, Nancy Shulock, Jermey Ofenstein, October 2009, Steps to Success: AnalyzingMilestone Achievement to Improve Community College Student Outcomes, Institute for Higher EducationLeadership & Policy. 73. Impact on FSCJ W Holds Process Implemented Fall 2010 College does not process student drops for one week inorder to notify faculty member so that the faculty membercan make contact with the student. Early Alert System Implemented Fall 2010 Allows students to identify students for follow-upservices Programs increasingly require College English as aprerequisite for a Technical Course in the first 20hours of a program. 74. Impact on FSCJ Implemented Achievement Coachs in WorkforcePrograms. 5 full time Achievement Coachs were hired utilizing Perkinsfunds. Coachs are assigned to specific programs that are havingissues with student progression. Overall goal of the Achievement Coachs is to increaseretention and graduation rates in targeted programs. 75. Scheduling Questions Are your students taking advantaged of compressed terms (Terms less than 16 weeks in length) Study examined the impact of course length on student learning. n = 45,000+ students, After controlling for student demographics and other characteristics, intensive courses, do result in higher grades than traditional 16 week semester length courses and that this benefit peaks at about 4 weeks. Grades reflect a real increase in knowledge and are not the result of lowering the bar.Source: Austin, A., Gustafson, L., (2006), Impact of Course Length on Student Learning.Journal of Economics and Finance Education., Volume 5, Number 1 76. The Advantage of Compressed Terms 4 Week Term16 Week Term 95% 89% Richland College experienced an 8% increase 90% in student success (C or higher) and 29% 85% reduction in Ws as compared to students enrolled in same courses over 16 weeks. 79% 80% 77% 75% 70%72% 65% 60% Session 1Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Source: de los Santos, G; Cruise, D, (1999), Get on the Fast Track to Learning; Learning Abstract, Volume 2, Number 1; League for Innovation in Community Colleges 77. Scheduling QuestionsAre your students taking advantaged of hybridcourses? Study examined the impact of hybrid courses oncompletion (n = 50,102 students in 323,528 courses) After controlling for student characteristics. studentswere equally likely to complete a hybrid course as tocomplete a face-to-face course and lower withdrawalrates than do fully online courses.Source: Xu, D., Jaggars, S. March 2011, Online and Hybrid Course Enrollment andPerformance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges. CCRC WorkingPaper No. 31. Columbia College Teachers College, Community College Research Center. 78. Impact on FSCJ More use of Online and Hybrid Modalities to Increase Scheduling Choices 27.1% of total FTE is online Workforce = 30.3% of FTE AA = 25.9% of FTE 5.3% of total FTE is hybrid Workforce = 9.6% of FTE AA = 3.6% More use of Compressed Terms Workforce = 42% of FTE 79. Active Learning Strategies Cooperative Learning Project Based Learning Internships/Coops Simulation Learning Communities Supplemental Instruction Technology Enhanced Classes Right Start Orientation On-going Active TeachingStrategy Training for Faculty 80. Strengthen On-Line Courses What are you doing to bolster and strengthen your online courses? Student are more likely to fail or withdrawal from a fully online course as compared to a face-to-face course. Students who took online coursework in early terms were significantly less likely to return to college in subsequent terms. Students who took a high proportion of credits online were significantly less likely to attain an educational award or transfer to a four-year institution.Source: Xu, D., Jaggars, S.; March 2011, Online and Hybrid Course Enrollment and Performance inWashington State Community and Technical Colleges. CCRC Working Paper No. 31. Columbia CollegeTeachers College, Community College Research Center. 81. Sirius Course Elements Infusion of Mastery Learning Research based Constructivist Approach Activities grounded in everyday content Topics with multiple perspectives Collaboration Cooperative Learning Social engagement Group Projects 82. Impact Sirius on FSCJ Online Impact on Online 2008-2009 27.0% of total online FTE used Sirius materials 2009-2010 38.8% of total online FTE used Sirius materials 2010-2011 45.6% of total online FTE used Sirius materials 2010-2011 Sirius Registrations 18% higher student success rate (A,B, or C) 4.8% lower withdraw rate 83. Impact on FSCJSource: SENSE: Survey of Entering Student Engagement: Florida State College at Jacksonville: 2011 Key Findings: ACCSSEE Initiative , University of Texas at Austin, College of Education, Community College Leadership Program, Centerfor Community College Student Engagement 84. Impact on FSCJ 85. Impact on Workforce Programs 150% Increase in total workforce graduates over 10 years. Growth in graduates is 4.7xs growth in FTE inworkforce programs Growth in graduates is 2.5xs growth in unduplicatedheadcount served by workforce programs 83% increase in workforce graduates per FTE in 10 years From 0.42 to 0.77 86. Impact on STEM Programs 249% Increase in STEM Graduates From 143 to 534 total graduates Growth in STEM graduates is 19.2xs the national growthrate of 13% for STEM graduates over same 10 year period. Greater percentage of College graduates are from STEM programs From 5.6% to 7.1% of total graduates produced by theCollege From 0.3% to 1.08% of total STEM graduates in the nation. More graduates per program. From 3.1 to 14.8 graduates per STEM programSource: Community College Week; June 13, 2011, Volume 23, No. 22 87. Contact Information Jim SimpsonAssociate Vice President of Degree and Career ProgramsFlorida State College at Jacksonville 501 West State Street Jacksonville, FL 32202E-mail: simpsonjamesd@gmail.com