Best Feet Forward Various Systemwide Supports for High-Impact Practices Ken O’Donnell Office of the Chancellor California State University Council for Undergraduate Research University of San Diego November 21-23, 2014

Europe’s early universities were founded in the a. fifth century. b. twelfth century. c. fourteenth century. d. sixteenth century. Europe’s early universities were founded in the a. fifth century. b. twelfth century. c. fourteenth century. d. sixteenth century.

In universities, use of the Carnegie unit or “credit hour” dates from a. the 1860s. b. the 1880s. c. the 1910s. d. the 1930s. In universities, use of the Carnegie unit or “credit hour” dates from a. the 1860s. b. the 1880s. c. the 1910s. d. the 1930s.

San Diego right now Bologna University 1100 A.D. credit hour c San Diego right now Bologna University 1100 A.D. Abbott Lawrence Lowell President, Harvard University 1917 “One of the most serious evils of American education in school and college is counting by courses.” “Once a credit was earned, it was as safe as anything in the world. It would be deposited and indelibly recorded in the registrar’s saving bank, while the substance of the course could be, if one wished, happily forgotten.” Dietrich Gerhard, 1937

Fall Enrollments in U.S. Degree-granting Institutions source: National Center for Education Statistics , , ,659, ,569, ,791,224 today 20 million+ 1910s credit hour

whom we teach 1970 top 26% 2009 top 41% enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds in degree-granting institutions enrollment by Hispanics, African-Americans, and Asians: enrollment by students eligible for financial aid: 15%19% % 30% % % Source: National Center for Education Statistics

46% 40% 23% 14% Six-year graduation rates for full-time first- time freshmen Six-year transfer rates among degree seekers all students students of color Source: Education Trust, cited in the CSU Graduation Initiative Source: Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy, cited in the CCC Student Success Task Force

Bryant Marks Executive Director Morehouse Research Institute Morehouse College “We already know what works for at-risk students. “It’s clear and integrated academic programs, supplemental instruction and support, and wraparound services. “We know that. “So then if we still have problems, then that’s an educator problem, not a student problem.”

Latino/anot Latino/a 38% 55% 49% 63% 65% 68% Source: CSU Northridge Institutional Research August, 2010 Graduation Rates by Ethnicity and participation in High-Impact Practices

CSU Chancellor’s General Education Advisory Group

oral communication written communication quantitative reasoning critical thinking lifelong learning physical science life science science laboratory arts or humanities social science social science social science cohort-based learning community peer mentoring off-campus learning

The Campus as a Living Lab

project premises: -collaboration: CSU with CCC and local business -Academic Affairs/ASCSU with Business and Finance implementation -longer term NSF backing

Service Learning System level Support for Service Learning Since 1998

Articulation and Transfer Resource Allocation and Faculty Load Degree Requirements

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