1. Enrollment in California Challenges & Bright Spots
Dual
Enrollment in California
Challenges & Bright Spots
April 13, 2018
Naomi Castro
Director

2. Career Ladders Project fosters educational and career advancement through research, policy initiatives and direct assistance to community colleges and their partners.

3. OBJECTIVES
Resources
Survey & Case Studies
Common Barriers & Bright Spots
Updates

4. WHO IS HERE?

5. Dual Enrollment
For the first time in California’s Education Code, the term “dual enrollment” is identified to define “special part-time” or “special full-time” students – that is, high school or other eligible special admit students enrolling in community college credit courses.

6. Concurrent Enrollment
• Not defined or used in legislations
• Common usage by colleges refers to single student taking a college course on their own
• Dual and concurrent refer to the same idea – students are enrolled at the same time (concurrently) in two different institutions(dually)
• term is being phased out

7. Dual Enrollment Articulation course is HS or ROP
exam/ portfolio/ demonstration
notated as “credit by exam”
no penalty for poor performance
flexibility in hours
can satisfy prereq
is a college course
grade earned in the course
transcripted as regular class
poor performance transcripted
taught by college faculty – min. quals

8. Dual Enrollment Toolkit

10. Survey
Reached out to 114 Colleges
Phone interviews with 48
Case study site visits with three colleges and high school partnerships
Detailed phone interviews with an additional two colleges

11. Common Challenges
What do you think the most common dual enrollment challenges are across the state?
Talk with your neighbor and come up with a list. Be ready to share.

12. Common Challenges
Enrollment process
Capacity
Underserved Youth
Accurate data collection
Integration

13. Common Challenges Enrollment process Bright spots CCC Apply The ”form”
Hand enrollment
Bright spots
Online enrollment in classes – worry about the “form” after
Outside software for secure electronic signatures
Data – growth – 77% of respondents said they were planning on growing DE

14. Common Challenges Capacity Bright spots Program staff Instructors A&R
Dean and directors for dual enrollment
Bakersfield has a program manager and assistant, looking ad another manager – over 3k students served
Making the case
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways

15. Common Challenges Underserved Youth Bright spots
Majority of HS students coming to campus on their own and taking GEs
This suggests access to college resources and/or knowledge
Bright spots
Community, college and HS changing preconceptions about which students are college bound – ELAC using DE as community engagement strategy including community ed and adult ed courses offered to parents
Respondents indicated 12,000 sections of GEs but only 4,500 CTE sections, the next largest type – in a rural community
“Instead of waiting all year to take an AP exam and maybe not getting a high enough score on the AP exam, they already have a college course with a good grade that's transferable and meets the general education requirement. So for a lot of our students it's been helpful to just go to the next step.”

16. Accurate Data Collection
Common Challenges
Accurate Data Collection
Non-apportionment generating classes don’t get “counted” in CCCCO MIS
Bright spots
Survey ironically helped some colleges find inconsistencies in their system
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways
Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%),
Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%),
Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%)
Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

17. San Joaquin Delta College
Rural and Urban
Slowly but steadily expanding
IT support at colleges
SJD sends their IT support staff to work with HS IT staff
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways
Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%),
Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%),
Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%)
Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

18. Reedley College Rural Has a middle college on campus
Greatly expanded DE
Partnership for just in time tutoring
Flagging DE students for outcome data
Professional development and mentorship
Partnership w Agricultural co
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways
Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%),
Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%),
Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%)
Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

19. East Los Angeles College
During recession did not cut back DE dramatically
DE is part of larger community engagement strategy
Strong partnerships w multiple school districts
Reworking enrollment process
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways
Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%),
Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%),
Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%)
Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

20. Updates 5% summer enrollment cap lifted for CCAP
Non-resident HS students treated like regular HS students
Adult Ed not eligible for DE – still getting clarification
Upcoming legislation
77% want to expand DE with 63% wanted to expand w structured pathways
Sum ‘17 (7.5%) F ‘17 (4%),
Sum ‘16 (6.5%) F ‘16 (4%), S ‘17 (4.5%),
Sum ‘15 (5.5%) F ‘15 (3%) S ’16 (3.5%)
Sum ’14 (4.5%) F ’14 (2%) S ‘15 (3%)

21. WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS?
GUIDED PATHWAY DESIGN PRINCIPLES
1. GUIDED EXPLORATION FOR UNDECIDED STUDENTS
2. CLEARLY DELINEATED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (DEFAULT SEQUENCE)
3. DEV ED TRANSFORMATION
4. PROACTIVE AND INTEGRATED ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC SUPPORTS
Linda

22. WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS?
CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO, IL
Linda

23. WHAT ARE GUIDED PATHWAYS?
Linda

24. Promoting outcomes through Early Engagement & Dual enrollment
We are reaching out early for planning and pathway options with High School. Delivering dual enrollment by pathway and tracking through completion. Over the last 4 years we have had 2,802 students in Get focused Stay focused to get them ready for pathways. These early engagement with students yield sooner and higher rates of graduation at both 3 years and 6 years as compared to students who just start in college after high school.

26. FOR MORE INFORMATION
Naomi Castro