Achieving the Dream For Prospective Colleges Fall 2010
Achieving the Dream is a bold national effort to help community college students succeed ATD defines student success as earning degrees or certificates, or transferring to a four-year institution. ATD focuses on student groups that have faced the most significant barriers to success, including low- income students and students of color. ATD uses data to drive change within community colleges and in state and federal policy. ATD also seeks to augment knowledge about strategies that increase student success and to expand public support for raising post-secondary attainment levels. Success is what counts. 2
Achieving the Dream Network: From Coast to Coast ATD has built a national network Over 130 institutions, 24 states & District of Columbia More than 1.6 million students enrolled in ATD colleges Success is what counts. 3
Achieving the Dream Founding Partners Success is what counts. 4
Why Achieving the Dream? There is a critical national and state need to focus on strategies that support community colleges and foster student success There is a national demand for elevated leadership regarding the current and future success of community colleges Achieving the Dream and its partners have demonstrated a successful track record of providing results in these areas Success is what counts. 5
Achieving the Dream Values Student-centered Equity and excellence Culture of evidence, inquiry, accountability, and shared responsibility Success is what counts. 6
Achieving the Dream Program Areas Institutional change: Data facilitators and coaches work with colleges’ leadership and research departments to identify barriers to student success and ways to address them Policy: State lead institutions work with stakeholders and policymakers to promote a state-wide student success agenda Knowledge: ATD collects data from participating colleges and states, researches and evaluates change efforts, convenes learning events, and issues publications of findings Success is what counts. 7
Integrated Student Success Model Transform community colleges into learning organizations dedicated to student success Institutional change Create a learning Student Change state community to and national success capture and policy disseminate consistent what is working with student to drive student success success agenda Success is what counts. 8
Achieving the Dream Institutional Change Principles 1. Committed leadership 3. Broad engagement CEO and leadership team Faculty, staff, students, and actively support efforts to community stakeholders improve student learning and participate in efforts to improve completion student success 2. Culture of evidence 4. Systemic institutional Colleges routinely analyze improvement student data to assess progress Colleges orient all planning and and outcomes activities around student success agenda Success is what counts. 9
Five-Step Process of Institutional Change 1. Commit to improving student outcomes 2. Indentify and prioritize problems 3. Engage stakeholders in developing strategies for addressing priority problems 4. Implement, evaluate, and improve strategies 5. Institutionalize effective policies and practices Success is what counts. 10
Achieving the Dream Student Success Indicators 1. Completion of remedial instruction Completion of math and English “gatekeeper” courses 2. 3. Successful course completion 4. Persistence 5. Completion of credentials Success is what counts. 11
Achieving the Dream Results Driven student success to Instilled a culture of top of community college evidence in community change agenda colleges despite variable institutional research Identified strategies that capabilities lead to improved Achieved deliberate academic success for alignment of states’ students strategies and policies to Helped community help underserved colleges scale pilot community college programs that have students succeed proven effective Success is what counts. 12
Valencia Community College has closed the achievement gap ATD college since 2004 College Facts: Fall 2008 enrollment: 35,351 42% of student body is African-American or Hispanic Job placement rate for A.S. graduates is 90% and their average annual salary is $36,372 Success is what counts. 13
Valencia Community College has closed the achievement gap ATD college since 2004 Results Achieved Strategies Employed: with ATD: Supplemental instruction Closed achievement gap Student success course between Hispanics and Learning communities Caucasians in gateway math courses Narrowed achievement gap for African Americans from 18% to 4% Success is what counts. 14
El Paso Community College has demonstrated the power of developmental education ATD college since 2004 College Facts: Fall 2006 enrollment: 25,304 86% of the student body is Hispanic Success is what counts. 15
El Paso Community College has demonstrated the power of developmental education ATD college since 2004 Results Achieved Strategies Employed: with ATD: Early testing Raised the percent of Summer bridge incoming students who programs can bypass remedial P-20 alignment English from 51% in 2005 to 66% in 2007 Success is what counts. 16
Patrick Henry Community College has increased student persistence ATD college since 2004 College Facts: Enrollment average: 2,338 Located in an economically depressed area; serves a high number of low income students 75% of entering degree- seeking students require remediation Success is what counts. 17
Patrick Henry Community College has increased student persistence ATD college since 2004 Results Achieved with ATD: Reduced student attrition rate from 26% to 5% Strategies Employed: Innovated curriculum by introducing cooperative learning courses Introduced case-management system of advising focused on high risk students Enhanced tutoring to include supplemental instruction for high risk math courses Success is what counts. 18
Achieving the Dream is Increasing National Impact Transitioning from an initiative into a strong, sustainable national nonprofit organization Serving ~20 new colleges per year over the next four years Focusing resources in a set of 3-5 key states to achieve a multiplier effect and create proof points Working with coalition to influence national policy Using the network as a platform to test new innovations to overcome barriers to student success Success is what counts. 19
Achieving the Dream Resources www.achievingthedream.org Field Guide Principles and Practices for Student Success case studies Equity Resource Center For more information: info@achievingthedream.org Success is what counts. 20
THANK YOU! 10.20.10 Success is what counts. 21
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