Summary of Educational Work 2010–2011 Version 2011.1
A unified effort of Massachusetts Public Higher Education to promote the well-being and ensure the future prosperity of our state. University of Massachusetts Massachusetts State Universities Massachusetts Community Colleges
T HE CO NT E X T Massachusetts is engaged in a fierce competition with other states and nations for talent, investment and jobs. The state’s primary assets in this competition are the overall educational level of our people and our workforce and the inventiveness and competence of the creative individuals and organizational leaders who drive our innovation-dependent, knowledge-based economy. Nurturing these assets through education, research and creative activity is the most important contribution of the state’s colleges and universities to the overall well-being of Massachusetts. The Vision Project is the vehicle through which public higher education has come together to stay focused on this work and hold ourselves accountable for results. This document summarizes the educational aspects of the Vision Project as of the spring of 2011.
T HE VI SI O N The educational work of the state’s public colleges and universities is animated by a single, unifying goal:
We will produce the best-educated citizenry and workforce in the nation. T HE K E Y O UTCO M E S In order to achieve our educational vision, Massachusetts public higher education must claim national leadership in:
1 COLLEGE PARTICIPATION
College-going rates of high school graduates
2 COLLEGE COMPLETION
Graduation and success rates of the students we enroll
3 STUDENT LEARNING Academic achievements by our students on campus-level and national assessments of learning 4 WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT Alignment of our degree programs with key areas of workforce need in the state’s economy 5 ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES Achievement of comparable outcomes among different ethnic/racial, economic and gender groups
T HE A N NUA L R E P O R T To hold ourselves accountable for achieving national leadership on these five key outcomes, we will issue an annual report to the people of the state, comparing our work to that of our peer institutions in other states.
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PO LI C Y A R E A S Achieving national leadership on the five key educational outcomes calls for attention to the policy areas depicted in this graphic. The goal of eliminating disparate outcomes is embedded in each of the other outcomes.
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3 ST UDENT LEARNING The following pages summarize our activities in each of the policy areas and the metrics we will use to track and report our activities and our standing.
Planning Focus
Summary of Educational Work
Planning Groups
Deliverables
Metrics
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How will we achieve national leadership in
COLLEGE PARTICIPATION while ensuring ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES?
Planning Focus Rigorous High School Curriculum Aligned with College Expectations
Planning Groups College Participation Advisory Group
Achieve/American Diploma Project Readiness Centers’ Common Core Standards Implementation Groups
Policy Area
College Readiness
Educator Excellence
Educator Prep. Program Review Group (@ESE) Commissioner’s White Paper on Educator Preparation Survey of SCOPE Programs
Educator Data Warehouse Working Group
Tracking of Student Performance Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Your Plan for College (YPFC) Advisory Group
Student Understanding of College
College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Leadership Team College Participation Advisory Group College-Connected Program* Working Groups, including:
Policy Area
College-Going Rates
• Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (CDEP) Working Group
Pre-College College Experiences
• High School Graduation Initiative (HSGI) Leadership Group (@ESE) • Joint Early College Policy Group Race to the Top (RTTT) Implementation Advisory Groups College Participation Study Group
College Participation College Participation Advisory Group
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Deliverables: 2010–2011 New Math Admissions Standard (BHE) Recommendations for Science and Elective Standards (BHE/BESE)
Deliverables: 2011+ MassCore as Default Curriculum with Opt-Out (BHE/BESE, Legislation)
Development of PK–Postsecondary College and Career Readiness Plan
Statewide Promotion/Communication of Plan
Regional Common Core Standards Orientation Sessions
Prof. Development Around Common Core Standards Implementation
Review of Educator Prep. Programs
Implementation of Recommendations
White Paper on Educator Preparation
Implementation of Recommendations
School-to-College Data System and Reporting
Training Opportunities for Teachers On Using Data to Impact Student Performance PARCC Assessment System Pilots
YPFC High School Launch
YPFC Expansion to Middle Schools
CACG Regional Partnerships Funded
Statewide Communication Campaign on What It Means to be College Ready
Review Current Early Assessment Pilots and Recommend Expansion Strategy
Implementation of Expanded Early Assessment Program
Recommendations for Sustainability of Dual Enrollment Increase in College-Connected Program* Options RTTT Support for Development of College-Connected Options
College readiness of enrolled freshmen who were recent high school graduates (including percent placing into remedial education) disaggregated by Math and English.
Expanded School-to-College Data System and Reporting
Faculty Participation in Development of PARCC Assessment System
Evaluation of Dual Enrollment Programs (Report to BHE and BESE)
Metrics
Three Additional Gateway to College Programs CDEP Expansion Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Program Expansion Implementation of Sustainable Support for Dual Enrollment Six STEM Early College Schools
College-going rates of recent Massachusetts high school graduates, with national comparisons. College-going rates of recent Massachusetts high school graduates (public only), with disaggregation by student population groups. Net migration for college attendance (Massachusetts residents enrolled out of state versus non-residents enrolled in state), with national comparisons.
Analysis of College-Going Rates by Subpopulation Recommend Strategies to Increase Participation by Subpopulation Groups
Implementation of Recommendations
* College-Connected Programs include: Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (CDEP) and other dual enrollment programs, FAFSA Completion Provision, Gateway to College programs, Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment (ICE), Massachusetts Goes To College, of Educational Work Summary summer bridge programs, and other early college experiences.
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How will we achieve national leadership in
COLLEGE COMPLETION while ensuring ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES?
Planning Focus
Planning Groups
Campus Level: Programmatic Best Practices • Policy Best Practices •
Policy Area
Graduation & Student Success Rates
State Policy: System-wide Goals • System-wide Academic and Fiscal Policies •
Campus Level:
Policy Area
Transfer Policy & Practice
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Programmatic Best Practices
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Policy Best Practices
State Policy: Implementation of Commonwealth Transfer Advisory Group (CTAG) Recommendations, including: •
Student Access to Relevant Information
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Program-to-Program and Courseto-Course Alignment
Working Group on Graduation and Student Success Rates: • Achieving the Dream State Policy Team • Complete College America State Policy Team Note: Drawing upon the resources of two national initiatives in which Massachusetts participates, the Achieving the Dream State Policy Team, initiated in 2007, focuses on the work of participating community colleges on both completion and transfer, and the Complete College America State Policy Team, initiated in 2010, focuses on the work of all public colleges and universities on both completion and transfer. Together the two constitute the Working Group on Graduation and Student Success Rates.
Deliverables: 2010–2011 Review Campus Programs, Policies and Goals Recommendations on Campus Strategies
Deliverables: 2011+ Implementation of Recommended Strategies
Baccalaureate-seeking
System Graduation Goals for 2015 and 2020 Recommendations on System Strategies, including: • Developmental Education • Financial Aid Policies
Metrics
Implementation of Recommended Strategies
• Adult Learners
College/university graduation rates from initial institution, with national comparisons and disaggregation by student population groups. College/university graduation rates from any institution in the system, state or anywhere in the United States. Associate’s/Certificate-seeking
Recommendations on Campus Strategies
Monitor Implementation of CTAG Recommendations
Summary of Educational Work
Implementation of Recommended Strategies
Evaluation of Effectiveness of CTAG Recommendations
Community college completion rates for degrees/certificates, with national comparisons and disaggregation by student population groups. Community college success rates that measure a range of student outcomes (including transfer to four-year institution and continuous enrollment), with national comparisons and disaggregation by student cohort populations.
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How will we achieve national leadership in
STUDENT LEARNING while ensuring ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES?
Planning Focus
Policy Area
Campus-Level Assessment
Policy Area
System-wide Assessment
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Planning Groups
Best Practices in Campus-Level Assessment
Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment (Phase I)
Potential Approaches to System-wide Assessment
Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment (Phase II)
Deliverables: 2010–2011
Deliverables: 2011+
Metrics
Campus Review of Phase I Report Begin Implementation of Phase I Recommendations:
Continued Implementation of Phase I Recommendations:
• Continued campus-level work on assessment and promote culture of evidence on every campus • Initial affiliation with national Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative
• Continue/extend LEAP connection if initial connection is successful
• Strengthen collaboration between DHE and New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
• Implement recommendation on NSSE/CCSSE as appropriate
• Consider pursuit of consortial agreements for system-wide use of National Survey of Student Engagement and Community College Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE/CCSSE)
Metrics employed on campus-level assessments of learning vary among the campuses
• Hiring of assessment expert within DHE • Establish system-wide network of campus faculty and staff Seek assessment leaders
Outside • Planning for system-wide forums Funding to and assessment-related professional Support
development activities
• Planning for experiments with campus-level assessment approaches compatible with system-wide assessment
• Conduct system-wide assessment forums • Initiate campus-level experiments with approaches compatible with system-wide assessment Begin Implementation of Phase II Recommendations
Completion of Phase II Report (March 2011)
Experiments with System-Level Approaches (Short Run)
Campus Review of Phase II Report
Implementation of System-wide Assessment Program That Permits Comparisons with Learning Outcomes in Other States (Longer Run)
Establish Plan for Implementation of Phase II Recommendations
Pass rates on a broad range of professional licensure tests, with national comparisons.* Performance on a broad range of graduate school entrance examinations, with national comparisons.* Other assessments of learning, to be determined.*
* The charge to the Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment includes providing a plan for system-wide learning assessment based on a set of common learning outcomes and assessment measures that builds on and supports strong, campus-based assessment programs. The metrics listed here as system-level of as Educational Work until a more comprehensive system of learning outcomes is developed. Summary metrics serve interim indicators
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How will we achieve national leadership in
WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT while ensuring ELIMINATION OF DISPARITIES?
Planning Focus
Planning Groups Governor’s Task Force on Workforce Development
Policy Area
Statewide Workforce Planning
Policy Area
Promotion of STEM Education
Industry-Specific Workforce Plans for Health Care, Life Sciences, Information Technology
• Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development • Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Collaboration Among Community Colleges to Promote Workforce Development
Working Group on Boston Region Higher Ed / Hospital Partnership Community College Council of Presidents
Promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in K-12 Governor’s STEM Advisory Council Robert H. Goddard Council
Promotion of STEM in Higher Ed
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• Executive Office of Education
Deliverables: 2010–2011
Develop Planning Model and Process Produce Health Care Plan
Long-Term Regional Hospital Project Planning Life Sciences Project Plan Assessment of Systemic Issues and Strategy for Improvement Operationalize STEM Plan Governance Establish Priorities for Action Based on STEM Plan Strategy to Involve Higher Ed STEM Faculty with K-12
Strategy to Improve Retention and Graduation in STEM Majors
Deliverables: 2011+
Produce Life Sciences Plan
Metrics Degree and certificates produced in key occupational areas, with national comparisons.
Extend Planning to Other Industries
Degrees and certificate conferred in key occupational areas compared to forecasted growth in Massachusetts.
Implement Regional Hospital Project Plan
Student persistence and degree completion in key occupational areas, with disaggregation by student population groups.
Produce IT Plan
Implement Life Sciences Project Plan Implement Improvement Strategy
Employment and/or continuing education of graduates from Massachusetts public higher education.
Implement STEM Plan Action Based on Priorities Implement Strategy to Involve Higher Ed STEM Faculty with K-12
STEM degrees and certificates produced in key occupational areas, with national comparisons.
Develop Strategy to Improve Teacher Education in STEM
Retention and graduation rates in STEM majors.
Implement Strategy to Improve Retention and Graduation in STEM Majors
Number and percent of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing STEM fields.
Develop Strategy to Attract College Graduates to STEM Graduate Programs
Summary of Educational Work
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Index of Planning Foci
Index of Planning Groups
COLLEGE PARTICIPATION
Color Key: COLLEGE PARTICIPATION COLLEGE COMPLETION STUDENT LEARNING WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT
Rigorous High School Curriculum Aligned with College Expectations Educator Excellence Tracking of Student Performance Student Understanding of College
Achieve/American Diploma Project
Pre-College College Experiences
Achieving the Dream State Policy Team
College Participation
College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Leadership Team
COLLEGE COMPLETION Graduation & Student Success Rates at Campus Level: • Programmatic Best Practices • Policy Best Practices Graduation & Student Success Rates in State Policy:
College Participation Advisory Group College Participation Study Group College-Connected Program Working Groups, including: • Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (CDEP) Working Group
• System-wide Goals
• High School Graduation Initiative (HSGI) Leadership Group (@ESE)
• System-wide Academic and Fiscal Policies
• Joint Early College Policy Group
Transfer Policy & Practice at Campus Level:
Community College Council of Presidents
• Programmatic Best Practices
Complete College America State Policy Team
• Policy Best Practices
Educator Data Warehouse Working Group
Transfer Policy & Practice in State Policy: Implementation of Commonwealth Transfer Advisory Group (CTAG) Recommendations, including:
Educator Prep. Program Review Group (@ESE)
• Student Access to Relevant Information • Program-to-Program and Course-to-Course Alignment
Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) Advisory Council Governor’s Task Force on Workforce Development
STUDENT LEARNING
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
Best Practices in Campus-Level Assessment
Race to the Top (RTTT) Implementation Advisory Groups
Potential Approaches to System-wide Assessment
Readiness Centers’ Common Core Standards Implementation Groups
WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT
Robert H. Goddard Council
Industry-Specific Workforce Plans for Health Care, Life Sciences, Information Technology
Working Group on Boston Region Higher Ed / Hospital Partnership
Collaboration Among Community Colleges to Promote Workforce Development
Working Group on Graduation and Student Success Rates
Promotion of STEM in K-12
Working Group on Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Promotion of STEM in Higher Ed
Your Plan for College (YPFC) Advisory Group
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Index of Deliverables COLLEGE PARTICIPATION: 2010–2011 New Math Admissions Standard (BHE) Recommendations for Science and Elective Standards (BHE/BESE) Development of PK–Postsecondary College and Career Readiness Plan
Implementation of Recommendations from White Paper on Educator Preparation Expanded School-to-College Data System and Reporting Training Opportunities for Teachers On Using Data to Impact Student Performance PARCC Assessment System Pilots
Regional Common Core Standards Orientation Sessions
YPFC Expansion to Middle Schools
Review of Educator Prep. Programs
Statewide Communication Campaign on What It Means to be College Ready
White Paper on Educator Preparation School-to-College Data System and Reporting Faculty Participation in Development of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Assessment System Your Plan for College (YPFC) High School Launch College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) Regional Partnerships Funded Review Current Early Assessment Pilots and Recommend Expansion Strategy Evaluation of Dual Enrollment Programs (Report to BHE and BESE) Recommendations for Sustainability of Dual Enrollment Increase in College-Connected Program Options Race to the Top (RTTT) Support for Development of College-Connected Options
Implementation of Expanded Early Assessment Program Six STEM Early College Schools Three Additional Gateway to College Programs Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (CDEP) Expansion Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Program Expansion Implementation of Sustainable Support for Dual Enrollment Implementation of Recommended Strategies to Increase Participation by Subpopulation Groups COLLEGE COMPLETION: 2010–2011 Review Campus Programs, Policies and Goals Recommendations on Campus Strategies System Graduation Goals for 2015 and 2020 Recommendations on System Strategies, including:
Analysis of College-Going Rates by Subpopulation
• Developmental Education
Recommend Strategies to Increase Participation by Subpopulation Groups
• Financial Aid Policies • Adult Learners
COLLEGE PARTICIPATION: 2011+
Monitor Implementation of Commonwealth Transfer Advisory Group (CTAG) Recommendations
MassCore as Default Curriculum with Opt-Out (BHE/BESE, Legislation)
COLLEGE COMPLETION: 2011+
Statewide Promotion/Communication of Plan
Implementation of Recommended Strategies
Prof. Development Around Common Core Standards Implementation
Evaluation of Effectiveness of CTAG Recommendations
Implementation of Recommendations from Review of Educator Prep. Programs
Summary of Educational Work
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Index of Deliverables (cont.) STUDENT LEARNING: 2010–2011
WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT: 2010–2011
Campus Review of Phase I Working Group Report
Develop Planning Model and Process
Begin Implementation of Phase I Recommendations:
Produce Health Care Plan
• Continued campus-level work on assessment and promote culture of evidence on every campus
Long-Term Regional Hospital Project Planning
• Initial affiliation with national Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative • Strengthen collaboration between DHE and New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) • Consider pursuit of consortial agreements for system-wide use of National Survey of Student Engagement and Community College Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE/CCSSE)
Operationalize STEM Plan Governance Establish Priorities for Action Based on STEM Plan Strategy to Involve Higher Ed STEM Faculty with K-12 Strategy to Improve Retention and Graduation in STEM Majors WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT: 2011+
• Hiring of assessment expert within DHE (Seek outside funding to support)
Produce Life Sciences Plan
• Establish system-wide network of campus faculty and staff assessment leaders (Seek outside funding to support)
Extend Planning to Other Industries
• Planning for system-wide forums and assessmentrelated professional development activities (Seek outside funding to support)
Implement Life Sciences Project Plan
• Planning for experiments with campus-level assessment approaches compatible with system-wide assessment (Seek outside funding to support)
Produce IT Plan Implement Regional Hospital Project Plan Implement Improvement Strategy Implement STEM Plan Action Based on Priorities
Completion of Phase II Working Group Report (March 2011)
Implement Strategy to Involve Higher Ed STEM Faculty with K-12
Campus Review of Phase II Report
Develop Strategy to Improve Teacher Education in STEM
Establish Plan for Implementation of Phase II Recommendations
Implement Strategy to Improve Retention and Graduation in STEM Majors
STUDENT LEARNING: 2011+
Develop Strategy to Attract College Graduates to STEM Graduate Programs
Continued Implementation of Phase I Working Group Recommendations: • Continue/extend LEAP connection if initial connection is successful • Implement recommendation on NSSE/CCSSE as appropriate • Conduct system-wide assessment forums • Initiate campus-level experiments with approaches compatible with system-wide assessment Begin Implementation of Phase II Working Group Recommendations Experiments with System-Level Approaches (Short Run) Implementation of System-wide Assessment Program That Permits Comparisons with Learning Outcomes in Other States (Longer Run)
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Index of Metrics COLLEGE PARTICIPATION
STUDENT LEARNING
College readiness of enrolled freshmen who were recent high school graduates (including percent placing into remedial education) disaggregated by Math and English.
Pass rates on a broad range of professional licensure tests, with national comparisons.
College-going rates of recent Massachusetts high school graduates, with national comparisons. College-going rates of recent Massachusetts high school graduates (public only), with disaggregation by student population groups.
Performance on a broad range of graduate school entrance examinations, with national comparisons. Other assessments of learning, to be determined. WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT
Net migration for college attendance (Massachusetts residents enrolled out of state versus non-residents enrolled in state), with national comparisons.
Degree and certificates produced in key occupational areas, with national comparisons.
COLLEGE COMPLETION
Student persistence and degree completion in key occupational areas, with disaggregation by student population groups.
Baccalaureate-seeking: College/university graduation rates from initial institution, with national comparisons and disaggregation by student population groups. Baccalaureate-seeking: College/university graduation rates from any institution in the system, state or anywhere in the United States. Associate’s/Certificate-seeking: Community college completion rates for degrees/certificates, with national comparisons and disaggregation by student population groups. Associate’s/Certificate-seeking: Community college success rates that measure a range of student outcomes (including transfer to four-year institution and continuous enrollment), with national comparisons and disaggregation by student cohort populations.
Summary of Educational Work
Degrees and certificate conferred in key occupational areas compared to forecasted growth in Massachusetts.
Employment and/or continuing education of graduates from Massachusetts public higher education. STEM degrees and certificates produced in key occupational areas, with national comparisons. Retention and graduation rates in STEM majors. Number and percent of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing STEM fields.
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A unified effort of Massachusetts Public Higher Education to promote the well-being and ensure the future prosperity of our state.
Charles F. Desmond, Chairman Richard M. Freeland, Commissioner COMMUNITY COLLEGES Berkshire Community College Paul Raverta, President Bristol Community College John J. Sbrega, President Bunker Hill Community College Mary Fifield, President Cape Cod Community College Kathleen Schatzberg, President Greenfield Community College Robert L. Pura, President Holyoke Community College William F. Messner, President MassBay Community College Carole Berotte Joseph, President Massasoit Community College Charles Wall, President Middlesex Community College Carole A. Cowan, President Mount Wachusett Community College Daniel M. Asquino, President
James J. Karam, Acting Chairman Jack M. Wilson, President
North Shore Community College Wayne M. Burton, President
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Richard Gurnon, President
Northern Essex Community College David Hartleb, President
Salem State University Patricia Maguire Meservey, President
Quinsigamond Community College Gail Carberry, President
Westfield State University Evan Dobelle, President
Roxbury Community College Terrence Gomes, President
Worcester State University Janelle Ashley, President
Springfield Technical Community College Ira Rubenzahl, President
UMASS CAMPUSES
STATE UNIVERSITIES
University of Massachusetts Amherst Robert C. Holub, Chancellor
Bridgewater State University Dana Mohler-Faria, President
University of Massachusetts Boston J. Keith Motley, Chancellor
Fitchburg State University Robert Antonucci, President
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Jean MacCormack, Chancellor
Framingham State University Timothy J. Flanagan, President
University of Massachusetts Lowell Martin T. Meehan, Chancellor
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Katherine H. Sloan, President
University of Massachusetts Medical School Michael F. Collins, Chancellor
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Mary Grant, President
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