Student Equity Planning June 9, 2015 Brad C. Phillips, Ph.D. President/CEO bphillips@iebcnow.org Twitter bphillipsiebc

An Exercise Thinking back about what the one thing you did that made the most difference in student success, what would that be?

Mt. San Jacinto College Award winning faculty Active foundation Strong student scholarship awards Award winning facilities master plan Strong ties to the community Active and successful athletic teams

Who Is IEBC Not for profit Arose out of our Cal-PASS work – GCCCD 13 staff members Focused on student equity work Data use Tuning USA Linked Learning Worked across the country Achieving the Dream

Assist With the Student Equity Plan Plan is for all students What the research shows What we have learned Process Begins with data Integrating the student voice Examine policies and practices Perform a gap analysis Develop criteria Propose interventions Integrate project management Develop an evaluation plan

Role of the Student Equity Committee Charged with determining gaps in student performance Engage in discussions around developing the institutional response Developing the Student Equity Plan for the CCCCO Need to advocate for the activities What authority does the committee have beyond making recommendations?

It Takes a Village Student Success is Everyone’s Responsibility

IEBC Approach What is the issue? (Summer) *What questions do you want to answer *What do you want to know? Determine data necessary to understand the issue (Summer) Student focus groups (early fall) Review data and policies (summer) Use data to make judgments and make decisions (fall)

IEBC Approach Review of research-based high impact policy/practices that improve the problem you are trying to solve (fall) Determine your interventions and policies (fall) Use project management to ensure effective roll out of the high impact policy/practice (Late fall) Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the policy/practice (spring) Develop a feedback loop (spring)

Determining Data Necessary to Understand the Issue Not locked into data suggested Local research can and should be used Cohort definition misses a significant percentage of students Suggest local data collection Cohort is becoming more diverse Cohort may not be reflective of current student population

Your Data - Observations Enrollment relatively flat Hispanic enrollment increasing up 7% in two years Differential success rates for all course levels – some as high as 15% Some populations have retention rates that are disproportionality high compared with their success rates Similar statistics for those working to move out of pre-collegiate course to collegiate level (could be higher for English, above average for math) Low income and foster youth stats are low Completion rates are pretty good but could be higher

Need Data on… Enrollment trends Units attempted, units earned Rerun cohorts on completion metrics Educational goal Student voice (focus groups) Program review

Where will all of this be going Where will all of this be going? Link Strategies to The Problem You Are Trying to Solve If you have a basic skills problem? If you have a course completion problem? If you have a persistence problem? If you have a completion problem?

Your Data Will Suggest Paths to Improving Outcomes Remediation Preparation Persistence Special Populations Student Services Instruction