Creating a Culture of Evidence for Student

Success

Oregon Community Colleges Student Success Plan

Dr. Camille Preus, Commissioner, Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development

Laura Massey, Director Institutional Effectiveness, Portland Community College

Access

Progress

Success

Overview

• Context: Why now ?

• Compared to Others: Oregon same, better or . . .?

• Update: What have we learned?

Goal: 40-40-20

(See Handout)

Call for Action

Budget Note attached to

HB 5012

Adopted June 2007

Current Reporting to Legislature

• 13 Key Performance Measures (KPMs) with Targets

• Outcome rather than progress oriented

• “Owned” by the Legislature

How Can We Better Tell the Complex Student

Success Story?

By Better Understanding Ourselves

Getting Started

• CCWD created the Community College Student Success Committee

• Committee Charges:1. Review where we are, how we compare, and

national promising practices

2. Develop a plan to improve student success and measure progress/results

Oregon is going to have . . .

Disclaimer

Graphs in this presentation were originally created by Dennis Jones, the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). Some have been modified from their original format.

2000-2025 Projected Population % Change

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Oregon’s Educational Attainment is Decreasing

% Adults w/Associate Degrees or Higher

53.8

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Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64

Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2007

US OREGON

Highest Educational Attainment Population Age 25-64 (2005)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 ACS PUMS

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% OR Residents w/No High School Diploma By Age and Race/Ethnicity (2006)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 ACS PUMS

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Givens

• Demand for training/education beyond high school has never been higher

• Educational attainment is directly tied to a state’s ability to strengthen state and local economies

. . .over the next 10 years, 92% of high-

paying jobs in Oregon will require

postsecondary education

Oregon Employment Department

Bigger Picture

The American Graduation Initiative • 5 million additional community college

graduates by 2020

• U.S. regain the highest proportion of college graduates in the world

Improved Educational Attainment“A Must”

“Measure What You Treasure”Part One: Student Success Committee Findings -

Chapters 1-8

Part Two: Action Plan for Improving Student Success -

Includes recommendations to the State Board of Education

Appendices A – F (220+ pages)

New Student Success Indicators(page 3 of handout)

• In addition to KPMs• Measure the Educational Journey

– Framework based on

Access, Progress and Goals

• Similar to Washington Model– Milestones and Momentum Points

Page 3 of handout

Lessons Learned and Next Steps