Enrollment in California Challenges & Bright Spots Dual Enrollment in California Challenges & Bright Spots April 13, 2018 Naomi Castro Director

Career Ladders Project fosters educational and career advancement through research, policy initiatives and direct assistance to community colleges and their partners.

OBJECTIVES Resources Survey & Case Studies Common Barriers & Bright Spots Updates

WHO IS HERE?

Dual Enrollment For the first time in California’s Education Code, the term “dual enrollment” is identified to define “special part-time” or “special full-time” students – that is, high school or other eligible special admit students enrolling in community college credit courses.

Concurrent Enrollment • Not defined or used in legislations • Common usage by colleges refers to single student taking a college course on their own • Dual and concurrent refer to the same idea – students are enrolled at the same time (concurrently) in two different institutions(dually) • term is being phased out

Dual Enrollment Articulation course is HS or ROP exam/ portfolio/ demonstration notated as “credit by exam” no penalty for poor performance flexibility in hours can satisfy prereq is a college course grade earned in the course transcripted as regular class poor performance transcripted taught by college faculty – min. quals

Dual Enrollment Toolkit

Survey Reached out to 114 Colleges Phone interviews with 48 Case study site visits with three colleges and high school partnerships Detailed phone interviews with an additional two colleges

Common Challenges What do you think the most common dual enrollment challenges are across the state? Talk with your neighbor and come up with a list. Be ready to share.

Common Challenges Enrollment process Capacity Underserved Youth Accurate data collection Integration

Common Challenges Enrollment process Bright spots CCC Apply The ”form” Hand enrollment Bright spots Online enrollment in classes – worry about the “form” after Outside software for secure electronic signatures Data – growth – 77% of respondents said they were planning on growing DE

Common Challenges Capacity Bright spots Program staff Instructors A&R Dean and directors for dual enrollment Bakersfield has a program manager and assistant, looking ad another manager – over 3k students served Making the case 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways

Common Challenges Underserved Youth Bright spots Majority of HS students coming to campus on their own and taking GEs This suggests access to college resources and/or knowledge Bright spots Community, college and HS changing preconceptions about which students are college bound – ELAC using DE as community engagement strategy including community ed and adult ed courses offered to parents Respondents indicated 12,000 sections of GEs but only 4,500 CTE sections, the next largest type – in a rural community “Instead of waiting all year to take an AP exam and maybe not getting a high enough score on the AP exam, they already have a college course with a good grade that's transferable and meets the general education requirement. So for a lot of our students it's been helpful to just go to the next step.”

Accurate Data Collection Common Challenges Accurate Data Collection Non-apportionment generating classes don’t get “counted” in CCCCO MIS Bright spots Survey ironically helped some colleges find inconsistencies in their system 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%), Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%), Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%) Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

San Joaquin Delta College Rural and Urban Slowly but steadily expanding IT support at colleges SJD sends their IT support staff to work with HS IT staff 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%), Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%), Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%) Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

Reedley College Rural Has a middle college on campus Greatly expanded DE Partnership for just in time tutoring Flagging DE students for outcome data Professional development and mentorship Partnership w Agricultural co 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%), Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%), Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%) Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

East Los Angeles College During recession did not cut back DE dramatically DE is part of larger community engagement strategy Strong partnerships w multiple school districts Reworking enrollment process 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%), Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%), Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%) Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

Updates 5% summer enrollment cap lifted for CCAP Non-resident HS students treated like regular HS students Adult Ed not eligible for DE – still getting clarification Upcoming legislation 77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%), Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%), Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%) Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS? GUIDED PATHWAY DESIGN PRINCIPLES 1. GUIDED EXPLORATION FOR UNDECIDED STUDENTS 2. CLEARLY DELINEATED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (DEFAULT SEQUENCE) 3. DEV ED TRANSFORMATION 4. PROACTIVE AND INTEGRATED ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC SUPPORTS Linda

WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS? CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO, IL Linda

WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS? Linda

Promoting outcomes through Early Engagement & Dual enrollment We are reaching out early for planning and pathway options with High School. Delivering dual enrollment by pathway and tracking through completion. Over the last 4 years we have had 2,802 students in Get focused Stay focused to get them ready for pathways. These early engagement with students yield sooner and higher rates of graduation at both 3 years and 6 years as compared to students who just start in college after high school.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Naomi Castro NCastro@CAREERLADDERSPROJECT.ORG