Implementing Maine College TransitionsNational College Transition Network

November 17 and 18, 2008

Maine College Transitions Definition

• Funded and supported by Department of Education and State

• Comprehensive Program of Study • Offered through local adult education

programs

Why MCT/ Why Adult Education• Just 25% of Maine adults, ages 25 to 64, hold

bachelor's degrees, compared with 35% of all New Englanders

• Adult Education delivered in over 110 sites, 3,000 +/- High School Completion each year, continuum of services through Adult Education

• 80% of the workforce in ten years is in the workforce today

Program Components

• Career planning & assessment

• College experience

• Tracking and follow up

• Instruction in college preparation coursework

• Accuplacer testing

• Technology

Maine Program modelsThere are two emerging schedules:

• Students take set classes as a group scheduled in one day, evening, or over a few days. Academic, career counseling, college life skills, and other classes are included in the curriculum (cohort)

• Students select the classes, based on assessment scores, that meet their academic and career goals, with college life skills classes and academic and career counseling mandatory supports (partial cohort)

Collaborations

• Maine Education Opportunity Center

• Post-Secondary Institutions

• Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community

• Maine Department of Labor CareerCenters

• Others

Accuplacer scores determine entrance and exit.

Student Profile

Adults who have already started the college application process but who need developmental classes or prerequisites

Adults in the community who may be considering college but aren’t sure how to proceed

Current adult education students who are nearing completion of GED or diploma

Primary concern Raising academics Raising awareness Raising aspirations

Key Strategy Referral Advertising Counseling