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Understanding the Role That Community Colleges Play Andre J. Richburg Atlantic Cape Community College ACT Enrollment Planners Conference July 14, 2016
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Understanding the Role That Community
Colleges Play Andre J. Richburg
Atlantic Cape Community College
ACT Enrollment Planners Conference
July 14, 2016
Overview O Atlantic Cape Community College
O The Need For Early Intervention
O Developmental Needs By the Numbers
O State of New Jersey’s Community Colleges
O Career and College Readiness
O Programming and Student Success
O Questions and Answers
Atlantic Cape Community College
• Three campuses • Mays Landing
• Atlantic City
• Cape May County
• Serves two southernmost counties of New Jersey
• Approximately 7,000 students
• 45 career and transfer programs
• Nationally Recognized Programs • Academy of Culinary Arts
• Casino Career Institute
Atlantic Cape Developmental Math and English
Math
O 2009—62%
O 2010—69%
O 2011—69%
O 2012—70%
O 2013—68%
O 2014—68%
English
O 2009—75%
O 2010—65%
O 2011—49%
O 2012—43%
O 2013—54%
O 2014—56%
Developmental Challenges
VS
Developmental Challenges
New Jersey Community Colleges
O 21 Counties, 19 Community
Colleges
O Smallest—1,000; Largest 16,000+
O Enrollment Decline
O Exports
O NJ STARS
Three Year Graduation Rates
NOTHING
Atlantic Cape Math Boot Camp
O Piloted, Summer 2014
O Non-credit, 16 hours, 4 days, January/June/July
O Students identified through Jump Start by admissions, testing and Continuing Education
O College Readiness Grant
O All three campuses
O FREE!!!
Math Boot Camp Experience and Results
Student Experience and
Assessment Math Boot Camp Results
O First day Diagnostic Test
O MyFoundationsLab
O MATH073 boot camp
completion places the student
in MATH074
O MATH074 boot camp
completion places the student
in college level math
O 127 participants
O 40% met criteria (87 first level, 159 second level)
O Pass rate = 90%
O 60% < 16 hours
O 94.75% & 87%
Career Development
O Department of Education, Title 1
O $250,000 Grant
O 1 year
O Underachieving students
O High school & community college link
O Career and occupation exposure
O Wildwood High School
O Blueprint
Wildwood Career Readiness Programming
Saturday Workshops
O Career and College
Readiness Orientation
O Meyers-Briggs
Personality
Assessment
O Occupation Search
O Portfolio and Resume
Development
Career Boot Camp
O Day 1-Intro to academic success activities
O Day 2-Complete portfolio and resume w/information from Sigi3
O Day 3-Interactive workshop: Education Pays
O Day 4-Optimizaton of study habits
O Day 5-Long term planning
Student Success Initiatives O Achieving the Dream (AtD) & Guided Pathways
O English Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)
O Fall 2014
O 84% success rate in English 101
O Accelerated Math
O “Fast track” developmental math completion
O Early Alert
O Academic and Student Affairs collaboration
O 50% success with intervention
Andre J. Richburg, MS Ed
Dean, Enrollment Mgt. & College Relations
Atlantic Cape Community College
NJACAC, Immediate Past President
609-343-5086
