Collaborating on a Degree Completion Tool and Avoiding a Network Storm - Building Bridges Conference 2015

Collaborating on a Degree Completion Tool and Avoiding a

Network Storm

• 11,000 - Annual headcount• 4,000+ - Quarterly FTE• 900+ - Running Start• 250 – International students• 200 – Veteran / benefit students• 81% transfer, 19% prof tech

ABOUT WHATCOM

ABOUT WHATCOM

“A failure to plan, is a plan…

AGILEGRAD: FOR STUDENTS

Actual advising

AGILEGRAD: FOR ADVISORS

ANTH& 204 – Archeology: Spring 2014

More deciding. Less guessing.

AGILEGRAD: FOR FACULTY

• Work-arounds / death by categories• Varied and variable credit courses• FTE count• The unknown, unknowns

WHAT WE LEARNED

WORK-AROUNDS / CATEGORIES

• Varied and variable credit courses• ENGL& 230 3 or 5

credits• Co-Op 190 –

(Internship)• 1 to 10 credits

COUNT

• FTE count• 10th day X total

credits / 15 = FTE’s

• Unknown, unknowns• Permission

registration• Co-op

• Buy-in at the top• Regular, inter-departmental meetings• Divide and conquer• Align with Achieving The Dream• Communicate, communicate, communicate

HOW WE BRIDGED

AGILEGRAD DEMO