© 2011 Center for Community College Student Engagement State Center Community College District CCSSE Workshop November 7, 2014
Jan 16, 2016
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State Center Community College District
CCSSE WorkshopNovember 7, 2014
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Jeff CrumpleyAssociate Director, OperationsCenter for Community College Student Engagement
Misha TurnerAssociate Director, College RelationsCenter for Community College Student Engagement
Center for Community College Student EngagementProgram in Higher Education LeadershipThe University of Texas at Austin
Introductions
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Who is in the room today?
Have you ever seen CCSSE results?
Have you ever logged into the online reporting system?
Have you formed a workgroup, discussed CCSSE and other data, and used that data to inform decisions to change something at your college or on your campus?
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Agenda
Student Voices
Student Engagement and Success
Looking at Your Data and Review of the Online Reporting System
Diving Into Your 2014 CCSSE Data
Use and Interpretation of Custom Reports
Promising Practices to Strengthen Student Success
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What did you hear?
About “front door” experiences?
About teaching and learning?
About support for students?
About what makes a difference for students?
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Defining Student Engagement
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What is Student Engagement?
…the amount of time and energy students invest in meaningful educational practices
…the institutional practices and student behaviors that are highly correlated with student learning and retention
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CCSSE (& CCFSSE)SENSE
Established surveys:
Assess the quality of their work
Identify and grow successful educational practices
Identify areas in which to improve
Provide context: a data-derived picture of institution
Shift the focus to institutional locus of control
CCSSE and SENSE are tools designed to help colleges:
Qualitative work
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What is the relationship between student engagement and student success?
How do we know this?
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I have a goal!
Sources: CCSSE 2014
State Center Students
Certificate:
Associate Degree:
Transfer to 4-year:
51%
79%
86%
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Reality Check
Horn, L., & Skomsvold, P. (2011). Community college student outcomes: 1994–2009 (NCES 2012-253). Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012253.pdf
ACT, Inc. (2010). What works in student retention? 4th national survey: Community colleges report. Retrieved from http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/droptables/CommunityColleges.pdf
• Fifty-four percent of students who enter community colleges earn a certificate, a degree, or are still enrolled six years later.
• Nearly half of all community college students entering in the fall term drop out before the second fall term begins.
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One thing we KNOW about community college student engagement…
It’s unlikely to happen by accident.
It has to happen
by design.
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Student Success: What We Know Matters
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What We Know Matters
In focus groups with students, what do they typically report as the most important factor in keeping them in school and persisting toward their goals?
Relationships
Connections matter
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High Expectations Matter
How often have you worked harder than you thought you could to meet an
instructor’s standards or expectations? Item #4p
Never Sometimes Often/Very Often
11.0% 39.6% 49.4%
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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High Expectations Matter
Expectations may not be as high as they need to be…
How often have you come to class without completing readings or assignments? Item #4e
Never Sometimes Often/Very Often
28.1% 58.4% 13.5%
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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Very/Somewhat
Peer or other tutoring 77.8%
Skill labs (writing, math, etc.) 79.0%
Rarely/Never
Peer or other tutoring 46.3%
Skill labs (writing, math, etc.) 42.0%
How important are the following services?
How often do you use the following services?
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
High Support Matters
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SCCCD students who…
Talked about career plans with an instructor or advisor (CCSSE Item 4m): 76.2%
Never: 23.8%
Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor (CCSSE Item 4l): 89.4%
Never: 10.6%
Inescapable Engagement Matters
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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Plan to take classes at this college again (CCSSE Item 20)
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
13%
5%
68%
15%
I will accomplish my goal(s) this termI have no current plans to returnWithin the next 12 monthsUncertain
High Support MattersSCCCD students who…
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How can we make engagement
inescapable?
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Make it Mandatory
How do students feel about “MANDATORY” ?
a. Frightened
b. Appreciative
c. Disgruntled
d. Rebellious
e. Depressed
Students want our
guidance…
Even though they
complain about it.
Key Question: Does “mandatory” really mean mandatory?
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Benchmarks and Benchmarking
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Benchmarking for Excellence
The most important comparison: where you are now, compared with where you want to be.
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Center Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
Groups of conceptually-related items
Standardized to a national mean of 50
Address key areas of student engagement
Provide a way for colleges to compare their own performance with other groups of colleges (across your consortium and other colleges like you) and across student groups
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CCSSE Benchmarks
Active and Collaborative LearningStudent EffortAcademic ChallengeStudent Faculty InteractionSupport for Learners
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What sort of data are we talking about?Benchmarks – standardized scores on high level concepts to get you into the results
Means – place responses on a scale to allow comparison
Frequencies – give you details about the actual responses/behaviors
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What sort of data are we talking about?Benchmarks – standardized scores on high level concepts to get you into the results Students learn more when they are actively involved in their education and have
opportunities to think about and apply what they are learning in different settings. Through collaborating with others to solve problems or master challenging content, students develop valuable skills that prepare them to deal with the kinds of situations and problems they will encounter in the workplace, the community, and their personal lives. The following seven survey items contribute to this benchmark.
During the current school year, how often have you: Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions (4a) Made a class presentation (4b) Worked with other students on projects during class (4f) Worked with classmates outside of class to prepare class assignments (4g) Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary) (4h) Participated in a community-based project as a part of a regular course (4i) Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class
(students, family members, co-workers, etc.) (4r)
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What sort of data are we talking about?
Means – place responses on a scale to allow comparison
Never = 1, Sometimes = 2, Often = 3, Very Often =4
Average score might be 2.44
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What sort of data are we talking about?
Frequencies – give you details about the actual responses/behaviors
Never – 12%Sometimes – 33%Often – 44%Very Often – 11%
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Table 1, Why is it important?
Population to Respondent data help you know that your responding students are typical students at your college.
The exception is student enrollment. CCSSE data is statistically weighted to adjust for this sampling bias created by choosing to administer in classrooms.
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Let us look at a table.
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Resources on Web
Understanding Survey Results
http://www.ccsse.org/survey/reports/2014/understanding.cfm
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How has SCCCD participated
3 separate admins with oversample
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2014 CCSSE Benchmark Scores for State Center Community College District
46.2
47.2
48.1
45
49.350
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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Disaggregating Benchmark DataSCCCD:Enrollment Status (P/T vs. F/T)
P/T F/T
Active and Collaborative Learning 42.6 53.2
Student Effort 43.9 53.6
Academic Challenge 44.4 55.1
Student-Faculty Interaction 41.6 51.5
Support for Learners 47.3 53.1
More than 60% of State Center
students are enrolled part
time
Source: 2014 CCSSE data, 2012 IPEDS data
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What about never?
Full-time students might have more opportunity to engage with other students and their instructors, but…how do we explain never?
Never worked with other students on projects during class (CCSSE Item 4f): 13.6%
Part-time: 16.6% Full-time: 7.9%
Never worked with classmates outside of class to prepare a class assignments (CCSSE Item 4g): 38.5%
Part-time: 45.4%
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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Disaggregating Benchmark DataSCCCD: Developmental Status
Dev Non-Dev
Active and Collaborative Learning 47.5 45.1
Student Effort 50.4 43.7
Academic Challenge 50.0 46.6
Student-Faculty Interaction 47.0 43.1
Support for Learners 54.0 44.3
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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More engaged, but …
Approximately 62% of U.S. community college students take at least one developmental education* course within six years of their initial enrollment.
At some colleges, the percentage is even higher.
For too many students, traditional developmental education is a terminal roadblock to success.
A CCRC study of 250,000 community college students found that only 20% percent of students referred to developmental math and 37% of students referred to developmental reading go on to pass the relevant entry-level or "gatekeeper" college course. **
*Source: RTI International. (n.d.). The completion arch: Measuring community college student success (Participation in developmental courses: United States). Retrieved from College Board website: http://completionarch.collegeboard.org/placement/participation-in-developmental-courses/participation-in-developmental-courses-us
**Source: Bailey, T., Jeong, D. W., & Cho, S. W. (2009). Referral, enrollment, and completion in developmental education sequences in community colleges (CCRC Working Paper No. 15). Retrieved from Community College Research Center website: http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/referral-enrollment-completion-developmental.pdf
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Looking at Your CCSSE Data
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2014 CCSSE Benchmark Scores Ranges for State Center Community Colleges when Split into 5
Campuses
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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A quick look at the CCSSE online reporting system.
Standard Reports
Custom Reports
Online tutorials for Online Reporting System:http://www.ccsse.org/tools/tutorials.cfm
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LUNCH
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Diving Into Your Data
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Report Out
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Promising Practices for Student Success
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CCCSE Special Study on Promising Practices
What is it? Online Institutional Survey (CCIS) Special-focus items on CCSSE Items added to CCFSSE Special-focus module on SENSE
Lots of data
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OUTCOME
1Completion of at Least One Developmental Education Course With a Grade of C or Better
STUDENT SUCCESS COURSE
Source: CCSSE-linked student record data
OUTCOMES
CCSSE developmental students
who reported participating in were to successfully complete
a student success course 5.22timesmore likely
a developmental English course N=1,737p<0.0001
than were students who did not report participating in a student success course during their first academic term.
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Late RegistrationDuring the current term at this college, I completed registration before the first class session(s). (CCSSE Promising Practices, Item #1)
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
Yes, all courses
Mostly Partly No, not any
70%
16%8% 6%
89%
6% 2% 2%
SCCCD 2012-2014 PP Respondents
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
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OrientationThe ONE response that best describes my experience with orientation when I first came to this college is... (CCSSE Promising Practices, Item #2)
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
35%
21%
5%
23%
16%12%
43%
8%
19% 18%
SCCCD 2012-2014 PP Respondents
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
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First-Year ExperienceDuring my first term at this college, I participated in a structured experience for new students... (CCSSE Promising Practices, Item #3)
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
Yes, first term Yes, first term AND at least one
other term
Yes, but NOT during first term
No
13%
2% 3%
82%
24%
3% 4%
69%
SCCCD 2012-2014 PP Respondents
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
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Learning CommunityDuring my first semester at this college, I enrolled in an organized learning community... (CCSSE Promising Practices, Item #4)
Yes, first term Yes, first term AND at least one
other term
Yes, but not first term
No
5% 3% 3%
89%
8% 4% 3%
86%
SCCCD 2012-2014 PP Respondents
Source: 2014 CCSSE data Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
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Student Success Course
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
Yes, first term Yes, first term AND at least one
other term
Yes, but not first term
No
8%3% 4%
85%
18%
3% 5%
74%
SCCCD 2012-2014 PP Respondents
During my first semester/quarter at this college, I enrolled in a student success course (such as a student development, extended orientation, study skills, student life skills, or college success course). (CCSSE Promising Practices, Item #5)
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
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Do these practices make a difference?
Series of Center Reports on High-Impact Practices
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by timely registration
47.048.1
49.6
46.5
50.2
44.5 45.0 45.4
42.3
47.3
Registered for all classes on time Did not register for all classes on time
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Orientation
47.749.6 50.1
47.1
52.7
44.0 43.445.0
42.344.2
Participated in orientation Did not participate in orientation
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Orientation
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
Because we saw something different in your data compared to the national data, let us look deeper.
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Orientation – HOW?
45.3
49.2 49.6
45.2
51.450.3 50.5
52.3
49.5
54.3
Participated Online Participated In Person
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by First-Year Experience
52.653.9 53.2
50.8
59.0
44.9 45.547.2
44.0
47.1
Participated in FYE Did not participate in FYE
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Learning Community
56.8 56.754.5
52.2
57.1
45.146.0
47.6
44.4
48.4
Participated in LC Did not participate in LC
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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2014 State Center CCSSE Benchmark Scores by Student Success Course
54.0 54.055.4
52.1
61.1
45.0 45.647.1
44.0
47.2
Student Success Course No Student Success Course
Source: 2014 CCSSE data
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Relatively small numbers of students are experiencing high
impact practices, but for those who do, we consistently see higher
levels of engagement.
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Q and AThanks for joining us!