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The Compression Conversion: Increasing Success and Completion
Bold Strokes Trident Technical College
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Trident Technical College
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TTC – The Basics
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4 Campuses, 5 Instructional Sites
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TTC – Some History
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TTC – Student Success
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NCCBP Data
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Course Length and Student Success
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2007 – A New Focus 007 “… close achievement gaps and accelerate success among diverse student populations ...” Data-driven decisions Student Success in math Student Success in the First Year
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Achieving the Dream
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Achieving the Dream?
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TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year Terms Quarters Fall Qtr Winter Qtr Spring Qtr Summer Qtr
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TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year Terms Quarters Fall Qtr Winter Qtr Spring Qtr Summer Qtr Semesters Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Term FF1 FF2
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Quarter/Semester Conversion
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TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year Terms Quarters Fall Qtr Winter Qtr Spring Qtr Summer Qtr Semesters Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Term FF1 FF2
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TTC’s Evolving Academic Calendar
Year Terms Quarters Fall Qtr Winter Qtr Spring Qtr Summer Qtr Semesters Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Term FF1 FF2 May
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Data-driven Decisions – A Small Shift is Questioned
In 2008, the summer calendar shifted so there was a one-week break at the Fourth of July. In 2011, Faculty Council wants to know: Is the one-week break disruptive to student learning?
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Data-driven Decisions – A Small Shift is Questioned
The answer . . . No. But . . .We stumbled across a trend.
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Data-driven Decisions – Course Length and Student Success
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Course Length and Student Success by Age
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Data-driven Decisions
Disaggregated the data by . . . Race/ethnicity Age Gender Family income/Pell eligibility Academic Program Reading placement scores What now?
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The Decision 2011-12 Fall Semester Spring Semester FF1 FF2
Transform the Academic Calendar
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The Decision 2011-12 Fall Semester Spring Semester FF1 FF2 2014-15
Full Fall Full Spring
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More than just a schedule change . . .
. . . A culture change
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“Seat Ready” Emphasis on attendance Changes to drop/add policies
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New Processes Firm deadlines Additional financial purges
Two financial aid disbursements
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Communicating Change Full Marketing Campaign Info Sessions Live Chats
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Is it Working?
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Is it Working?
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Is it Working?
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Is it Working? Fall 2013 Fall 1 2014 Number of Registrations 54,560
27,270 Number of “Never Attended” 2,266 570 Percent “Never Attended” 4.15% 2.09%
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Questions? Mary Thornley, President
Susan Norton, Assistant Vice President of Academic Programs Karen Wrighten, Dean, Berkeley Campus Cathy Almquist, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
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