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Mt. San Jacinto College Equity & Student Success College and Career Readiness “A Plan for Systemic Changes to Achieve Greater Student Access, Equity, and Success” MSJC Board Presentation 2016

Student Equity and Planning • Purpose: • To address underrepresented population’s needs with the interest and intent of improving these students’ opportunities for success . • Federal & State Goals for Student Equity/Student Success • Access • Course completion • Basic skills and ESL course completion • Degree and certificate completion • Transfer • How did the college begin to address the needs of it’s students • Completed a Self-evaluation to determine the disproportion of impacted students attending MSJC • Results of the Data

Equity Challenges MSJC Research Indicates • First-year college students average 3% below mean success and retention rates. (4,500 students) • Persistence rates for First-Year students are a major problem, 46% drop out during their first year. • Students in remediation courses average 6% below college level success rate. (5,000 students) • Transition rate from remedial to college level is very low. The further below college level, the lower the transition rate. In the lowest level math less than 12% transition to college level math. • African Americans average 12% points below the mean success rate and degree completion rate. (1,100 students) • Foster Youth are as much as 20% below average on all metrics. (150 students) • 20-24 year old population averages 2% points below the mean success rate. (5,500 students)

Keep in Mind SSTF Recommendations Funded Student Engagement 8 areas of focus with 22 recommendations Funding Efforts 1. Increase college and career readiness 2. Strengthen support for entering students 3. Incentivize successful student behaviors 4. Align course offerings to meet student • Equity needs • SSSP 5. Improve education of basic skills • BSI students 6. Revitalize and re-envision professional • Title V development • General Fund 7. Enable efficient state-wide leadership and increase coordination among colleges 8. Align resources with student success recommendations

Early K-12 Engagement & Recruitment College College Access Transition Counseling • Pre-Enrollment Activities • Educational Planning • College Ready Registration • Dual & Concurrent MSJC College Transition • African American Enrollment Students Remediation Counselors • Foster Youth Intervention • ESL • EAP • Special Education • ERWC • Dependents of Veterans • Curriculum Alignment Agreements • Multiple Measurement? Bridge to MSJC • Remediation Special Populations Planning Financial Support • FAFSA Workshops • “Race to Submit”

MSJC’s First -Year Experience Program New and Continuing Students • Instructional & Student “Not College Ready” Service Collaboration • Basic Skills Link to Career Development & Counseling First Year • Counseling, Mentoring & Experience Program Instructional Support (FYE) • Extensive Professional Development • Piloting a 700 Student FYE Intrusive Program Counseling & Recruitment • In-Reach & Outreach Recruitment • K-12 Bridge Student Support & Mentoring • Financial Aid • Experiential Activities • SSSP Alignment