Faculty Role in Scaled and Sustained Community College Excellence

The Faculty Role in Scaled and Sustained Community College Excellence Josh Wyner Founder & Executive Director, Aspen College Excellence Program Vice President, Aspen Institute August 30, 2017

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program Framework for Student Success

Labor Market Outcomes • Do graduates find strong employment opportunity in well-paying jobs?

Completion and Transfer with Bachelor’s Degree • Do students earn degrees and other meaningful credentials, and do those who transfer go on to earn bachelor’s degrees?

Learning • Do colleges set expectations for learning, measure what is learned, and use that information in a process of continuous improvement?

Equity • Do colleges strive for equitable access and outcomes for underserved minority and low-income students?

The Aspen Prize

Winners, Finalists with Distinction, and Rising Stars

Winners

Finalists w/Distinction

Rising Star

Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2017) Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2015) Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2013) Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2013) Valencia College, Orlando, FL (2011) F Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2017) Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2017) Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, SD (2015, 2013, 2011) West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah, KY (2015,2011) Kingsborough Community College , Bronx, NY (2013) Miami-Dade College (2011) Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA (2011) Odessa College, Odessa, TX (2017) San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX (2017) Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL (2015)

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Finalists

Finalists

Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN (2017) Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX (2015, 2013) Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2013) Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2017) College of the Ouachitas, Malvern, AR (2013) El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX (2015) Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY (2015) Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL (2015) Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS (2011) Mott Community College, Flint, MI (2011) Northeast Community College, Norfolk, NE (2017) Northeast Iowa Community College, Calmar, IA (2011) Olympic College, Bremerton, WA (2015) Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (2017) Renton Technical College, Renton, WA (2015) Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (2011) Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL (2013) Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College, Cumberland, KY (2013) Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde, TX (2011) West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, WV (2017, 2013)

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Exceptional improvements over time in completion Increase in the number of credentials awarded at Valencia College, 2002-2011 AA, AS/AAS Degrees and Certificates/Diplomas Awarded 7,000

84% increase over 6 years

AA Degrees 6,000 5,000

Certificates and Diplomas 46% increase over 6 years

AS and AAS Degrees

4,000 3,000 66% increase over 6 years

2,000 1,000 0 2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Exceptional improvements over time in completion

Odessa College: Five-Year Trends 50

40

48.8

Graduation and Transfer Rate Degrees per 100 FTE

38.1

30

20

10

24.6

9.4

0 2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Exceptional improvements over time

San Jacinto College: Five-Year Trends 53.9

Graduation and Transfer Rate 50

40

Degrees per 100 FTE 38.4

37.1

30

28.6 20

10

0 2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Completion/transfer rates that far surpass the national average 74%

53% 39%

National Average

Valencia College (CA) 2011 Winner

Lake Area Technical Institute (SD) 2017 Winner

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Exceptional transfer and bachelor’s completion outcomes Rate of first-time in college students who successfully transferred to a four-year college in six years, and the rate of bachelor’s degree completion for those students who transferred

63% 55%

42%

41%

33% Transfer-Out Rate

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rate

24% higher than avg.

Transfer-Out Rate National Average

50% higher than avg.

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rate

Santa Fe College (FL)

67% higher than avg.

Transfer-Out Rate

54%

29% higher than avg.

Transfer-Out Bachelor’s Completion Rate

Santa Barbara City College (CA)

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Outcomes of Prize Finalist Colleges Exceptional labor market outcomes for graduates Average salaries of recent graduates compared to the average for others in the region (top short-term and long-term performers)

$88,577

$69,027

28%

$22,808

$28,908

Regional average for All Workers

above avg.

27%

Regional average for New Hires

above avg.

Lake Area Technical Institute (SD) One Year After Completion 2017 Winner

San Jacinto College (TX) Five Years After Completion 2017 Rising Star

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:

1 2 3 4 5

Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture

Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs

Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps

Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Themes characterizing the institutions that achieve exceptional outcomes for students:

1 2 3 4 5

Strong Leadership and Organizational Culture

Guided Pathways to Continuing Education and Well-Paying Jobs

Intentional Focus on Improving Teaching and Learning Strategic Data Use to Improve Practice and Close Equity Gaps

Partnerships and Structures Aligned to Defined Student Outcomes

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Widespread development and use of assessments to improve instruction, driven by leaders engaging in multiple strategies to create urgency around the need to improve student learning.

Result: Strong graduation rates and dramatically improved reading scores.

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Valencia College

Culture where faculty consistently invent new approaches to teaching and measure whether they improve student learning—part of the exceptional Teaching and Learning Academy and a new process of tenure and promotion.

Result: Graduation rates nearly double those of peer institutions; strong transfer and bachelor’s completion rates.

Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

San Jacinto College

San Jacinto professionalized department chairs and trained them as instructional leaders.

Result: Steadily increasing course completion and retention rates.

What does this mean for Pathways work?

Align learning to what comes next.

Transfer and Bachelor’s Completion

Create strong transfer program maps.

What does this mean for Pathways work?

Align learning to what comes next.

Employment with Family-Sustaining Wages

Strategic engagement with employers.

More information • The 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence • What Excellent Community Colleges Do (Harvard Ed Press, 2014) • Crisis & Opportunity: Aligning the Community College Presidency with Student Success • Hiring Exceptional Community College Presidents: Tools for Hiring Leaders Who Advance Student Access and Success • Structural Equity: Big-Picture Thinking & Partnerships That Improve Community College Student Outcomes • The Transfer Playbook: Essential Practices for Two- and Four-Year Colleges Online: http://highered.aspeninstitute.org/ Twitter: @AspenHigherEd