Advancing Community College Students: Leveraging & Learning from National Initiatives

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1 Advancing Community College Students: Leveraging & Learning from National Initiatives Bogusia Wojciechowska, Dean of Professional Studies, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston Karl Kiser, Undergraduate, BHCC & UMass Boston Kathryn Kailikole, Director, Louis Stokes Institute, Council for Opportunity in Education Roshonda DeGraffenreid, recent alumnus, Holyoke Community College & Mount Holyoke College, Mass. Moderator: Deborah Boisvert, CAITE Co PI, UMass Boston

2 Several public and private philanthropic efforts are targeted at increasing community colleges students success and transfer to four year degree programs. Panelists will share their experiences with these efforts and suggest ways BPC projects might leverage them. What national efforts & funding are happening to advance students in CCs? (Lumina Foundation, Achieving the Dream, TRIO, NSF ATE, LSAMP, Jack Kent Cooke, etc.) How are these national efforts being leveraged to work w/ BPC goals? How might they be better leveraged? What does it take to coordinate a BPC project with these efforts? What emphasis is being put on STEM or IT/Computing in these efforts? What are students experiences of these programs? What was helpful in your CC 4 year transfer experience? What worked, what didn t work so well? What else is needed?

3 Advancing Com m unit y College St udent s: Leveraging & Learning from Nat ional Init iat ives Bunker Hill Com m unit y College Bost on, MA

4 The Student Success Agenda Achieving the Dream (Lumina Foundation for Education, The Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, The Boston Foundation, The Education Resources Institute, The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation) The Engaged Campus (Title III Department of Education) BATEC (Boston area Advanced Technological Education Connections NSF) CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education NSF) CFATE (Computer Forensics Advanced Technology Education NSF) ASSECT (Advancing the Successful IT Student through Enhanced Computational Thinking, previously CPATH NSF) SYNERGY (NSF) Including the Engaged Campus and Achieving the Dream, the grants have brought $3,671,174 into the College since FY 03. BPS Feb

5 ENGAGING THE CAMPUS AND ACHIEVING THE DREAM Coordinated institution-wide effort, boosted by greater infusion of resources and expertise, to improve student persistence and success. BPS Feb

6 Engaging t he Cam pus & Achieving t he Dream Learning Communities Active Learning Collaborative Learning Integrated Thinking Service Learning Integrated Support Services Advising & Ed Planning Peer Mentoring Program Early Intervention Student Outcomes Assessment Outcomes Based LCs E-Portfolio Academic Success, Persistence & Program Completion Developmental & Gateway LCs Pathways to Success Thematic Linkages Meaningful & Relevant Learning Success Coaching Intrusive, Holistic, Strengths Based Advising Model Counseling & Resource Referral Professional Development Interactive Teaching Collaborative Teaching Integrated Content Integration of Student Services & Academic BPS Feb

7 Lear ning Com m unit y Sem inar s BPS Feb

8 BATEC (Boston area Advanced Technological Education Connections NSF) The Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC) will develop and promote a coordinated, self sustaining, regional education and workforce development system for IT, one that will attract a diverse student population to IT careers, promote lifelong learning of IT skills and support the workforce needs of the region's IT companies and departments. Faculty collaboration across 6 community colleges and one university in MA. BPS Feb

9 Educators Assessment Curriculum Development Professional Development Students Accuplacer Project College Fair Community College Fair Mini Tech Fairs Tech Apprentice Student Leadrship Business & Industry Industry Summit Professional development for faculty in the re design of all CIT curriculum to address local, regional and national skills standards and assessments Professional development in updating faculty skills in areas of database (specifically the Oracle Academy), upper level CISCO, security and Linux among others. First articulation agreement between BHCC and UMB College of Management for the Computer Information Systems Degree. Establishment of IT Academy at BHCC (articulated credit, summer Accuplacer preparation, cohort activities). Leveraging of membership of BATEC when applying for grants, both IT and other (MUP & NACCE). Funding the infusion of IT into non IT courses, such as the use of the Virtual Enterprise in BHCC s Marketing and Entrepreneurship courses. BPS Feb

10 CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education NSF) The University of Massachusetts Amherst is leading a Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) to design and carry out comprehensive programs that address under representation in information technology (IT) education and the workforce. CAITE will focus on women and minorities in groups that are underrepresented in the Massachusetts innovation economy; that is, economically, academically, and socially disadvantaged residents. Supports ICT Careers Days held at UMass Boston; high schools students & industry partners attending, information sessions for Guidance counselors. Supports Peer mentoring and Facilitated Study Groups for specific courses in the CS and ASIT transfer programs. Funded start up work for the IT Academy. Funds publication of materials. BPS Feb

11 CFATE (Computer Forensics Advanced Technology Education NSF) This project is a regional collaboration of four community colleges and one university, to meet the regional need of law enforcement for trained computer forensics (CF) technicians. The programs uniquely combine the disciplines of Information Technology (IT) and Criminal Justice (CJ) and are tailored to the needs of each institution. Offers courses and programs for IT professionals and CJ practitioners. Offers regional professional development opportunities for educators to develop expertise needed for teaching these programs. Expands the capacity in the region to attract students from diverse backgrounds to CF programs at each institution and support them in gaining employment in related positions. BPS Feb

12 Forensics class BPS Feb

13 CPATH/ASSECT (Advancing the Successful IT Student through Enhanced Computational Thinking NSF) ASSECT brings together community colleges and universities in five regions Bunker Hill Community College and University of Massachusetts Boston in Massachusetts, Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University in Virginia, Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue University in Indiana, Cameron University in Oklahoma and City College of San Francisco and California State Monterrey in California. The ASSECT partners will embark on a threeyear project to revitalize undergraduate computing education. The outcome will be the production of core computing concepts, methodologies, frameworks, and tools that can be applied across a variety of institutions and inform teaching and learning in undergraduate computing in a variety of environments. Looks at new options for transferring from twoyear to four year in the IT arena. Develops articulation agreements with area High Schools for a option for students Focuses on the integration of Computational Thinking (a traditional Computer Science methodology) into the Information Technology space. The hope is that this will bring to courses such as networking, security and a different approach to the teaching of problem solving. BPS Feb

14 SYNERGY Brings multiple perspectives on the diffusion of innovation and achieving scale into focus for educators and to provide the opportunity to explore ways they can leverage good work for even greater impact within the ATE Program. The Synergy effort is providing all of NSF ATE grantees a methodology to bring their programs to scale. We will be using the Synergy Process to package the HS Tech Apprentice program called Tech Apprentice in a Box for other school districts to adopt. The Bridge to Community College is providing the logistics, the how to's, for the introductory Computer applications and concepts course. The Bridge to Community College is also providing adult learners the opportunity to take two creditbearing courses, Computer Essentials and Introduction to Information Technology, accompanied by extensive tutoring in math and language skills designed to improve Accuplacer scores. BPS Feb

15 Student Engagement, Faculty Development & Student Success at Bunker Hill Community College BPS Feb