Preparing Students to Transition from High School to Community College Toni Jenkins, Collin County Community College District Bobby James, University of AR: Community College at Hope Michelle Overstreet, College Board 2006 College Board National Forum

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Preparing Students to Transition from High
School to Community CollegeToni Jenkins,
Collin County Community College DistrictBobby
James, University of AR Community College at
HopeMichelle Overstreet, College Board2006
College Board National Forum
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TODAYS COMMUNITY COLLEGES

• Innovation
• Honors programs
• State of the art research facilities
• Campus programming
• Valuable Partnerships
• High schools
• Industry
• 4-year institutions
• Critical Discussions
• High schools
• Alumni
• Industry

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THE CHALLENGE REMAINS

• Aiding students in the transition from high
  school to the community college.

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HAVE YOU HEARD THIS?

• Stuck between the access mission of the
  traditionally open-door community college, and
  the drive to protect educational standards.
• Community colleges must support students
  academic and labor market success.

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SOURCE 2005 High School Survey of Student
Engagement
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CC STUDENTS

• Community college students express a high degree
  of satisfaction with their educational
  experience.
• 94 would recommend their college to a friend or
  family member
• 86 rate their overall educational experience as
  good or excellent

SOURCE 2005 Community College Survey of Student
Engagement
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BUT

• 1/3 to 1/2 of students rarely or never take
  advantage of academic advising and career
  counseling services
• 45 of surveyed students report lack of finances
  would likely or very likely cause them to drop
  out of college.
• 57 work more than 20 hours a week.
• 52 are first-generation college students

SOURCE 2005 Community College Survey of Student
Engagement and other sources
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES

• 2006 - 1,186 Institutions (1,600 campuses)
• 11.6 M Students (6.6 M for credit)
• 40 full-time 60 part-time
• 2,191 average annual tuition (public)
• 96 of students entering directly after high
  school do so in the same state

SOURCES AACC Fast Facts - www.aacc.nche.edu/Cont
ent/NavigationMenu/AboutCommunityColleges/Fast_Fac
ts1/Fast_Facts.htm 2004 WICHE Report NCES, and
other sources
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CC LOCATION GROWTH
SOURCE AACC (www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/Navigatio
nMenu/AboutCommunityColleges/HistoricalInformation
/CCGrowth/CC_Growth_1991-2000.htm)
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2-YEAR ENROLLMENTPublic and Private
SOURCE NCES Digest of Educational Statistics,
June 2006
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INSIGHT AND INNOVATION

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Preparing Students to Transition from High
School to Community College Bobb
y James Vice Chancellor for Student
Services University of Arkansas Community College
at Hope
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Importance of Two-Year Colleges

• One area in which educational investments appear
  to have paid off is our community colleges.Alan
  Greenspan
• "A consequence of our highly competitive, rapidly
  growing economy is that the average American will
  hold many different jobs in a lifetime.
  Accordingly, education is no longer the sole
  province of the young. Significant numbers of
  workers continue their education well beyond
  their twenties. Millions enroll in community
  colleges in later life, for example, to upgrade
  their skills or get new ones. It is a measure of
  the dynamism of the U.S. economy that community
  colleges are one of the fastest growing segments
  of our educational system."Alan Greenspan

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• Arkansas Ranks 49th in College Going Rate
• Out of 100 9th graders in Arkansas, 44 will
  attend
• college and17 will ultimately obtain a
  college degree
• High School Graduation Rate
• Statewide 75.3
• Service Area 69.6
• Baccalaureate Attainment Rate
• Statewide 16.7
• Service Area 10.9
• Adults without College Degree
• Statewide 79.3
• Service Area 86.0
• Adults that have never attended college

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Arkansas Average English ACT Scores
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Arkansas Average ACT ReadingScores
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Arkansas Average ACT Math Scores
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Arkansas Average ACT Science Scores
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Arkansas Average ACT CompositeScores
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Annual Report on Fall Enrollment
80,320
47,629
12,751
Source ADHE Enrollment Data
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5-year Change in of Enrollment Growth
Universities 12.50
Community Colleges 26.40
Independent/Private Colleges 1.70




 




























Percent Growth in Higher Education in Arkansas Over the Last 5 years
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Who UACCH Serves

• Average Age 26
• Serve Students On-Campus, Online, CIV
• 36 Minority (Less than 5 Hispanic)
• 85 Require Remediation
• 78 are First Generation
• 66 on Financial Aid
• 90 are at risk (educationally, financially,
  personally)

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DOES THAT DATA SCARE YOU LIKE IT DOES ME?
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Have you altered a life? I used to think that
the medical profession was the most arrogant of
professions. Now I think it is us. Can you
imagine a doctor bragging that he only treats
well patients? Joe Martin, President, Real
World University
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A Long Way To GoThe Workforce Gap
A Long Way To GoThe Workforce Gap
Where the Jobs Are 21 require a 4-year
degree 75 require an associates degree or
advanced training 40-60 of jobs in 2015 do not
exist today. 4 require minimum
skills 1998-99 State Department of Education
Special Survey. 1985-99 State Department
of Education Enrollment Data, and 1989-99
High School Completer Data Carol DAmico,
Workforce 2020 Work and Workers in the
21st Century Tony Zeiss, President,
Central Piedmont Community College Keynote
Address AATYC, 2006
Where 9th graders are headed 28 will enter a
4-year college 32 will enter an associate
degree program or advanced training 10 will
lack the skills needed for employment 30 will
drop out before completing high school
VS
Where the Jobs Are 21 require a 4-year
degree 75 require an associates degree or
advanced training 4 require minimum
skills 1998-99 State Department of Education
Special Survey. 1985-99 State Department of
Education Enrollment Data, and 1989-99 High
School Completer Data Carol DAmico, Workforce
2020 Work and Workers in the 21st
Century Tony Zeiss, President, Central
Piedmont Community College
Where 9th graders are headed 28 will enter a
4-year college 32 will enter an associate degree
program or advanced training 10 will lack the
skills needed for employment 30 will drop out
before completing high school
VS.
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Without Proper Preparation in High School, Is
This What we Are Setting Our Students up To Face?
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So Where Do We Go From Here?
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• Possible Ideas
• Push Student to Take Core/College
• Prep Classes
• (Arkansas and Texas
• Currently Require This unless
• Student/Parent Opt Out)
• Offer and Encourage Students to
• Take Advanced Placement Courses
• Partner with Your Local Community
• College to Offer Dual Credit
• Opportunities (Running Start in
• Washington state Saved 22.5 Million
• in Future Tuition for Students and Parents in
  2002-2003 Through Dual Credit Programs)
• Course Corrections Lumina Foundation, October
  2005

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• Possible Ideas Continued
• Encourage Students to Take Four Years of Math
• in High School
• (76 of Students at Two-Year Colleges
• Are Enrolled in Introductory College Math)
• Design Programs That Allow Students to See
• the Importance of PREPARING for LIFE
• (Entering a Community College/Workforce
• Training Program Requires The Same
• Reading, Writing, Math Skills as any Other
• First Year College Program)
• Community College Times American Mathematical
  Association of Two-Year Colleges, October 2006
• Arkansas Department of Education, May 2006

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When you do the common things in life in an
uncommon way THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS
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Do I Need to Prepare for Community College?

• Analyzing and Supporting the High School to
  College Transition
• Thursday, February 2, 2006

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Collin County

• Located just north of Dallas County
• Among nations fastest growing cities
• Current population of over 480,000
• One of the most highly educated counties in the
  state
• One of the wealthiest counties in the state

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Collin College

• Serves over 41,000 students annually
• Fall credit enrollment of 19,300
• Three campuses
• 75-80 of students indicate that they plan to
  transfer to a university
• Average age is 25.6 and declining

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Hot Topic Academic Readiness

• 25-30 of all high school students enroll at the
  community college in fall after graduation
• 45-50 will enroll within 15 months of graduation
• 42 of these students require developmental math

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Source NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS
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Source NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS
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Why Is the CC Transition Important?

• An estimated 47 of the undergraduate students in
  the U.S. public higher education and 44 of all
  U.S. undergraduates are enrolled in community and
  technical colleges
• Source U.S. Department of Education, Digest of
  Education Statistics, 2001

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More Importantly

• 49 of all minority students in American
  undergraduate education are found at community
  colleges
• Source McClenny, K. M. and Waiwaiole,
  E.N.,AACC, Community College Journal,, April/May,
  2005

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Community Colleges Open Admissions Friend or
Foe?

• No SAT or standardized testing requirements
• No Rank in Class requirement
• No High School GPA requirement
• Access is the driving force

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High School Student Mentality

• Do high school students think they can always go
  to the community college?
• Do they think that grades do not matter if they
  are going to the community college?
• Do high school student value community colleges?
• First choice or last resort

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Community College Enrollment A Closer Look

• Graduating class of 970 students
• 240 juniors and seniors enrolled in dual credit
• 30 enrolled at the community college upon
  graduation
• Class rank ranges from 6th to 947th
• 12 of the students are in the top quartile
• 40 are in the top half
• As many as 40 may not have indicated that they
  planned to attend college

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Access Is No Longer Enough

• Persistence is critical
• Meaningful attainment is absolutely necessary
• Many programs within CC have selective admissions
  criteria
• Students must be prepared to transfer
• Students must be academically ready for junior
  and senior level courses

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Opportunity for Innovation

• Supplemental summer instruction
• Self paced refresher courses
• Early college admissions
• Parent education
• Alternative delivery of instruction
• Changes in pedagogy
• Rethink developmental education

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High School/College Partnerships

• Single biggest predictor post-high school success
  is quality and intensity of high school
  curriculum
• Cliff Adelman, Answers in the Tool Box, U.S.
  Department of Education
• Community colleges cannot succeed if they wait
  until students enroll before addressing their
  preparation
• McCabe, AACC, Community College Journal,
  April/May 2005

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Closing the Gap Goal

• Improve the rigor of the senior year in high
  school
• Send a message to students that they cannot take
  the senior year off.
• Align high school exit standards with college
  readiness standards