Virginia’s Student Success Leadership Institute

November 10-11, 2015

Virginia’s Student Success Leadership Institute

• November: Loss/Momentum Framework, Data Analysis and Onboarding

• February: Structured Pathways and Labor Market Outcomes

• April: Change Management

Challenges

• 4-year enrollment decline• Challenging onboarding processes (especially

for first-generation and disadvantaged student populations)

• Low completion rates

• Out of 100 applicants, only 52 students enroll.

• Of the 52 who enroll, only 34 return in the spring.

• Only 21 are still enrolled the second fall.

• And only 14 return the second spring.

• Of the 49 who stop attending, – 13 transfer to a 4-year university– And some may stop attending after completing

most of their hours towards an award• But we can’t count them as completers because they

didn’t apply for graduation.

• Eleven of the original 52 eventually complete an associate’s degree.

A CALL TO ACTION

2012 AACC Report from the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges

The community college landscape is littered with lost credits that do not add up to student success. Fewer than half of students who enter community colleges with the goal of earning a degree or certificate have attained that goal, transferred to a baccalaureate institution, or are still enrolled 6 years later.

• American Association of Community Colleges, Reclaiming the American Dream, 2012

Our Focus Must Shift

2015• Access• Cafeteria of Courses

• Culture of Anecdote• Culture of Isolation• Funding Tied to

Enrollment

2021• Access and Success• Structured Programs• Culture of Evidence• Culture of Collaboration• Funding Tied to Enrollment

and Student Outcomes

VCCS Outcomes-Based Funding

Beginning in 2016, a portion of college budgets will be based on the number of students who:– Complete college-level math – Complete college-level English– Are retained from fall to spring and fall to fall– Attain 12 credits with a minimum 2.0 GPA in the first

academic year, and 24 credits in the second– Earn awards (degrees, diplomas and certificates)– Transfer with at least 16 or more credit hours or an

associate’s degree– Complete a bachelor’s degree

Student Pathway Analysis

Enter Program of Study

CompleteProgram,

Advance to Career or Further

Education

ConsiderCollege

Education

CONNECTIONFrom interest to application

ENTRYFrom entry to passing program gatekeeper

courses

PROGRESSFrom program entry to completion of program

requirements

COMPLETIONCompletion of credential of value for further education

and labor market advancement

VCCS: Call to Action

• VCCS Roles– Align VCCS policy– Provide professional development– Identify and implement system-wide enterprise

solutions• College Roles– Develop an Action Plan, based on the best

research and information available to you– Build campus coalitions to support the Action Plan– Implement the Action Plan

Take the Long View