INCUBATOR FOR
COLLEGE COMPLETION
March 13, 2013
Agenda
Introduction
Jennifer Rippner, UGA IHE
The Incubator and CCG
Lynne Weisenbach, USG
Incubator RFP Basics
Jennifer Rippner, UGA IHE
Award Categories
Art Seavey, USG and Tabitha Press, USG
Questions and Discussion
ALL
Conclusion
Jennifer Rippner, UGA IHE
Introduction
Jennifer Rippner
Incubator Coordinator
Graduate Research Assistant,
Institute of Higher Education
University of Georgia
jrippner@uga.edu
The Incubator and Complete
College Georgia
The aim of the incubator is to:
• Provide early-stage funding and other support for innovative
institutional, multi-institutional, or regional level projects that aim to
increase college completion
• Support the programming and activities outlined in the college
completion plans
• Grow learning communities of innovators to share promising practices
and methods from the projects
Lynne Weisenbach, University System of Georgia
Incubator RFP Basics
• Two categories of awards (to be discussed later)
• 5-page proposal and budget
• Timeline:
• April 8, 2013: proposal due no later than 5:00 pm to Jennifer
Rippner at jrippner@uga.edu
• April 8 – 22, 2013: review of applications; follow-up questions to
applicants if necessary
• April 22, 2013 (or before): announcement of grantees
• Prior to June 30, 2013: work must begin on projects
• No later than June 30, 2014: work completed
• Awardees successful applications will be made available to all USG
institutions
• Awardees will benefit from guidance and support throughout the grant
period
Jennifer Rippner, Institute of Higher Education - University of Georgia
Incubator RFP Basics
Evaluation Rubric
Award Categories
Category 1: Proof-of-Concept or Start-Up
Estimated four awardees at $25K max each
Priority will be given to projects supporting one or more
of these three broad subcategories:
• New Models for Learning
• Data-driven Student Engagement
• Creating/Sustaining Partnerships
Art Seavey, University System of Georgia
Resources and Examples
AACU LEAP Campus Tool Kit
http://leap.aacu.org/toolkit/
Overview Competency Based Education
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/higher-education/news/2012/06/08/11725/the-opportunities-andchallenges-of-competency-based-education/
Texas Tuning Project
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=8FFC700A-D9F8-57C3-CD178199FADC8CD4
Action Analytics
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/action-analytics-measuring-andimproving-performance-matters-higher-education
Building Organizational Capacity for Analytics
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB9012.pdf
Open Educational Resources Overview
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/02/07/11114/open-educational-resources/
Open Educational Resources Resources and Projects
http://creativecommons.org/education
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies
Resources and Examples
MOOC Overview from Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and Learning
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/online-education/moocs/
University System of Maryland and Coursera Experiments
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-12-29/news/bs-md-usm-online-learning-20121229_1_online-courses-courserauniversity-system
Dev Math MOOC at Wake Tech
http://www.waketech.edu/introductory-algebra-review-mooc
Dev Math MOOC at Cuyahoga Community College
http://blog.blackboard.com/company/featured/community-college-wins-gates-foundation-grant-for-dev-math-mooc/
Python Programming Course at Bunker Hill
http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/edx
MOOC Platforms
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/
Udacity
https://www.udacity.com/
edX
https://www.edx.org/
Award Categories
Category 2: Planning for Success in Gateway
Courses
Estimated four awardees between $5K - $7K each
Designed for faculty driven work around aligning curriculum
and expectations with the new Common Core Georgia
Performance Standards
Must have a K-12 partner or resource
Must involve curriculum alignment of gateway math and/or
English courses
Tabitha Press, University System of Georgia
Resources and Examples
College Board
• Affinity Network Overview
http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/affinity-network
Common Core Standards Resources
• Georgia’s Common Core Standards Resources
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/default.aspx
• Official Common Core State Standards Initiative http://www.corestandards.org/
• Achieve’ s Common Core Resources Page http://www.achieve.org/achievingcommon-core
Eastern Kentucky’s Curriculum Alignment for Retention and Transition at
Eastern Kentucky University
http://tlc.eku.edu/carte-key-documents
• Small professional development communities by content area
• Faculty driven work, aligned course syllabi to common core standards
Questions and Discussion
• What are some areas that are “prime” for exploration either at
your institution or in higher education generally?
• Do you see the incubator funds fueling exploration into these
areas? If so, how?
• Are there data gaps that could be barriers to developing an
effective project?
• How do we best share what is being learned during these
projects?
• Additional questions?
Thank you.
Jennifer Rippner
jrippner@uga.edu
March 13, 2013