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?
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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.
Lessons from the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
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