2013 Summit Resources and Materials

SUMMIT MEETING MATERIALS

• Final Agenda
• Discussion Session Descriptions
• Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education
• Presenter Bios (Updated)
• List of Attendees

SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS

Thursday, September 19th

Opening Luncheon and Welcome - Slides

Discussion Sessions (Set #1)

• Michigan Transfer Agreement: Overview and Implementation - Slides and Handout
• Organizing for Student Success: Creating a Coordinating Council
• Positioning Students for Success by Simplifying Complex Entry Procedures - Slides
• Yes, You Can Raise Retention Rates in Online Courses - Slides
• Designing and Refining to Ensure Credentials that Work - LMC and WCC Slides
• A Leadership Program Targeted at the Academic Success of African American Male Students
• Developmental through Gateway: Accelerated Math Courses - Slides

Discussion Sessions (Set #2)

• Latest Research on Student Mobility and Success & the Implications for Policy and Practice - Slides
• Steps along the Pathway: MP2C Colleges Discuss Career Pathways Issues
• Degrees before Diplomas: Helping High School Students Succeed - Slides
• Innovations, Integration and Implementation Issues in Competency-Based Education - SNHU and Jackson Slides
• Creating a Bridge to Student Success: Linking Student Services & Academic Coursework - Slides
• Nourishing Academic Fluency with a Content Literacy Approach in ALP - Slides
• Infusing Global & Multiple Intelligence Content and Assessment into Standard Curriculum - Slides and Handouts One & Two

Friday, September 20th

Discussion Sessions (Set #3)

• The Next Phase in Developing a Culture of Inquiry for Student Success - Slides
• Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative – The New Initiative - Slides
• Addressing Non-Cognitive Factors in Student Success - Handout One and Two
• Alignment, Assessment, and the Degree Qualifications Profile - Slides
• ALP-infused Curriculum Changes to Accelerate Developmental Student Pathways
• Supporting Success for Michigan’s Student Veterans - Slides
• Improving Foster Youth Engagement & Career Readiness - Slides and Handout

Discussion Sessions (Set #4)

• Focusing on Near Completers: Lessons from Project Win-Win - Slides
• A Conversation about the “Right Math at the Right Time” - Slides and Handout
• Supporting Career and College Readiness for Michigan High School Graduates
• Building Structured Pathways for Programs of Study: Lessons from Completion by Design - Slides
• Implementing a “Fast Track” to Accelerate Student Success - Slides
• Supplemental Instruction as a Co-Requisite Option - Slides
• A Community College-High School Reading Partnership - Slides

RESOURCES LIST

This is a list of relevant national reports and briefs published on a variety of topics since the 2012 Student Success Summit. In all but a few cases these publications are publicly available and do not require a subscription.

MICHIGAN CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS PUBLICATIONS

• Focusing on Near Completers: Practice Guide for Implementing from Project Win-Win. Michigan Center for Student Success. Forthcoming.
• Forging New Pathways: The Impact of the Breaking Through Initiative in Michigan. Jobs for the Future and the Michigan Center for Student Success. November 2012
• Autonomy and Innovation: Systemic Change in a Decentralized State. Achieving the Dream, Jobs for the Future, and the Michigan Center for Student Success. November 2012.

CREATING A CULTURE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND COMPLETION

• The Retention Agenda. Inside Higher Ed. July 2013.
• Crisis and Opportunity: Aligning the Community College Presidency with Student Success. The Aspen Institute and Achieving the Dream. June 2013.
• Beyond Retrofitting: Innovation in Higher Education. Hudson Institute. June 2013.
• Moving Forward: Strengthening Your State’s Capacity to Bring Innovation to Scale. Jobs for the Future. May 2013.
• Stepping Up for Community Colleges: Building on the Momentum to Improve Student Success in Massachusetts. Jobs for the Future. The Boston Foundation. April 2013.
• Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. February 2013.
• Rethinking Community College for the 21st Century. The New Community College at CUNY. February 2013.
• Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. January 2013.
• Post-traditional Learners and the Transformation of Postsecondary Education: A Manifesto for College Leaders. American Council on Education. January 2013.
• Creating a Faculty Culture of Student Success. The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. 2012.
• Calling for Success: Online Retention Rates Get Boost from Personal Outreach. (ESselect) Education Sector. January 2013.
• “Online Learning in Community Colleges.” Handbook of Distance Education: Third Edition. Community College Research Center. December 2012.
• Securing the Future Retention Models in Community Colleges. College Board. November 2012.
• A Growing Culture of Evidence? Findings from a Survey on Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. July 2012.

STRUCTURED PATHWAYS

• Intensity and Attachment: How Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Affect Educational Outcomes. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. June 2013.
• Entering a Program: Helping Students Make Academic and Career Decisions. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. May 2013.
• Pathways to Improvement: Using Psychological Strategies to Help College Students Master Developmental Math. Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching. May 2013.
• Using Behavioral Economics for Postsecondary Success. Ideas42. May 2013.
• Community College Pathways: 2011-2012 Descriptive Report. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. March 2013.
• Providing Structured Pathways to Guide Students Toward Completion. WestEd. Completion by Design. 2013.
• A Framework for Measuring Career Pathways Innovation: A Working Paper. CLASP. February 2013
• Timing of Concentration, Completion, and Exit in Community Colleges. Community College Research
• State and System Policies Related to Career Technical Education: High School and Community College to Workplace Pathways-A Working Paper. Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy. January 2013.
• Cornerstones of Completion: State Policy Support for Accelerated, Structured Pathways to College Credentials and Transfer. Jobs for the Future. December 2012.
• Career and Technical Education: Five Ways That Pay Along the Way to the B.A. Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Center on Education and the Workforce. September 2012.
• Connection by Design: Students’ Perceptions of their Community College Experiences. WestEd. Completion by Design. September 2012.
• Not Just Math and English: Courses That Pose Obstacles to Community College Completion. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. November 2012.
• Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs: A Qualitative Analysis. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. October 2012.

STUDENT SUPPORTS

• Integrating Students Supports and Academics: Game Changers Series. WestEd. Completion by Design. 2013.
• What Students Say they Need to Succeed: Key Themes from a Study of Student Support. Student Support (Re) defined. The RP Group. January 2013.
• Contextualized College Transition Strategies for Adult Basic Skills Students: Learning from Washington State I-BEST Program Model. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. December 2012.
• College 101 Courses for Applied Learning and Student Success. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. October 2012.
• Student Success Courses and Educational Outcomes at Virginia Community Colleges. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. February 2012.

IMPROVING DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT/PLACEMENT

• Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement by Jobs for the Future, Charles A. Dana Center, Complete College America, and Education Commission of the States. December 2012.
• Improving Students' College Math Readiness: A Review of the Evidence on Postsecondary Interventions and Reforms. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. July 2013.
• Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts from the Scaling Innovation Project. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. June 2013.
• Fast Forward: A Case Study of Two Community College Programs Designed to Accelerate Students Through Developmental Math. MDRC. May 2013.
• From Innovation to Transformation: Texas Moves to Reform Developmental Education. Jobs for the Future. March 2013.
• Developmental Education: A Barrier to a Postsecondary Credential for Millions of Americans. MDRC. February 2013.
• Designing Meaningful Developmental Reform. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. February 2013.
• Acceleration in Developmental Education: Game Changers Series. WestEd. Completion by Design. 2013.
• Bringing Developmental Education to Scale. MDRC. January 2013.
• Ahead of the Curve: State Success in the Developmental Education Initiative. December 2012.
• Improving Developmental Education Assessment and Placement: Lessons from Community Colleges across the Country. Community College Research Center. Teachers College Columbia University. November 2012.
• Smarter Balanced Releases Sample Assessment Items and Performance Tasks. Smarted Balanced Assessment Consortium. October 2012.
• Where to Begin? The Evolving Role of Placement Exams for Students Starting College. Jobs for the Future. August 2012.
• Developmental, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effect of College Remediation. National Bureau of Economic Research. August 2012.

LABOR MARKET IMPACTS AND PAYOFFS

• Higher Education Pays: But a Lot More for Some Graduates than for Others. American Institutes for Research. September 2013
• Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020. Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Center on Education and the Workforce. June 2013.
• Using Real Time Labor Market Information on a Nationwide Scale. Jobs for the Future. April 2013.
• The Economic Payoff for Closing College-readiness and Completion Gaps. Jobs for the Future. March 2013.
• Helping Adult Learners Navigate Community College and the Labor Market. The Aspen Institute. February 2013.
• Community College Contributions. American Association of Community Colleges. January 2013
• Producing Quality Credentials: Why Data and Analytics Matter. The Progress of Education Reform. October 2012.
• The College Advantage: Weathering the Economic Storm. Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Center on Education and the Workforce. August 2012.
• A Guide for Using Labor Market Data to Improve Student Success. The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. August 2012.

FINANCIAL AID DESIGN AND DELIVERY

• Performance-Based Scholarships: What Have We Learned? MDRC. August 2013.
• Rethinking Pell Grants. Rethinking Pell Grants Study Group. College Board Advocacy & Policy Center. April 2013.
• Mind the Gap: High Unmet Financial Need Threatens Persistence and Completion for Low-Income Community College Students. CLASP. April 2013.
• No Clear Winner: Consumer Testing of Financial Aid Award Letters – Summary & Report. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. March 2013.
• Getting More College Students to Graduation Day- New Data on Public Two-Year Institutions. CLASP. Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success. 2013.
• Financial Aid Policy: Lessons from Research. Future of Children. Spring 2013.
• Reimagining Aid Design and Delivery: Compilation of 16 National Organizations' Aid Reports. Winter 2012-13.

COST AND FUNDING STRATEGIES

• Envisioning Performance Funding Impacts: The Espoused Theories of Action for State Higher Education Performance Funding in Three States. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. August 2013.
• Can Community Colleges Afford to Improve Completion? Measuring the Cost and Efficiency Effect of College Reforms. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. April 2013.
• The Investment Payoff: Reassessing and Supporting Efforts to Maximize the Benefits of Higher Education for Underserved Populations. Institute for Higher Education Policy. April 2013.
• The Impact of Budget Cuts on California’s Community Colleges. Public Policy Institute of California. March 2013.
• Metrics, Dollars and Systems Change. Learning from Washington State’s Student Achievement Initiative to Design Effective Postsecondary Performance Funding Policies. Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy. Community College Research Center. March 2013.
• Access and Success with Less: Improving Productivity in Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions. Future of Children. Spring 2013.
• Measuring (and Managing) the Invisible Costs of Postsecondary Attrition. Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research. September 2012.

MOBILITY AND TRANSFER IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

• Baccalaureate Attainment: A National View of the Postsecondary Outcomes of Students Who Transfer from Two-Year to Four-Year Institutions. National Student Clearinghouse. August 2013.
• The Economic Benefits of Attaining an Associate Degree before Transfer: Evidence from North Carolina. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. July 2013.
• Trends in Enrollment Patterns among Community College Students. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. July 2013.
• Transfer as Academic Gauntlet: The Student Perspective. College Board. April 2013
• Understanding the Transfer Process. College Board. December 2012.
• The Promise of the Transfer Pathway Opportunity and Challenge for Community College Students Seeking the Baccalaureate Degree. College Board. October 2012
• Transfer: An Indispensable Part of the Community College Mission. American Association of Community Colleges. October 2012
• National Student Clearinghouse Snapshot Reports on: Persistence, mobility, enrollment, adult learners, and degree attainment. 2012.

COLLEGE READINESS AND HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITIONS

• Reshaping the College Transition: States That Offer Early College Readiness Assessments and Transition Curricula. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. May 2013.
• Tracking Student Progression through the Core Curriculum. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. April 2013.
• Summer Nudging: Can Personalized Text Messages and Peer Mentor Outreach Increase College Going Among Low-Income High School Graduates? Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University. April 2013.
• The Common Core State Standards: Implications for Community Colleges and Student Preparedness for College. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. February 2013.
• Dual Enrollment for College Completion: Policy Recommendations for Tennessee. Community College Research Center. Teachers College, Columbia University. February 2013.
• Taking College Courses in High School: A Strategy for College Readiness: The College Outcomes of Dual Enrollment in Texas. Jobs for the Future. October 2012.