Integrating Student Voices: How one college listened to and integrated students into the redesign process Introduce ourselves Interactive Who’s in the room Danielle Carnes | Erin Davison | Jennifer Inslee

Students at Edmonds Community College Making data speak: Question: what’s your grad rate? Vs What’s a compelling a story that you remember that you found powerful about a student at your college

The Power of Qualitative Research The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions. Michael Margolis, Educator, Futures Anthropologist Ask questions - Who’s used qualitative data? Know what it is? Other questions... Qual can guide quant queries Qual can support quant The why, the stories behind data

Project Timeline

How We are Using the Data Created Retention Recommendation Sheets for Faculty and Staff Focused Mini-Presentations for Specific Departments Acquired Texting System to Better Communicate with Students Marketing and Fundraising

Using Data specific to Guided Pathways Community Communication Challenges Clear Pathways Advising Data is only as good as what you do with it.

10 things our students want you to know to help them belong

Powerful way to tell your story. Quantitative + Qualitative Powerful way to tell your story.

2015 CCSSE 89.9% Academic Advising is somewhat or very important to me. 10.9% Use Academic Advising services often.

Advising “Having an advisor that you can say, "This person is my advisor." That's really important to you as a student. The fact that I know that no student here has one person they can specifically say, "This is my advisor", that they can turn to, is really scary.”

Student story of first day at Edmonds

Entry Advising

Guided Pathways ATD Focus groups 2011 Sense of Belonging/Resilience and Communication: Triton Jumpstart (faculty response and scaling up) Pathways: Areas of Study Focus Groups LatinX Focus Groups

2017-2018 42% Conversion Rate

Leaks in the Pipeline

Completion Rates

Transfer Rates

What We Learned Make time for the planning and IRB process Make sure to collect demographic information Think about multiple ways to encourage student participation in focus groups Go to where the students are Do we need??

Have the process driven by and be inclusive of all faculty levels Have multiple coders and analyzers for consensus of findings and validity of data Use platforms like Dedoose for coding and analysis

Students in the Quad

At Your Campus What data sources are currently at your college? What questions need to be answered? What populations would you want to make sure are included? Who are the stakeholders that need to hear from those students and how will you present the information? Resources: people and funds sample budget

The Power of Qualitative Research The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions. Michael Margolis, Educator, Futures Anthropologist Ask questions - Who’s used qualitative data? Know what it is? Other questions... Qual can guide quant queries Qual can support quant The why, the stories behind data

Useful Resources: Student Voice Studies CCSSE: Focus Group Tool Kit and Sample Report National School Boards Association: Organizing and Facilitating Focus Groups Center for Learning Connections Dedoose: Qualitative Analysis Platform ($8 per person/month) for projects needing multiple coders/analyzers Student Voice Studies Career Ladders Project: Bringing student voice to guided pathways inquiry and design Public Agenda and West End: Student Voices on the Higher Education Pathway (2012)