1. ? What’s New with…. Michigan Student Success Summit September 28, 2018
Jenny Schanker, Michigan Center for Student Success
Pavel Sikorskii, Michigan State University

2. Key Strategies from 2016 Report:
Establish a process to align learning outcomes for a set of introductory college level mathematics pathway courses across institutions and sectors.
Support program faculty and administrators within community colleges and universities in adopting appropriate mathematics pathway courses aligned with students’ educational goals and programs of study.
Promote the widespread implementation of evidence-based approaches to increase the number of underprepared students who are successful in mathematics pathway courses.

3. RM@RT Current Structure Transfer Steering Committee
Standing Committee
CC & University Leads
Calc Prep
Preparation for Calculus Working Group
Introductory Statistics Working Group
Quantitative Reasoning Working Group
Co-Requisite Cadre
Stats QR
Current Structure

4. State Transfer Appropriation
Strategic Alignment of Initiatives
2014
MTA Math Taskforce
2013
1st Focus Group
2015
Joined
MPC
2016
Strategies Released
2017
Summit
2018
Learning Outcomes
2017
State Transfer Appropriation
2018
Pathways Launch
2019
MITransfer
Portal
Strategies 1 and 2:
Establish a process to align learning outcomes for a set of introductory college level mathematics pathway courses across institutions and sectors.
Support program faculty and administrators within community colleges and universities in adopting appropriate mathematics pathway courses aligned with students’ educational goals and programs of study.

5. Goals have been refined along the way…
Every public community college and public university will offer an entry-level, college-level mathematics course which will satisfy the MTA in at least two of the three mathematics pathways defined in the MTA.
The default or recommended mathematics courses identified as the entry-level, college-level course in each mathematics pathway will transfer with course-to- course equivalence between and among all community colleges and universities offering those courses for the purpose of satisfying the MTA.

9. Strategy 3 has also evolved…
Was: Promote the widespread implementation of evidence-based approaches to increase the number of underprepared students who are successful in mathematics pathway courses. Now: Increase the percentage of students (both college-ready and underprepared) who complete a college-level math course within their first 30 credits of enrollment.

10. Support from a National Initiative
Three Leadership Retreats
Customized Co-Requisite Workshop
Follow up customized webinars for each pathway
Customized Advising Workshop
Planning and evaluation tools
Monthly calls with our state consultant
Quarterly check-ins with the Dana Center team
Resources at
Newsletters, webinars and briefs

11. (More about our) accomplishments and how you can help….
Identified learning outcomes for quantitative reasoning, introductory statistics, preparation for calculus (college algebra/precalculus) courses
Researched course offerings, transferability and applicability of courses in programs across Michigan
Established math pathways as a cornerstone of transfer pathway planning processes
Read more about our work at

12. Identified Learning Outcomes
100+ Math faculty from 17 community colleges and 9 universities participated in one or more working groups
25 institutions (15 community colleges and 10 universities) have committed to review their own courses against the learning outcomes for one or more of the MTA gateway math courses
By 2020, one or more MTA math courses will be embedded in each of the 12 statewide MiTransfer Pathway
Continued effort needed: Increase adoption of outcomes, involve more institutions (public and private), improve course-to-course transferability, identify learning outcomes for more common mathematics courses, esp. Calc I, II, III.

13. Researched course offerings, transferability and applicability of courses
Baseline data from public institutions on
Course enrollment and pass rates in introductory courses
Course offerings, credits and pre-requisites
Transfer patterns
Mathematics required in top programs of study
Continued effort needed: has shared some data in presentations like this one and in three briefs published in May Institutions should commit to gathering and sharing data and reports that can inform decisions.

14. Established math pathways as a cornerstone of transfer pathway planning processes
Co-Leads:
Jeff Morford, Henry Ford College
Pavel Sikorskii, Michigan State University
Math Pathway Leads:
QR: Barbie Hoag, Oakland CC
Pavel Sikorskii, MSU
Stats: Sam Bazzi, Henry Ford College
Harvey Qu, Oakland University
Calc Prep: Lisa Manoukian, Washtenaw CC
Ryan MacCombs, MSU
Continued effort needed: Support program faculty who are selecting and integrating math pathways into their programs, ensure that math pathways are accessible by revising curriculum and delivery models, especially for underprepared students.

15. Follow our work: www.mirightmath.org