path to accelerated completion and employment (pace) grant

Path to Accelerated Completion Path to Accelerated Completion and Employment (PACE) Grantand Employment (PACE) Grant

PACE: Next Step in Two-Year PACE: Next Step in Two-Year College Quest for Student Success College Quest for Student Success 1991: Arkansas Technical and Community 1991: Arkansas Technical and Community

College System College System 2005: Career Pathways Initiative 2005: Career Pathways Initiative 2006: Freshman Year Experience2006: Freshman Year Experience 2005: Community College Survey of Student 2005: Community College Survey of Student

Engagement (coordinate efforts in 2012)Engagement (coordinate efforts in 2012) 2009: Career Coaches Program2009: Career Coaches Program

PACE: Next Step in Two-Year PACE: Next Step in Two-Year College Quest for Student Success College Quest for Student Success 2010: Arkansas Delta Training and Education 2010: Arkansas Delta Training and Education

Consortium (ADTEC)Consortium (ADTEC) 2010: Arkansas Regional Education Optical 2010: Arkansas Regional Education Optical

Network (ARE-ON)Network (ARE-ON) 2010: AATYC Center for Student Success2010: AATYC Center for Student Success 2011: PACE grant, Complete College America 2011: PACE grant, Complete College America

grantgrant 2011: Performance Funding2011: Performance Funding

PACE Grant: Primary GoalsPACE Grant: Primary Goals

Create a new model for postsecondary training Create a new model for postsecondary training designed to improve student completion and designed to improve student completion and time-to-degree. time-to-degree.

New model will initially target high demand New model will initially target high demand technical certificate and degree programs, and technical certificate and degree programs, and with success be expanded institution- and with success be expanded institution- and system-wide. system-wide.

Specific goal: Increase graduation in targeted Specific goal: Increase graduation in targeted programs by 15%. programs by 15%.

Institution

Target Occupations

Pathways Certificates/ Degrees

National Park Community College

Manufacturing Technicians

(1)Advanced Manufacturing

(1) Manufacturing –CP, Machine Tool Tech – TC, Manufacturing Tech - AAS

Nurses (2) Nursing

(2) Certified Nursing Assistant-CP, Licensed Practical Nurse-TC, Allied Health-TC, Registered Nurse-AAS

Strategies to Increase Strategies to Increase Completion and Reduce Time-Completion and Reduce Time-

to-Degree to-Degree Strategy 1: Strategy 1: Transform Developmental Education Transform Developmental Education

using promising course redesign models. using promising course redesign models. Models accelerate completion in math, reading Models accelerate completion in math, reading

and writing. and writing. CCCUA results: In single semester, 8% of CCCUA results: In single semester, 8% of

students completed 3 levels of math; 55% students completed 3 levels of math; 55% completed 2 levels; 25% completed 1 level.completed 2 levels; 25% completed 1 level.


to-Degree to-Degree Strategy 2: Strategy 2: Streamline Certificate and Degree Streamline Certificate and Degree

ProgramsPrograms using promising practices identified by using promising practices identified by Complete College America. Complete College America.

Block scheduling of courses.Block scheduling of courses. Compressed courses. Compressed courses. Use of technology for blended instruction to Use of technology for blended instruction to

reduce seat-time.reduce seat-time.


to-Degree to-Degree Strategy 3: Strategy 3: Improved Advising and Student Improved Advising and Student

Engagement Engagement using technology. using technology. Front end: Improved career, program and course Front end: Improved career, program and course

advising. advising. On-going: Improved tracking of student progress On-going: Improved tracking of student progress

and connecting struggling students to needed and connecting struggling students to needed support services. support services.

Back-end: Improved job placement support. Back-end: Improved job placement support.

PACE Grant ImpactPACE Grant Impact

Will enable proactive approach to addressing Will enable proactive approach to addressing key barriers to student success. key barriers to student success.

All 22 two-year colleges will be participating, All 22 two-year colleges will be participating, enabling system-wide impact. enabling system-wide impact.

PACE grant will position Arkansas to leverage PACE grant will position Arkansas to leverage more resources to deepen/scale these more resources to deepen/scale these strategies and further advance the student strategies and further advance the student success agenda (e.g. Kresge Foundation Grant, success agenda (e.g. Kresge Foundation Grant, Winthrop Rockefeller Grant). Winthrop Rockefeller Grant).

path to accelerated completion and employment (pace) grant

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