EL CAMINO COLLEGE
STUDENT SUCCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
DATE: October 10, 2013
Present: M. Abbani, F. Arce, R. Bell, S. Blake, R. Dreizler, W. Garcia, A. Garten, C. Gold, C. Jeffries,
S. Kunisaki, C. Mosqueda, W. Mulrooney, J. Nishime, D. Reid, R. Smith, J. Suarez
Other Guests: W. Warren
The meeting began at 1:04 p.m.
The members of this new committee were introduced. This committee will focus on student success in
response to the Student Success Initiative.
I. DISCUSSION/ACTION
A. Timelines - Implementation
1. Student Success Task force developed 22 recommendations which are currently in different
phases of implementation.
2. Community colleges will adopt system-wide enrollment priorities by fall 2014.
3. El Camino College has developed a new priority registration policy and procedures giving
the highest priority registration to veterans, foster youth, EOPS, DSPS, and CalWORKs
students who have completed assessment, orientation and an education plan (3 core services
that affect any priority registration group); in-district new students who have completed
assessment, orientation and an education plan; continuing students in good standing working
towards a certificate, degree, transfer, etc.
4. Continuing students lose their priority if they are placed on two consecutive terms of
academic probation or exceed 100 units attempted not including ESL and basic skills
courses.
5. The biggest change to priority registration is the new in-district students having priority
registration over continuing students. Continuing students do not have to complete
assessment, orientation and education plan requirements for priority registration; they will
be prioritized by units attempted if they are making progress towards their degree, certificate
or transfer.
6. Registration for summer/fall 2014 begins April 2014 and assessment, orientation and
education plan requirements must be completed by March 31, 2014 to qualify for priority
registration.
7. What is being done to get the message out to the community? FYE is notifying feeder
school students now of the new changes at their information sessions.
8. Recommendation for priority registration:
i. Tier One - Mandated groups (veterans, foster youth, EOPS, DSPS, and CalWORKs
ii. Tier Two – empty (DSPS and EOPS moved to tier one)
iii. Tier Three - District designated groups
iv. Tier Four – In- district new high school students who met the three components
v. Tier Five – Continuing students who are still eligible
vi. Tier Six – New and returning out-of-district students who met the three components
(orientation, assessment, education plan)
vii. Tier Seven – New students who have not met the three components
viii. Tier Eight – K-12 concurrently enrolled students
ix. Tier Nine – Continuing students on probation or have completed 100+ units
9. Still need to develop a priority registration appeal process.
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Implementation Tasks:
i. Approximately 75% of ECC students receive the Board of Governors Fee Waiver
(BOGFW). Starting fall 2015, BOGFW students will be required to identify a goal and
make progress towards that goal (maintain a 2.0 GPA). An estimated 30% are not
making satisfactory academic progress (SAP). Students need to be notified of new
BOGFW mandates by spring 2014. No current statewide tracking system for BOG
students – may see students dropping out of one college and go to another to qualify for
a fee waiver.
11. Implementation last spring of a Student Success Scorecard replaces ARCC reporting.
This is a 6-year cohort tracking for completion, persistence, 30-units, remedial. Current
data is not accurate due to miscoding of basic skills classes, which should be corrected by
next spring.
12. Invest in a student support initiative (2013-14): Matriculation was renamed the Student
Success and Support Program (SSSP). By 2015-2016, 60% of funding will be determined
by documented services provided to students. ITS is developing a Datatel screen to
collect as much information as possible. Funding the college receives is currently based
on head count. New allocation of funding will take place in 2016-2017.
B. Completion Agenda
1. President Obama’s administration campaign is to increase the number of completion of
degrees 40%-60% by 2020. Only half of all undergraduates complete a college degree in six
years. The idea behind a completion agenda is to raise public awareness of the importance
of a college degree and value a college degree adds to a person’s life and earning power. By
2018, two-thirds of all jobs will require a college degree. An increased number of degrees
and certificates awarded at ECC and CEC is due to heightened awareness, ways students are
evaluated, counseling, and data collection.
2. Part of the completion agenda is focused on faculty and what happens to students in the
classroom. Development of agreement in how we serve diverse students will require
systematic conversation.
3. Suggestion was made to examine changes to K-12 common core and new testing. Emphasis
will be on deeper thinking and critical thinking skills – more depth and less breadth; need to
examine how this will articulate with college math and English curriculum.
4. It was suggested to keep in mind the importance of rigor – there is pressure to ease up on
students and change degree/certificate program requirements as means of increasing
degrees/certificates. Learning in of itself is valuable. Having a higher percentage of adults
earning degrees does not mean a country is doing a better job educating students.
5. ECC is a comprehensive college and its mission is to serve its community.
6. Discussed the process of evaluating students when they are close to obtaining a degree or
certificate. Under new Title 5 regulations, students must declare a goal and have a
comprehensive educational plan relating to their study by the time they complete 15 units or
2 semesters.
C. Student Achievement Goals
1. Student achievement goals for the institution are required by accreditation which will be
reviewed at the next meeting. This committee will need to set goals (i.e. graduation rates,
persistence and retention, etc.), measure progress and discuss and change goals as needed.
The institution will be judged on progress made towards meeting goals.
D. Development of Purpose Statement
1. The Student Success Advisory Committee (members represent Academic Affairs and
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Student Services) will advise the VPs and the President and will develop methods for the
college to implement student success initiatives. There are no student representatives on this
committee but the committee will utilize student feedback through a systematic approach.
Preliminary purpose statement: An advisory body to plan and oversee the implementation of
the Student Success and Support Programs initiative. A suggestion was made to add
“establish and monitor achievement and completion of goals.” A suggestion was made to
use a list of objectives/activities or activities guided by objectives to move forward towards
meeting the purpose. The committee should articulate principles and hone objectives – what
the committee will do, who they will advise, etc. It was recommended to leave statement as
is, but add verb ‘To act as an advisory body…’ and review the Student Success Initiative to
determine goals and discuss at the next meeting.
This committee will develop the Student Success Plan, which could be part of the
Comprehensive Master Plan.
II. NEXT MEETING
The committee agreed to meet once a month on the second Thursday of each month from 2:00-3:30pm
in Library 202. The next meeting is scheduled on November 14, 2013. R. Dreizler will be asked to
report what is being done at the high schools to inform the community of the changes.
The meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
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