1. Path to Accelerated Completion and Employment (PACE) Grant

2. PACE: Next Step in Two-Year College Quest for Student Success  1991: Arkansas Technical and Community College System  2005: Career Pathways Initiative  2006: Freshman Year Experience  2005: Community College Survey of Student Engagement (coordinate efforts in 2012)  2009: Career Coaches Program

3. PACE: Next Step in Two-Year College Quest for Student Success  2010: Arkansas Delta Training and Education Consortium (ADTEC)  2010: Arkansas Regional Education Optical Network (ARE-ON)  2010: AATYC Center for Student Success  2011: PACE grant, Complete College America grant  2011: Performance Funding

4. PACE Grant: Primary Goals  Create a new model for postsecondary training designed to improve student completion and time-to-degree.  New model will initially target high demand technical certificate and degree programs, and with success be expanded institution- and system-wide.  Specific goal: Increase graduation in targeted programs by 15%.

5. InstitutionTarget Occupations PathwaysCertificates/ Degrees National Park Community College Manufacturing Technicians (1)Advanced Manufacturing (1) Manufacturing –CP, Machine Tool Tech – TC, Manufacturing Tech - AAS Nurses(2) Nursing(2) Certified Nursing Assistant-CP, Licensed Practical Nurse-TC, Allied Health-TC, Registered Nurse-AAS

6. Strategies to Increase Completion and Reduce Time- to-Degree  Strategy 1: Transform Developmental Education using promising course redesign models.  Models accelerate completion in math, reading and writing.  CCCUA results: In single semester, 8% of students completed 3 levels of math; 55% completed 2 levels; 25% completed 1 level.

7. Strategies to Increase Completion and Reduce Time- to-Degree  Strategy 2: Streamline Certificate and Degree Programs using promising practices identified by Complete College America.  Block scheduling of courses.  Compressed courses.  Use of technology for blended instruction to reduce seat-time.

8. Strategies to Increase Completion and Reduce Time- to-Degree  Strategy 3: Improved Advising and Student Engagement using technology.  Front end: Improved career, program and course advising.  On-going: Improved tracking of student progress and connecting struggling students to needed support services.  Back-end: Improved job placement support.

9. PACE Grant Impact  Will enable proactive approach to addressing key barriers to student success.  All 22 two-year colleges will be participating, enabling system-wide impact.  PACE grant will position Arkansas to leverage more resources to deepen/scale these strategies and further advance the student success agenda (e.g. Kresge Foundation Grant, Winthrop Rockefeller Grant).