1. STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS National Center for Developmental Education
Academic Support Centers Conference “SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION” October 20-21, 2011
STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS
Presented by
Barbara S. Bonham, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
National Center for Developmental Education
Graduate Faculty - Adult & Developmental Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

2. Appalachian State University

4. Appalachian State University Boone, NC

5. National Center for Developmental Education http://www. ncde. appstate

6. National Center for Developmental Education
Programs and Services
Kellogg Institute for Training and Certification of Professionals
Research and Consulting Services
Graduate Program in Adult and Developmental Education
Publications
Journal of Developmental Education
Research in Developmental Education
What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education

7. Who are you?
Who are you?

8. STRENGTHENING

9. WHY are connections important? HOW to strengthen the connections?
Academic Support Centers & Developmental Education STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS
Introduction
WHY are connections important?
HOW to strengthen the connections?
What is GOAL 2025?

12. It takes a campus (all units) to educate a student.

13. WHY are connections important? HOW to strengthen the connections?
Academic Support Centers & Developmental Education STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS
Introduction
WHY are connections important?
HOW to strengthen the connections?
What is GOAL 2025?

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The Research We Have
Institutional studies
Large sample studies w/o control groups
Literature reviews
Reports based on data from ATD
Meta-analyses
Case studies, ethnographic, and other qualitative studies
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15. Raising Academic Standards: A Guide to Learning Improvement By Ruth Keimig

16. Isolated Developmental Courses
Comprehensive Learning System
Integrating Courses and Support Services
Course-Related Supplementary Learning Activities
Learning Assistance to Individual Students
Isolated Developmental Courses

17. Comprehensive support services tailored to students’ needs and connected to developmental education courses have been found to have a positive impact on students’ success.
Sources: Keimig (1983); McCabe & Day (1998); Boylan (2002) Schwartz & Jenkins (2007); Center for Student Success (2007) & Sperling (2009);Rutschow & Schneider (2011)

18. Orientation and/or Learning Strategies Course
Gardner, (1998); Zeidenberg, Jenkins & Calcagno (2007)
Underprepared community college students participating in orientation or a learning strategies course were much more likely to be retained; have more credits earned; and higher pass rates than non-participants.
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19. Success Courses
Zeidenberg, Jenkins, & Calcagno (2007)
Found a correlation between developmental students completing success courses and achieving a credential, transfer, or retention after five years.
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20. Arendale (1997); Zachry (2008); Bowles, McCoy & Bates (2008)
Tutoring
Scrivener, Sommo,& Collado (2009)
Tutoring when connected to developmental courses has positive effects on credits earned, course pass rates, and GPA
Arendale (1997); Zachry (2008); Bowles, McCoy & Bates (2008)
Developmental course-based small group tutoring with trained tutors was associated with lower withdrawal rates; higher persistence and graduation rates
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Mandatory Advising
Boylan, Bonham, Bliss (1997); Pfleging (2002); Visher, Butcher, & Cerna (2010)
Correlated with
Success in math
Increased use of student support services
Decrease in course withdrawals
Increase in credits earned
Increase in student persistence
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22. Learning Communities
Boylan (2002)
“The overall effect of learning communities on developmental students is strengthened by weaving advising, counseling, tutoring, and other support services into the learning community.”
Boroch (2010) comments on Boylan
“This… salient point is perhaps overlooked in terms of the contribution of these features toward the documented successes of learning communities.”
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23. the connections between support services and developmental education?
How can we strengthen
the connections between support services and developmental education?

24. What do we mean by integration?
It is often intrusive.
It is ongoing.
It has many levels.

25. Levels of Integration “The math lab is down the hall.”
“I expect you to go to the math lab on a regular basis.”
“You have the following assignments to be completed in the math lab.”

26. Academic Advising
Meet regularly with academic advisors to share problems and issues.
Developmental educators can provide copies of their syllabus and discuss course expectations.

27. Peer/Professional Tutoring
Help train tutors in your subject area.
Have a system for referring students to tutoring and receiving reports on their progress.

28. Learning Centers
Review and recommend learning center materials in your subject area.
Reserve class time for learning center staff to explain their services to your students.

29. Ongoing Orientation Participate in student orientation activities.
Include class assignments that help orient students to the college.

30. Mentoring/Case Management
Serve as a mentor for students as part of a systematic mentoring program.
Meet regularly with those who are serving as mentors/case managers to discuss student issues and problems.

31. Career Counseling
Meet with career counselors and identify class activities helping students to think about careers.
Allow class time for the administration of interest inventories.

32. Math Labs and Writing Centers
Develop a systematic way of referring students to the lab or center and monitoring their progress.
Coordinate with managers to design course assignments and familiarize staff with class projects and activities.

33. Strengthening Connections SYSTEMATICALLY
Plan the activity
Engage in the activity,
Monitor the activity,
Evaluate the activity, and
Revise based on what you have found out.

34. WHY are connections important? HOW to strengthen the connections?
Academic Support Centers & Developmental Education STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS
Introduction
WHY are connections important?
HOW to strengthen the connections?
What is GOAL 2025?

35. A Tale of Adventures in Learning Project funded by Lumina Foundation
Title: TUNING USA
A Tale of Adventures in Learning
Project funded by Lumina Foundation

36. What is Goal 2025?
Increase the higher education attainment rate of the United States to 60 percent by the year 2025.

37. We must work harder—and faster—to educate enough college graduates to sustain the vitality of our local communities and the nation’s economy.

38. out educates us today will out compete us tomorrow.”
“The nation that
out educates us today will out compete us tomorrow.”
Obama

39. State of the Art
In any given term 2 million students participate in developmental courses and services.
Source: League for Innovation & NCDE (2002)
One in four community college students earns a degree or certificate or successfully transfers

40. Adult Basic Education Data
90 million adults lack the academic skills to enter community colleges
2.5 million adult enroll in Adult Basic Education programs annually
Only 2% Adult Basic Ed./ESL students earn the GED
Of these only 3% earn a 2-year degree
Source: Mwase (2008); National Commission on Adult Literacy

41. “If we are going to expand college graduation rates to the levels needed we will have to work with those who are typically unsuccessful or unready for college.”
Source: Boylan (2011)

43. It takes a campus to educate a student.

45. Bachelor’s Degree Some college; No degree Less than high school
Associate
Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Some college;
No degree
Graduate or
Professional Degree
Less than
high school
High school graduate
or equivalency