A New Day Dawning Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success

A New Day Dawning: Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-Curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success ▪ How Are Students Supported? ▪ What Matters in Student Life? ▪ Helping Students Make a Personal Investment in Their Success ▪ What We Can Do?

CategoryStrategies Sorting“Best-Fit” admissions Entry assessment and placement Program/course planning Early warning/academic alert SupportingChild care Financial aid Health and wellness programs Security and transportation ConnectingStudent activities, student groups Peer programs Orientation Faculty/student “events” Attendance policy Faculty advisors, mentors Work study TransformingLearning assistance, tutoring Remedial education Counseling about goals, careers How We Help Students - Sorting, Supporting, Connecting and Transforming

What Matters in Student Life To advance the success of two-year institutions, there is a need for quick and easy access to data that describe the progress and success of community college students. The Completion Arch is a comprehensive framework that spans the wide range of community college student endeavors - from enrollment to college completion to career readiness. It provides centrally organized statistics on the progress of students and the role that community colleges play in addressing the nation's need for a well-educated workforce.  The nature and frequency of interactions with faculty members  Involvement with peers from diverse backgrounds  Use of campus learning resources and opportunities  Satisfaction with college  The nature of college learning environments

Personal Investment By Students  To be personally invested is to be involved, motivated, persistent, engaged in activities, intense and intensive, and have patterns of behavior that are noticeable to others.  Students are personally invested when they use there time, talents, gifts and energy to achieve something whether inside or outside of the classroom.  Students make choices about where to spend their time and what to become engaged in depending on the meaning these activities have for them.

Engaging Students to Make a Personal Investment Patterns of Behavior Engagement Involvement Productivity Socio-cultural Environment Culture Curriculum Co-curriculum Communities Sense of Self Sense of Purpose Personal Goals Perceived Opportunities

What Can We Do? Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, Community ▪ Culture - Mission has to be reality not rhetoric  Sense of purpose  College priorities  Value added ▪ Curriculum and Co-Curriculum - Learning and development have to be integrated  Create a curriculum and co-curriculum that jointly highlights both learning and development. (i.e. Service Learning) ▪ Community - The campus community must foster support and challenge  Mentoring community  Consider Community and Diversity as Complementary