1. Achieving The Dream: Use of Data Kathryn Baker Smith, Guilford Tech Bill Thompson, Wayne Community College LaSylvia Pugh, Durham Tech Mary Cauley, Martin Community College

2. Achieving The Dream: Community Colleges Count Access and Success for Underserved Populations $400,000 Over Four Years 27 Colleges in first Round – 4 in North Carolina

3. Achieving The Dream: National Goals More students will: Complete developmental courses & progress to credit-bearing courses Successfully complete gateway courses Re-enroll from one semester to the next Earn certificates and degrees

4. Achieving The Dream: Culture of Evidence Set clear college goals Use data to document successes, identify weaknesses and problems and measure progress toward goals Make decisions and allocate resources based on evidence Analyze data across the entire college

5. Achieving The Dream: Culture of Evidence Select  Evaluate  Select/Modify  Goals Interventions

6. GTCC Example: College Goals Graduation rate will improve from 13% to 20% Fall to Fall retention as measured by the state will increase from 56% to 60% Fall to Fall retention of developmental students will improve from 49% to 55% % of developmental students who are taking college level courses after one year will increase from 32% to 40% Success in gateway courses will improve by 4% - and by 4% by gender (focus on males)

7. GTCC Example: Orientation Need: Data-based clues  Retention rates  Success rates  Faces of the Future Response: Redesign the “Front Door Experience”

8. GTCC Example: Orientation Session I: Student Success Starts Here  Negotiating campus, College services  Employability skills Session II: Success Strategies  Learning styles  Study skills Session III: Planning Your Path to Success  Program-specific information  Registration information Session IV: for spouses, parents, friends

9. GTCC Example: Orientation Fall, 2005 – 10 sessions, all Jamestown  2,250 signed up  1,412 attended  136 parents/spouses/friends came along Spring, 2006 – 4 sessions at Jamestown, 2 in High Point, 2 in Greensboro  736 signed up  414 attended  15 parents/spouses/friends came along

10. GTCC Example: Orientation First Evaluation: Satisfaction  Session I: 87.7%  Session II: 91.1%  Session III: 94.5% They:  Felt Welcomed  Thought staff were knowledgeable  Understood the registration process  Would encourage others to attend  Wanted to Register at the Same Time

11. GTCC Example: Orientation Changes:  Registration became final activity  Orientation expanded to all campus locations  Faculty and counselors facilitated sessions II and III and advised students

12. GTCC Example: Orientation Who Came?

13. GTCC Example: Orientation Persistence Fall to Spring Did not Persist to Spring 2006 Persisted to Spring 2006 Total (N) Did not Attend Orientation 636 35.7 1148 64.3 1784 Attended Orientation 191 21.3 705 78.7 896 Total827 30.9 1853 69.1 2680

14. GTCC Example: Orientation Who Persisted?

15. GTCC Example: Orientation Success Rates in English

16. GTCC Example: Orientation Who Came?

17. GTCC Example: Orientation Restructured Evaluation Advice of “Data Coach” Rate confidence level of learning in specific subject matter Suggestions for Workshop topics

18. GTCC Example: ACA 111 Required in Office Systems Technology, Paralegal Linked to gateway course Taught in first two weeks

19. GTCC Example: ACA 111 Persistence Fall to Spring Office Systems Technology Fall 2004 44% (comparison group) Fall 2005 87% Paralegal Fall 2004 60% (comparison group) Fall 2005 94%