Community College Leadership: Key Trends Influencing Student Success Gerardo E. de los Santos President and CEO

While we learn from the past and boldly face the future, we need to be mindful that we use the past as a guidepost and not a hitching post

In other words, in all likelihood, what has led our institutions to success in the past will not lead our institutions to success in the future

Access and Completion Serious Learning Future-Ready Work Learning Models Student Success Pathways Working the Educational Ecosystems Student Success Reflections

Access and Completion Changing Demographics National Completion Agenda is not widely understood Unintended consequences Cannot champion one over the other Faculty Voices STEM/Advanced Technology/Analytics

Serious Learning 21 st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges 21 st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges Rise in Remedial Education Enrollment Major Reform Efforts Need for Improved Cognitive and Non- Cognitive Assessment Tools Analytics/Data Discussions It’s about your specific campus culture/student needs Student pathways analytics that inform student success discussions Continuous changes in student needs = constant analysis/response

Future-Ready Work Faculty and Staff Retirements Diverse Leaders Needed CC CEOs by Gender Female--35% Male--65% CEOs by Race/Ethnicity African America—9% Asian/Pacific Islander--2% Hispanic—4% White—63% Unknown—20% Interim CEOs—9%(Kent Phillippe, 2014)

Future-Ready Work Shorter Leadership Life Cycles Leadership Development Alignment Professional Development Succession Planning Honoring the Past, While Moving to the Future

Next Generation Learning Challenges: Open Courseware Blended Learning Deeper Learning Engagement through Innovative Uses of Technology Analytics Competency-Based Learning Learning Models

Alternative Instructional Delivery Modalities MOOCS Open Content Implications for Learning/ Higher Education Business Model? Digital Democracy Augmented Technology and Human Interaction Simulations & Gaming Learning Models

Student SuccessPathways Student Access/Success/Completion (Terry O’Banion, 2013) o Guidelines for Student Success Guidelines for Student Success o Guidelines for Institutional Success Guidelines for Institutional Success

Funding Flux Foundation Drivers Data-driven outcomes Acceleration Labor-market payoff Scalability Alternative Funding Performance-Based Funding CEO Expectations Working the Education Ecosystems

Student Success Reflections Strategic Elements for Cultivating a Culture of Innovation Shared understanding that success is fleeting. The yardstick of Sustainability should be the cultural practice and measure that is continuous improvement Transparency is the flip side of the Accountability coin

Student Success Reflections Shift from volume to value From simply student access to student access, success, and completion From learning assumptions based on seat-time, to learning outcomes based on performance Competency-based learning

Student Success Reflections Organizational form follows function As student, community, and workforce needs change, so must our goals, programs, and services Measure performance/Make data-informed decisions

Student Success Reflections Qualities of Highly Effective Community College Leaders Deep Commitment to Student Access and Success Willingness to Take Significant Risks to Advance Student Success Raise and Allocate Resources in Ways Aligned to Student Success

Student Success Reflections Qualities of Highly Effective Community College Leaders Having a Strong, Broad, Strategic Vision for the College, its students, Reflected in External Partnerships Ability to Create Lasting Change within the College (Aspen Institute, 2014)

While we learn from the past and boldly face the future, we need to be mindful that we use the past as a guidepost and not a hitching post

Community College Leadership: Key Trends Influencing Student Success Gerardo E. de los Santos President and CEO