1. Educational Effectiveness: Workshop
Judith Turcotte, Director of Planning and Assessment
Rebecca Lewis, Department Chair
Veena Dhankher, Director of Institutional Research
New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Conference, Boston, MA, December 7, 2016

2. Educational Effectiveness Challenges at HCC
Improving learning opportunities in one of our largest degree programs to ensure student success
Cultivating good use of data in our data-rich environment to enhance institutional effectiveness

3. Challenge # 1
Improving learning opportunities in one of our largest degree programs
to ensure student success

4. Pre-Health Program Enrollment: 800+
50 Spots in Nursing Program
Age (25 or older) 45%
Minority 31%
Pell Eligibility 54%
Funnel – acceptance rate of Pre-Health into Special programs
Ethical dilemma

5. Transformation of Foundations of Health
2010
FOH Major Created
Intro Career Course (HTH 101)
CNA Credit Course (HTH 210)
2012
FT Advisor Added
Intensive Advising
Career Based
Grant (DOL)
Student Surveys
2014
PT Advisor Added
2015
FOH Created
HTH 101
HTH 210
DOL Grant
Advising model
Two new Degrees: Career & Transfer
Two new stackable Certificates
Grant (DOL)
Student Surveys

6. Intensive Advising Model
Personality type
Motivation
Career goal
Developed Advising Protocol
Academic success
Expediting coursework
Career pathways
Review required math and science courses
Discuss mid-term grades
Full-time Advisor Role
(3 class visits)

7. Results: Developmental Education Course Completion Rates
Students
Fall 2015
Foundations of Health, assigned to FT Advisor
76%
Foundations of Health, assigned to PT Advisor
69%
All HCC
57%
82% Overall Course Completion rate for Hispanic or Latino students advised by PT FOH advisor compared to 68% all HCC students.

8. Results: Retention Rates
Students
Fall 2014 to
Fall 2015
Spring 2016
Students Assigned to FT FOH Advisor
59%
85%
All HCC
51%
70%
Hispanic/Latino Students Assigned to FT FOH Advisor
57%
N/A
All HCC Hispanic/Latino Students
45%
67%
** We have yet to measure persistence which would be important because many students take a semester off and then return to later complete a degree/certificate.

9. Using our Findings to Inform Planning and Resource Allocation
Created academic, career, and transfer advising center (ACT Center)
Replicating FOH advising model across the College (Spring 2017)
FT Faculty advising liaisons/division
18.5 dedicated advisor from the ACT Center/division

10. Group Activity
What data indicators/success measures have you addressed (or do you want to address)?
What strategies have you implemented (or will you implement)?
What are some of the challenges you faced (or may face)?
Do you have any results to share?

11. Challenge # 2:
Cultivating good use of data in our data-rich environment to enhance institutional effectiveness

12. Group Activity Who are the decision makers at your institutions?
What data are they most interested in?
How do they access the data?
How can decision makers be encouraged to use data?

13. Survey Participants
N= 42

14. How many times have you used IR data in the past year?

15. What type of data have you used?
N=39

16. Decisions Made Based on Data

17. How can we help you use IR data more effectively?
IR Data is useful, helpful, accessible etc. (16, 52%)
Need additional training/more instructions
(5, 16%)
Need data on specific areas: non-credit, employment, alumni engagement (5, 16%)
Not sure/never used IR data (5, 16%)
N= 31

18. IR Efforts Cultivating Good Use of Data
Board of Trustees, Senior Staff meetings
Professional Development Days
Strategic Enrollment Management Team
Faculty and staff data request meetings
Evidence-based program reviews
Long Range Planning Committee

19. Accessing IR Data
HCC Dashboard
IR Website