Dr. Shirley Reed Founding and Current President

Dr. Juan E. Mejia Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Anahid Petrosian Assistant Vice President for Academic Advancement

Mr. Paul Hernandez Dean of Student Support Services

Mr. Serkan Celtek Director of Research & Analytical Services

Ms. Kristina Wilson ATD Core Team Leader

PANELISTS

I. Background

II. Transformation of STC through ATD

III.Creating a College-Going Culture

IV.College Readiness

V. Comprehensive Advising

VI.College Completion

VII.Q&A

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

LOCATION OF SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE

STUDY OF TOP 100 U.S.

METRO AREAS

A CATALYST FOR CHANGE

UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment history since STC’s creation in 1993

Source: Texas Workforce Commission, Dec. 2012

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

4th in Awarding Associate

Degrees to Hispanics

44th in Associate Degrees

Awarded

Highest Graduation Rate

for Very Large Community

Colleges in Texas (THECB)

HOW DOES STC RANK?

Source: Community College Week

Measuring Student Success

Data for Decision-Making

Breaking Down Silos

2004: Round 1 College 2009: Leader College Designation

TRANSFORMATION:

ACHIEVING THE DREAM

Reorganization of IR into 3 Areas:

A DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE

New Interactive Online Factbook

Jaguar P.R.I.D.E.

Home-grown program-level & student-level learning

outcome database

Research &

Analytical

Services

Institutional Effectiveness &

Assessment

Student

Learning &

Achievement

Links to RAS, IEA, &

SLA Websites

Higher Education, Public Schools, and Business

Community Leaders

Topics: Closing the Achievement Gap,

College/Career Readiness, Completion

8th Annual Summit:

Feb. 2013

SHARING OUR DATA

Link Summit

Website

Junior Jaguars Kindergarten – 8th Grade

“It’s never too early to start thinking

about college”

Operation College Bound Partnerships with 32 high schools in 14 school

districts

Provides guidance to H.S. seniors through

the entire financial aid and admissions

process

CREATING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE

Summer Leadership Institute Training Program for K-12 Educational Leaders

Provides Tools for Transitional Student

Advisement

Information on STC’s Programs and Services

CREATING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE

New Cohort of

Educators Every Year

A Large & Comprehensive

Program:

21 School Districts

68 High School sites

Over 11,500 students

Over 1,200 Sections

Faculty involved:

Over 300 DE Faculty (High School)

Over 100 STC faculty

INCREASING COLLEGE READINESS:

DUAL ENROLLMENT

Served over 67,000 students since

2003

Tuition Free

DUAL ENROLLMENT

A wise investment to develop the talent

of our region.

DUAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH

3,795 3,537 4,734

5,977 7,373

8,797 9,402 10,645

11,750

-1,000

1,000

3,000

5,000

7,000

9,000

11,000

13,000

Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012

S o u r c e : S o u t h Texa s C o l leg e ’ s I n s t i t u t io n a l Da t a

210% increase in DE participation since 2004

6 Dual Enrollment Academies

STEM and CTE

15 Early College High Schools

Summer Bridge

High School Recovery Program

Over 2,600 graduates since 2007

9th Grade Initiatives

TexPREP Program

Rising 7th - 10th grade students

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM INITIATIVES

Link to High

School Programs

Website

MATRICULATION TO STC AFTER

GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL*

Source: South Texas Col lege’s Inst i tut ional Data

19% 20%

23% 23%

28%

15%

17%

19%

21%

23%

25%

27%

29%

Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011

9 percentage point increase since 2007

* Students with Prior Dual Credit Hours

Results Upon Transfer to UTPA:

Retention 18% higher 1st year

Cumulative GPA 0.75 pt. Higher

4 Year Graduation Rate 24% Higher

6 Year Graduation Rate 30% Higher 2 01 2 S t u d y

UTPA RESEARCH STUDY

Attended by H.S. Principals and Counselors

Data Sharing

Discussion of Strategies that Foster Academic

Rigor

Continuous Quality Enhancement of Dual

Enrollment Programs

DE PRINCIPALS’ SUMMIT

Link to Principal’s

Summit Website

Case Management FTIC Dev. Reading and Dev. English Students

Mandatory contacts with students each semester

Contextualized Curriculum Dev. English & Dev. Reading

Integrated learning projects

Themes from college-level gateway courses

Integrated Reading & Writing

COLLEGE READINESS: DEI

Developmental Education Initiative

Redesign of Developmental Math into a 2-Course

Sequence

Higher Completion Rates

Aggressive Scaling

Accelerated Reading & English

QUALITY ENHANCEMENT

PLAN

Accelerated

Developmental Math

Link to QEP

Website

Fall 2010 Completion Rates: QEP vs. Traditional

Courses Source: STC Banner Student Information System

QEP: HIGHER COMPLETION RATES

73%

55% 50%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Math 100 Math 80 Math 85

Source : STC Inst i tut ional Data

COLLEGE ALGEBRA COMPLETION RATES

62.97%

64.65%

66.06%

67.65%

61.00%

62.00%

63.00%

64.00%

65.00%

66.00%

67.00%

68.00%

69.00%

70.00%

Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011

PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN

DEVELOPMENTAL COURSEWORK

S o u r c e : S o u t h T e x a s C o l l e g e ’ s I n s t i t u t i o n a l D a t a

45% Decrease in Percentage of Enrollment

Simultaneously, Total Enrollment Increased by 75%.

31% 30%

25%

27%

21% 22%

20% 19%

17%

0.15

0.17

0.19

0.21

0.23

0.25

0.27

0.29

0.31

0.33

0.35

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Next Steps: New Mathways Project

Puente Project

Non-Course Based Remediation

Continued Review of Data

Scaling

COLLEGE READINESS

Student Barriers Study (2005)

Students lack information about classes &

services

Comprehensive Advising Taskforce (2005)

Case Management Advising Program

Beacon Mentoring

Orientation

COMPREHENSIVE ADVISING

Students assigned to an academic advisor

Contact at 4 critical points of semester

Results of Pilot with FTIC Students (Fall 2005):

CASE MANAGEMENT

Higher course completion (65% vs. 59%)

Higher GPA (2.22 vs. 1.95)

Higher retention rates

(56% vs. 46%)

Faculty Advisor Training

Based on NACADA principles and STC student data

Over 500 faculty members have been certified

Faculty offer voluntary assistance without additional

compensation

CASE MANAGEMENT: SCALING

Next Steps:

Early Alerts

Student Progress

Dashboard

Off-Track

Notifications

Staff Members Trained to

be Advisors & Mentors

Targets Gateway Courses with High Enrollment

and High Failure Rates

Current Focus: College Algebra

Provide Guidance & Assistance

BEACON

MENTORING

Fast Pass to the First Day of Class

New students complete all necessary

steps for enrollment:

Application

Account Username/Password

Advising

Financial Aid

Student ID

Invitation to Convocation

ORIENTATION

I. Graduation Taskforce

II. Cohort Success Initiative (CSI)

III. Graduate on Time (GOT) Program

IV. Texas Completes

COMPLETION STRATEGIES

2006: Removing Institutional Barriers to

Graduation

Stop-Out/Transfer Student Recovery Program

Increased Awareness of Advising Guidelines

Trainings for the Online Degree Audit System

Expansion of Supplementation Instruction

Piloting of Contextualized College Success Courses

GRADUATION TASKFORCE

2009: Improving the timely degree completion

by the IPEDS cohort (Full-Time, FTIC)

Utilizing Technology to Develop Standardized

Reporting,

Review of Degree Plans to Ensure Correct Course

Sequence and Offerings

Creating Work Opportunities On Campus

Automating Graduation Application

Process

Reverse Transfer Processing

COHORT SUCCESS INITIATIVE (CSI)

Target: Full-Time, FTIC, Degree-

Seeking, & College-Ready

Provides Academic Support, Advising,

Coaching, and On-Campus Work

Opportunities

Graduation Coaches

Faculty Advisors for the Major

Use of Technology: Student Portal

GRADUATE ON TIME (GOT) PROGRAM

Link to GOT Website

TEXAS COMPLETES

Collective Impact

Leveraging Strengths

Priority Change Areas:

Swift Entry into Programs of Study

Provide Students with Consistent

Feedback Along Each Step of their Way

Reduce Time Spent in Pre-Collegiate

Coursework

New Technology Solutions

STC’s Three-Year Graduation Rate: 18.7%,

Average Rate for Very Large Colleges in TX: 10.6%

7 Percentage Point Increase Since 2007

THREE-YEAR GRADUATION RATES

11.7% 13.0%

14.7%

17.1% 18.7%

10.0%

11.0%

12.0%

13.0%

14.0%

15.0%

16.0%

17.0%

18.0%

19.0%

20.0%

FY2007(Fall 2004 Cohort)

FY2008(Fall 2005 Cohort)

FY2009(Fall 2006 Cohort)

FY2010(Fall 2007 Cohort)

FY2011(Fall 2008 Cohort)

Gra

du

atio

n R

ate

*Represents

fu l l - t ime,

f i r s t - t ime- in -

co l lege

(FT IC)

s tudents

S o u r c e : Texa s H ig h er E d u c a t io n C o o r d in a t ing B o a r d ( T H E C B )

138% Increase Since 2004 Approx. 10% is Used to Calculate Graduation Rate

TOTAL DEGREES & CERTIFICATES

AWARDED

1,439 1,793 1,818 1,822

1,998 2,256

3,012

3,430

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Source: Texas Higher Educat ion Coordinat ing Board (THECB )

ASSOCIATE DEGREES AWARDED TO

HISPANICS

972

1,204 1,223 1,274 1,341 1,498

1,802 1,922

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

96% Increase Since 2004;

Compared to Non-Hispanics: 78% increase

Source: Texas Higher Educat ion Coordinat ing Board (THECB )

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!

For More Information, Contact

Kristina Wilson at

kmwilson@southtexascollege.edu

or (956) 872-5583