Student Equity & Success Office Presents,
College Completion Project Workshop Series, Part 2 of 4
Facilitated by Dr. Robert Johnstone,
National Center for Inquiry & Improvement
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
11:30p.m. - 3:30p.m. (Lunch Included when you RSVP through registering, see link)
In the first workshop, Dr. Johnstone provided an overview of the Completion by Design Model, a
Clear Pathways methodology, and colleges and universities that have begun focusing on ways
to increase Student Success. In Part 2 of 4, Dr. Johnstone will discuss design principles along
with ways in which our college constituency groups can begin engaging in owning this process
for ourselves while “Starting with the End In Mind” for Student Success. We look forward to your
participation and engagement across all areas of the service, including administrative services,
student services, and instruction.
The 10 Guiding Questions:
1. Isn’t college a meritocracy where the strong and smart succeed, and the weak,
underprepared, or unmotivated don’t succeed?
2. Won’t we lose enrollment at our college if we get rid of the swirl with increased
structure – or by making things mandatory?
3. Isn’t free choice the cornerstone of American higher education?
4. Don’t students benefit when they “find themselves” by what looks like wandering to
the observer?
5. Aren’t we going to sacrifice quality when we move to more structured pathways?
6. Won’t we lose the heart of a liberal arts education when we make things more
structured?
7. Isn’t all of this “hand-holding” going to create graduates that can’t navigate the
workplace and the “real world”?
8. How can students be expected to make career decisions at age 18 or 19?
9. Don’t students change careers four to seven times? Given this, why would we put
them on structured pathways?
10. Won’t faculty lose control over what is taught in their discipline?
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Student Success & Equity,
College Completion Project Workshop Series, Part 2 of 4
Time &
Location
11:3012:00 p.m
12:0012:30
Topic Points
Facilitator
11:30 - 12:15- Lunch, Network & follow up Q & A from September 17th
Completion By Design (CBD) Design
Principles Overview
Dr. Robert
Johnstone
Constituency
Groups align
common
strands
regarding ways
to address
student support
and success &
equity plans
goals and
objectives
Dr. Robert
Johnstone &
Braid CBD with
SCC’s
SSSP Plan &
SEq Plan
6 breakouts
group
facilitated
with
constituency
braiding
Determine
ways to begin
streamlining
this process for
SCC
 Give students a clear roadmap to end
goals
 Simplify their choices
 Help new students choose and
successfully enter a program of study
 Monitor their progress, giving frequent
feedback and support as needed
 Empower faculty and staff to lead the
redesign process
12:30-1:45
1:45-1:55
Outcomes
Start with the End in Mind
Break
2
1:55-3:30
Integration of SSSNet as an organizational
framework to SCC’s Completion by Design,
Clear Pathways model
2:55-3:30
Small group share out to whole group,
planning/wrap-up, & next steps for
December’s meeting
Develop draft of
SCC Clear
Pathway
implementation
in the use of
SSSNet
Resources:
Guided
Pathways
Goals and
Objectives for
December
meeting
Notes:
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Student Equity & Success Office Presents,
College Completion Project Workshop Series, Part 1 of 4
Facilitated by Dr. Robert Johnstone,
National Center for Inquiry & Improvement
Thursday, September 17, 2015
11:30p.m. - 3:30p.m. (Lunch Included)
In the last three to four decades in higher education, two-year and broad-access fouryear colleges have primarily focused on access and enrollment, and there has been a
lack of a strong corresponding focus on completion. This has resulted in systemic
barriers that are preventing students from earning credentials that will prepare them to
succeed in further education and careers. How can practitioners within community
colleges consider large-scale redesign to support and increase student completion &
success? Drawing from a best-of-breed approach from work on Gates’ Completion by
Design, Lumina’s Guided Pathways to Success, Kresge’s Pathways projects in
Arkansas & Michigan, and the Aspen Prize for Community College excellence, this
session explores this fundamental question and others about student success within the
framework of a completion agenda. We will offer numerous examples and resources
from colleges across the country who are wrestling with the very same on-the-ground
issues that we all face in our improvement efforts based on the premise of these 10
questions.
1. Isn’t college a meritocracy where the strong and smart succeed, and the weak,
underprepared, or unmotivated don’t succeed?
2. Won’t we lose enrollment at our college if we get rid of the swirl with increased
structure – or by making things mandatory?
3. Isn’t free choice the cornerstone of American higher education?
4. Don’t students benefit when they “find themselves” by what looks like wandering to
the observer?
5. Aren’t we going to sacrifice quality when we move to more structured pathways?
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6. Won’t we lose the heart of a liberal arts education when we make things more
structured?
7. Isn’t all of this “hand-holding” going to create graduates that can’t navigate the
workplace and the “real world”?
8. How can students be expected to make career decisions at age 18 or 19?
9. Don’t students change careers four to seven times? Given this, why would we put
them on structured pathways?
10. Won’t faculty lose control over what is taught in their discipline?
Student Success & Equity,
College Completion Project Workshop Series, Part 1 of 4
Time &
Location
11:3012:15 p.m
Topic Points
Facilitator
Outcomes
11:30 - 12:15- Lunch & Network
12:1512:45
Student Completion and Success, Completion
By Design (CBD)
Dr. Robert
Johnstone
12:45-1:45
Workshop information continues with Dr.
Johnstone coordinating development of small
group work sessions
6 breakouts
group
facilitated
1:45-2:00
1:45- 2 - break
2:55-3:30
2-3:30- Small group share, planning/wrap-up,
& next steps for November's meeting
Braid CBD
with SCC’s
SSSP Plan &
SEq Plan
Resources:
Guided
Pathways
Goals and
Objectives for
November
meeting
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Notes:
On the cusp of change among the community college to facilitate degrees and
certificates that aid in facilitating liveable wages for graduates
Unraveling the maze for students to navigate in order to achieve a degree/transfer
and/or certificate
Four Big Ideas for Redesign
1.Mapping Paths to Student End Goals
2.Helping Students Get on a Path
3.Keeping Students on a Path
4.Ensuring that Students are Learning
Pathway Models
-
Self-directed
-
Guided Pathways
Next Steps
Design Principles
üGive students a clear roadmap to end goals
üSimplify their choices
üHelp new students choose and successfully enter a program of study
üMonitor their progress, giving frequent feedback and support as needed
üEmpower faculty and staff to lead the redesign process
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Next Steps for November 3
Review guiding principles and begin looking at the “Start with the end in Mind” as a way
for SCC constituency groups to see their involvement in creating a more SCC “Clear
Pathway” process that focuses on Student Success and Completion.
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