Mississippi Collegiate Mathematical Association Annual Meeting April 3, 2009 Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Office of Academic and Student Affairs Lynn J. House, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner Pearl Strickland Pennington, Director of Student Affairs

PRESENTATION MAP 1. High School Graduates 2. Dev. Ed. Courses/Placement Policies 3. Fall 2007 Enrollment Ethnicity/Gender 4. IHL Landscape 5. Updates/Initiatives 11/12/2018

“Both community colleges and four- year institutions have important roles to play in ensuring educational opportunity for all, and the availability of developmental education will always be a part of this effort.” Alene Russell, Senior State Policy Consultant, American Association of State Colleges and Universities 11/12/2018

MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2008 18.9 ACT Composite 25,641 20.1 Core or More MHSG 22 ACT Benchmark Math 17.5 18.2 Non-Core Min. Core - Math 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Mississippi Public Postsecondary Institutions Fall, Spring, and Summer Mandatory Placement CJC offers Fundamentals of Mathematics, Beginning Mathematics, and Intermediate Algebra IHL offers Developmental Mathematics and Intermediate Algebra 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Wide variation in CJC placement policies College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 – 20 Common placement policy among the IHLs College Algebra placement: ACT math subtest score 16 and above (discretion of the university) Note: ACT Math Benchmark: 22 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Ethnicity - Fall 2007 IHL CJC 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Gender - Fall 2007 IHL CJC 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IHL Intermediate Course Enrollment 1997-2008 English Mathematics Reading Historical snapshot of developmental enrollment for the IHL system 9,717 16,216 6,417 11/12/2018 Source: Policy Research and Planning, IHL_MISN, November 2007

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IHL Fall 2007 Unduplicated Total Enrollment 3,357 Intermediate English 1,284 Intermediate Algebra 2,649 Intermediate Reading 1,003 11/12/2018

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION LANDSCAPE 2003 2004 2005 2006 Summer Developmental Program 73.7 73.4 69.3 71.8 Intermediate Course Enrollment 68.6 64.9 65.5 65.6 F/T, F/T Freshmen 76.6 75.1 74.6 75.5 IHL Retention Rates * Intermediate enrollment figures contain freshmen students as well as other students who elect to take the intermediate courses. These percentages may be slightly inflated due to the inclusion of these additional students. Source: IHLMIS, 2008 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL STRATEGIC PLAN 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE The Developmental Education Task Force will: Review the current state of all aspects of developmental education, Construct a comprehensive plan for improving developmental education in the IHL system, & Work toward greater collaboration with CJCs & the MS Department of Education. 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE 16 member task force composed of administrators, faculty, financial aid, student affairs, CJC representation, etc. Four sub-committees focusing on: - Preparation - Policy and Procedures - Practices and Programs - Public Relations 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES Lumina Making Opportunity Affordable PLANNING GRANT Designed to produce higher post-secondary completion rates at a lower cost Developing 3-5 pilot implementations of redesigned developmental math courses Using The National Center for Academic Transformation models of course redesign Fosters greater student success while lowering costs 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES IHL HIGH SCHOOL FEEDBACK REPORT Developed collaboratively with MDE, superintendents, principals, & other stakeholders Informs both IHL universities and high schools about student and program performance Shared with principals and superintendents state-wide in both public and private schools Assigned campus liaisons to assist high schools Distributed annually during the spring 11/12/2018

UPDATES AND INITIATIVES COLLEGE READINESS Competencies in Math and English collaboratively developed and validated by IHLs, CJCs, and P-12 representatives Taskforces have begun work on development of competencies for Biology and U.S. History Presentations: 2008 Mega Conference, ACT College Readiness Summit (March) Mathematics Education Symposium (May-09) 11/12/2018

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CONTACT INFORMATION Lynn J. House 601-432-6501 or lhouse@mississippi.edu Pearl S. Pennington 601-432-6482 or ppennington@mississippi.edu 11/12/2018