Promoting Student Success: Lessons Learned

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1 Promoting Student Success: Lessons Learned Algonquin College Ottawa, CN May 9, 2016 Vincent Tinto Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Syracuse University 1

2 Lessons Learned: Improvement in rates of student success does not arise by chance. It requires an intentional, structured and coordinated course of action that builds collaboration across campus and employs data to identify issues to address, improve practice, and close equity gaps. 2

3 Lessons Learned: Success in the first year, especially in the classroom, is the foundation upon which student success in college is built. 3

4 Lessons Learned: It is one thing to begin a program, it is another to sustain it and scale it up over time. 4

5 Promoting Student Success Expectations Clear, consistent, accurate information 5

6 Promoting Student Success Expectations Clear, consistent, accurate information Knowing where to go and who to see (i.e. orientation) 6

7 Promoting Student Success Expectations Clear, consistent, accurate information Knowing where to go and who to see (i.e. orientation) Knowing what courses to take (i.e. advising) 7

8 Promoting Student Success Expectations Clear, consistent, accurate information Knowing where to go and who to see (i.e. orientation) Knowing what courses to take (i.e. advising) Advising Analytics (e.g. Course Scheduler, Degree Maps, SHERPA) (e.g. Anne Arundel CC, Austin CC; Central Piedmont CC; Lorain County CC; Miami-Dade CC; Saddleback C; Sinclair CC) 8

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10 Promoting Student Success Expectations Clear, consistent, accurate information High expectations No one rises to low expectations 10

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13 Promoting Student Success Providing Support Financial Academic Social 13

14 Providing Financial Support Incentive grants Summer grants Support for textbooks - Open Educational Resources (e.g. Tidewater CC) 14

15 Providing Academic Support Secondary school programs (e.g. Chattanooga State CC; Lee College) Summer / Transfer Bridge programs (e.g. El Paso CC; Georgia Perimeter College; Pasadena City College; Rio Hondo College) Student success courses (e.g. Bronx CC; Houston CC System; Wake Technical CC) Contextualized academic support 15

16 Contextualized Academic Support Supplemental instruction (e.g. Austin CC; El Camino CC; Gavilan College) Co-Requisite instruction (e.g. CAP; Butler CC; Butte C; Ivy Tech CC; Long Beach City) Linked courses (e.g. Kingsborough CC; LaGuardia CC) Embedded academic support (e.g. I-Best) Adaptive learning (e.g. Kentucky CC System) 16

17 Supplemental Instruction (SI) Math 100 Supplemental Study Groups Instructor A B Tutor A Tutor B 17

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20 Co-Requisite Instruction College English Workshop 20

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22 Basic Skills Linked Courses ESL English Accounting 22

23 The relationship between accounting and ESL is helping a lot because the accounting professor is teaching us to answer questions in complete sentences, to write better. And we are more motivated to learn vocabulary because it is accounting vocabulary, something we want to learn about anyway. I am learning accounting better by learning the accounting language better. 23

24 Providing Social Support Counselors/Advisors (e.g. Zane State College) Mentors (e.g Cape Cod CC; Eastern Shore CC; Rio Hondo CC) Cohort programs Learning communities (e.g. Kingsborough CC; Seattle Central) 24

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26 Cohorts and Social Support In the cluster we knew each other, we were friends, we discussed everything from all the classes. We knew things very, very well because we discussed it all so much. We had discussions about everything it was like a raft running the rapids of my life. 26

27 Promoting Student Success Assessment and Feedback - Entry assessment and placement (e.g. Bakersfield; Butte; Camden County; Ivy Tech; Long Beach City; Passaic County) 27

28 Promoting Student Success Assessment and Feedback - Entry assessment and placement - Early warning (e.g. Davidson County CC; N.E. Alabama CC; Schenectady County CC) 28

29 Promoting Student Success Assessment and Feedback - Entry assessment and placement - Early warning - Predictive/Learning Analytics (e.g. South Orange CC District; Coastline CC; Golden West CC; Los Rios CC; Westhill CC) 29

30 Promoting Student Success Assessment and Feedback - Entry assessment and placement - Early warning - Predictive/Learning Analytics - Classroom Assessment One minute paper Automated response systems 30

31 Promoting Student Success Promoting Engagement - Contact with faculty, staff, and students - Active engagement in learning with others - Time-on-task 31

32 Promoting Student Engagement Pedagogies of engagement - Cooperative/collaborative learning (e.g. Hawkeye CC; Patrick Henry CC) - Problem/Project-based learning (e.g. Gulf Coast State College; Three Rivers CC) 32

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35 Promoting Student Engagement Pedagogies of engagement Hybrid/Blended classrooms Cohort programs Learning communities Service learning (e.g. Kapi olani CC) Engaging curriculum (e.g. Chabot College) 35

36 Closing Thoughts: Change takes time. 36

37 Closing Thoughts: In the final analysis student success is everyone s business. It takes a community. 37

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