CCSSE 2012 Findings for Southern Crescent Technical College

Presentation Overview  CCSSE Overview  Student Respondent Profile  CCSSE Benchmarks  SCTC Standard Report Data  CCFSSE Overview 2

CCSSE Overview

What is Student Engagement?  …the institutional practices and student behaviors that are highly correlated with student learning and retention 4

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement ( CCSSE ) CCSSE is designed to capture student engagement as a measure of institutional quality. It provides information about effective educational practice in community colleges and assists institutions in using that information to promote improvements in student learning and persistence. 5

 As a tool for improvement, CCSSE helps us Assess quality in community college education Identify and learn from good educational practice Identify areas in which we can improve  Basic principles Provides reliable data on issues that matter Reports data publicly Is committed to using data for improvement CCSSE: A Tool for Community Colleges 6

 SCTC is working to help students learn and achieve their academic goals. CCSSE is a tool that helps us improve student outcomes by designing engagement strategies geared to our students, while identifying areas in which we can improve programs and services for students.  The CCSSE survey focuses on institutional practices and student behaviors that promote student engagement — and are positively correlated with student learning and retention. The survey is administered directly to students during class sessions. These classes are selected at random from all credit classes, excluding distance learning, studio, and lab classes. 7

SCTC Student Respondent Profile

CCSSE Cohort  2012 Cohort = 710 Institutions  CCSSE data analyses include a three-year cohort of participating colleges. The 2012 CCSSE Cohort includes all colleges that participated in CCSSE from 2010 through If a college participated more than one time in the three-year period, the cohort includes data only from its most recent year of participation. The 2012 CCSSE Cohort represents over 5,381,801 community college students from 710 community and technical colleges in 48 states. 9

 641 adjusted survey count  80% overall “percent of target” rate  The percent of target rate is the ratio of the adjusted number of completed surveys (surveys that were filled out properly and did not fall into any of the exclusionary categories) to the target sample size. The following respondents were excluded from reporting: Respondents not indicating enrollment status Respondents marking invalid data selections Respondents under the age of 18 Respondents indicating previous survey submission  Oversample respondents were also excluded. Source: Standard Reports/Appendix/Table 2: Percent of Target/”Percent of Target”/”Adjusted Survey Count” SCTC Survey Respondents 10 Source: 2012 CCSSE data

Student Respondent Profile: Enrollment Status 11 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Item #2, Standard Reports/Appendix/Table 1: Respondents to Underlying Populations

Student Respondent Profile: Age 12 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Item #29, Standard Reports/Appendix/Table 1: Respondents to Underlying Populations

Student Respondent Profile: Gender 13 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Item #30, Standard Reports/Appendix/Table 1: Respondents to Underlying Populations

Student Respondent Profile: Race & Ethnicity 14 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Item #34, Standard Reports/Appendix/Table 1: Respondents to Underlying Populations

Student Respondent Profile: Educational Attainment 15 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #1, #23, and #35, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

Student Respondent Profile: Goals 16 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #17, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

Student Respondent Profile: Total Credit Hours Earned 17 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #23, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

Student Respondent Profile: College-Sponsored Activities 18 Source: 2012 CCSSE data (including organizations, campus publications, student government, intercollegiate or intramural sports, etc.)

CCSSE Benchmarks

CCSSE Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practice The five CCSSE benchmarks are Active and Collaborative Learning Student Effort Academic Challenge Student-Faculty Interaction Support for Learners  Refer to 2012 Key Findings for SCTC 20

SCTC Standard Report Data

Student Persistence Barriers to Returning to College How likely is it that the following issues would cause you to withdraw from class or from this college? 22 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #20, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

Developmental Education  23.2% have taken or plan to take developmental reading  24.2% have taken or plan to take developmental writing  46.9% have taken or plan to take developmental math 23 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #8c - #8f, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

At-Risk Students  Risk factors reflected in the CCSSE survey include: 27.6% of students are working more than 30 hours per week off-campus 46.9% of students have dependents in the household 57.8% of students identify the cost of attending college as a significant issue 25.6% of students rely on their own income or savings as a major source for college costs About 43% of students are first-generation 24 Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #2, #10b and #14a, #10d, #14b, and #28 Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

Integrate Student Support into Learning Experiences Student Use and Value of Student Services 25 VeryNot at all Academic advising/planning70.4%6.6% Career counseling53.9%16.9% Peer or other tutoring42.3%25.5% Skill labs (writing, math, etc.)52.6%18.6% Rarely/Never Academic advising/planning 29.6% Career counseling 52% Peer or other tutoring 44% Skill labs (writing, math, etc.) 35.9% How important are the services? How often do you use the services? Source: 2012 CCSSE data Source: Survey Items #13a, #13b, #13d, and #13e Standard Reports for SCTC/All Students/Frequencies

CCFSSE

Overview 27  The Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE) elicits information from faculty about their teaching practices, the ways they spend their professional time, both in and out of class, and their perceptions regarding students’ educational experiences.  The 2012 CCFSSE Cohort includes 300 institutions from 45 states. The CCFSSE was completed by 36,062 faculty members across the 2010, 2011, and 2012 administrations.  SCTC = 185 Invitations 53% Response Rate

CCFSSE – Faculty Survey  During the current academic year at this college, in which of the following ways, if at all, have you been involved in college orientation? 28 Source: Survey Items #6, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Faculty/Promising Practices

CCFSSE – Faculty Survey  During the current academic year at this college, in which of the following ways, if at all, have you been involved in a student success course (such as a student development, extended orientation, study skills, student life skills, or college success course)? 29 Source: Survey Items #9, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Faculty/Promising Practices

CCFSSE – Faculty Survey  At the beginning of the current term, in your selected course section, which of the following methods, if any, did you use to administer an inclass assessment to determine your students’ preparedness to succeed in the course? 30 Source: Survey Items #14, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Faculty/Promising Practices

CCFSSE – Faculty Survey  Which of the following, if any, is your most common action based on results of your in- class assessment if a student is under-prepared? 31 Source: Survey Items #15, Standard Reports for SCTC/All Faculty/Promising Practices