College Leadership Team
Presentation
June 7, 2011
Completion By Design
Presented by: Christina Cortez
Student Success Team Leader
Lone Star College System
Managing Partner
October 5, 2010 – Announced at White House Community
College Summit
October 6, 2010 – RFA released
October 25 – Bidders’ Conference Call held
November 19 – Proposal due date
Mid-January to Late-February 2011 – Anticipated site visits
for finalists
March/April 2011 – Targeted for announcement of
Managing Partners by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mid-April to Mid May 2011 Completion by Design kick-off
Analyze their systems in order to understand where
they are failing and succeeding
Restructure the student experience from intake to
completion based on what they learn from that
analysis by introducing proven and promising
practices
Build linkages and interdependencies among the
student success systems
Establish clear accountability for student success and
completion
The Cadre is the planning and implementation
team for Completion by Design. Made up of at least
four community colleges or campuses within a state,
the Cadre will work together to design and implement
a model pathway to completion using proven and
promising practices
• Alamo Community College
• Dallas County Community College District
• El Paso Community College
• Lone Star College System
• South Texas College
Managing Partner must have a cadre comprising
campuses with a significant number of students
receiving Pell grants.
Pilot Schools (Interdisciplinary Team of Eight)
ACCD – St. Philip’s
DCCCD – Cedar Valley
EPCC – Valle Verde
LSCS – LSC-North Harris
STC – Pecan College
Separately Funded
Advisory and Assistance Group
Led by Nan Poppe & Leslie Haynes
Extensive CC experience
College President
Gateway to College
Early College High School Initiative
Provide Managing Partners and their Cadres with the
expertise
Five-year initiative intended to increase the proportion
of low-income young adults completing
AND increase pace by which low-income young adults
progress to postsecondary credential completion at
public two-year community colleges
• 23 % of white students who enter public
community colleges full-time complete an
associate degree with three years
• 15% of Hispanic students
• 11% of African-American students
(IPEDS), 2007
te College America
http://www.completecollege.org/
state_data
Challenge #1: Reaching consensus among 5
large college systems, each with a team of 8
representatives
Challenge #2: Difficulties in scaling a program
across campuses in multi-college districts
Challenge #3: Large-scale reform in a current
state deficit environment
Challenge #4: Policy change in a state with a
complex higher education structure
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