College Leadership Team

PresentationJune 7, 2011

Completion By DesignPresented by: Christina CortezStudent Success Team Leader

Lone Star College System

Managing Partner

October 5, 2010 – Announced at White House Community College Summit

October 6, 2010 – RFA releasedOctober 25 – Bidders’ Conference Call heldNovember 19 – Proposal due dateMid-January to Late-February 2011 – Anticipated

site visits for finalistsMarch/April 2011 – Targeted for announcement of

Managing Partners by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mid-April to Mid May 2011 Completion by Design kick-off

Analyze their systems in order to understand where they are failing and succeeding

Restructure the student experience from intake to completion based on what they learn from that analysis by introducing proven and promising practices

Build linkages and interdependencies among the student success systems

Establish clear accountability for student success and completion

The Cadre is the planning and implementation team for Completion by Design. Made up of at least four community colleges or campuses within a state, the Cadre will work together to design and implement a model pathway to completion using proven and promising practices

• Alamo Community College• Dallas County Community College District• El Paso Community College• Lone Star College System• South Texas College

Managing Partner must have a cadre comprising campuses with a significant number of students receiving Pell grants.

Pilot Schools (Interdisciplinary Team of Eight)

ACCD – St. Philip’sDCCCD – Cedar ValleyEPCC – Valle VerdeLSCS – LSC-North HarrisSTC – Pecan College

Separately FundedAdvisory and Assistance GroupLed by Nan Poppe & Leslie Haynes

Extensive CC experienceCollege PresidentGateway to CollegeEarly College High School Initiative

Provide Managing Partners and their Cadres with the expertise

Five-year initiative intended to increase the proportion of low-income young adults completing

AND increase pace by which low-income young adults progress to postsecondary credential completion at public two-year community colleges

• 23 % of white students who enter public community colleges full-time complete an associate degree with three years

• 15% of Hispanic students

• 11% of African-American students

(IPEDS), 2007

te College Americahttp://www.completecollege.org/state_data

Challenge #1: Reaching consensus among 5 large college systems, each with a team of 8 representatives

Challenge #2: Difficulties in scaling a program across campuses in multi-college districts

Challenge #3: Large-scale reform in a current state deficit environment

Challenge #4: Policy change in a state with a complex higher education structure