KADE Fact Sheet 2015-16
KCTCS
Developmental Education: Modes of Delivery
Current for Fall 2015
College/University
Ashland CTC
GEN 102/FYE
Four on-campus and one online sections of GEN 102
One online section this summer. We have not moved to FYE 105.
GEN 102 is not required at ACTC; students enrolled in a reading course often take
GEN 102 as one of their "allowed" college level courses in addition to the math and
English courses into which they have placed according to COMPASS.
Big Sandy CTC
Common Read:
Where the Red Fern
Grows
Contact: Vicki McGinnis
FYE 105 first offered the fall semester of 2014. 766 students were enrolled in 34
sections. Administration required that it be taught by full-time faculty only and
course caps would be set at 24.
A policy for mandatory enrollment was presented to the faculty and was defeated by
a vote of 60% to 40%. However, as a part of our QEP we have the Center for Student
Engagement where new students are given in-depth advising and other information
before being handed off to a faculty advisor in their next semester. Our Center
advisors bought in to FYE, and presented it as an option to all first time students.
For Fall 2015, we are offering 28 sections (585 students currently priority enrolled).
Textbook: On Course
Contact: Kathy Lowe
Bluegrass CTC
FYE 105 is pre-printed on registration worksheets for our new freshmen, and
students who do not take the course during their first semester are generally
registered into it in the second semester, and particularly those on probation. FYE
105 is offered on all campuses and online.
Here are the section numbers at Bluegrass:
Sections of 105 (25 students per section) over 6 campuses and online
Spring 2014
26
Fall 2015
63 (some sections are contextualized; 10 – 12 are online)
We are in discussion to add FYE 101 but have yet to decide. I’m also considering
hybrid and blended modes. We are working with interested technical areas to
provide a contextualized FYE for their students. The first will be Biotech.
Textbook: Thriving in the Community College and Beyond
Contact: Laura Williams, Karen Mayo
ECTC
No sections of FYE are planned here. We will offer 6 sections of GEN 102 in Fall 2015;
four on-campus and two online.
ECTC does require a mandatory orientation, either one day during the summer or
online.
Textbook: Becoming a Master Student
Gateway CTC
Contact: Beverly Dile
Will offer 5 sections of GEN 102 to all students. We strongly encourage students
with Dev Ed needs to take this course. It’s not required here. We strongly encourage
students with Dev Ed needs to take this course.
Textbook: The Pocket Guide to College Success
Contact: Kerri McKenna
Hazard CTC
Offering one section of FYE 105 online in the fall. Also offering FYE 100 and FYE 105
as Learn On Demand.
The HCTC QEP Development Team has selected FYE 105 as the QEP for AA/AS
students. Hope to offer 20 – 25 sections of FYE 105 by Fall 2017.
The FYE course will not be "required" or mandatory but strongly encouraged. The
orientation will be mandatory for all first-time students, returning students that have
been out for more than a semester, and transfer students with less than 12 credits.
However, while the FYE course will not be formally stated as required as mandatory,
we basically are going to have it be that way without saying it is mandatory.
Textbook: Thriving in the Community College and Beyond
Contact: Ella Strong
Henderson CTC
We are offering about 10 sections of FYE 105 each fall and 6 sections each spring.
We do strongly encourage FYE 105 during our orientation sessions and we get about
50% of our new students enrolled in FYE 105. We do require students who are on
Probation Status 2 to take FYE 105 as a condition to be re-admitted.
We have chemistry, history, communications, English and math faculty teaching the
course along with start center advisors and counselors. Everyone is enjoying
teaching the course and students are very positive in their feedback from the course.
We use an e-community for instructors to share resources and plan to add an
Outlook Calendar component to the class.
Textbook: Thriving in the Community College and Beyond
Contact: Tony Strawn
Hopkinsville CC
We are currently piloting a student success program in hopes of phasing out our GEN
102 courses and moving to FYE 105.
We are scheduled to teach FYE 105 on both our Hopkinsville and Ft. Campbell
campuses in online and in-person class formats. We have 13 sections scheduled for
the fall, with one being geared toward minority males and females and other at-risk
populations. Our course counts as a 3-hour elective.
We use FYE 105 (currently GEN 102) for students who meet the following conditions:
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Mandatory for students testing into two or more developmental areas
Condition of reinstatement for students after an academic suspension
Last chance tool used by the financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress
(SAP) Appeal Committee
Textbooks: Foundations in Personal Finance: College Edition and Becoming a
Master Student
Contact: Kanya Allen
Jefferson
JCTC will offer approximately 110 sections of FYE 105
Yes, it is “required” here. Students who do not take it and successfully complete it
receive an Advising Hold which keeps them from being able to self-register without
seeing an Advisor. The advisor can properly advise the student into the class or can
see why the student may not need or be able to take the class. Students with 12 or
more non-transferable credits are not required to take it or students who are nondegree seeking. Thankfully most of our academic divisions are in support of the
course and they have also included wording in their curriculum guides telling
students that they need to take the class. It is also strongly promoted in our
orientation sessions and now we have good student “word of mouth” about the
course so really getting them to take it has not been a big problem. We also remind
students and parents that this is following best practice and that other colleges and
universities require similar classes (example: The University of Louisville’s University
Studies course).
FYE counts as an elective for those programs that have electives (see AA Academic
Program Plan attached) and is just “strongly encouraged” as an additional class or
prerequisite for some of our AAS programs – especially those with selective
admissions where students start out as Pending.
Uses and e-community for instructors to share resources
Only fully online students can take online sections
Textbook: Focus on Community College Success – with customized pages
Contact: maria.galyon@kctcs.edu
Madisonville CTC
We tried a pilot of FYE 100 here at Madisonville and had very low enrollment. We
may try and offer FYE 105 Fall 2015 or go back to GEN 102; unsure at this time.
Campus-wide uses the Personal Effective Skills initiative
Contact: Christy Adkins
Maysville CTC
There will be 6 GEN 102’s and 2 online FYE 105’s offered in the Fall. They are not
required and count as an elective.
Textbook: Customized Keys to Success
Contact: Nancy Hunter
Owensboro CTC
Owensboro will make FYE an enrollment requirement for all incoming students with
30 hours or less. Not a graduation requirement. OCTC’s new students will have to
take it before their 30 hours. The Start Center will enroll them during their first
semester. We are offering an online version to accommodate all schedules.
OCTC used FYE as part of our QEP process.
MyFoundationsLab is used for Summer Boot Camps
Contact: Donna.butler@kctcs.edu;
Andy Sommers
Somerset CTC
Piloted an FYE 105 last Spring 2014, and will implement it in the Fall 2015 with 15
sections: online, hybrid, paired, traditional and ITV. We have "phased out" GEN 102.
The course is "highly recommended" and we have lobbied to get it included on the
AA and AS plan under the Electives for this year. Our First Year Advising Center is
supposed to put students or at least guide students into taking the FYE 105 course.
We will see if that effort improves for next semester.
Textbook: Customized College Choices with MyStudent Success lab
Contact: Kim Toby
SKYCTC
Common Read:
Gifted Hands
SKYCTC will offer 15 sections of FYE 105 in the Fall. We had 11 sections Spring
2015. Two sections will be the Learning Community paired with RDG 030.
FYE is a required course only for our RDG 30 students. We eliminated RDG 20 (those
students are referred to Adult Ed) and we limit enrollment to 6 credit hours for our
RDG 30 students. In Fall 2014, we piloted 2 sections of FYE/RDG paired learning
communities and it is going very well. Students are initially resistant to the 6 credit
hour limitation but by the semester’s end students see the benefit and are thankful
for the chance to ease into college. The data is proving that this arrangement is
helping with retention of our RDG 30 students. We hope to expand our learning
community offerings over the next few years. For all other students, we strongly
suggest FYE. Our administration and faculty are all supportive of FYE and there is
serious discussion about making it a graduation requirement for all students.
Textbook: Thriving in the Community College and Beyond
Contact: Ellie Adams
Southeast CTC
No FYE courses for Fall 2015. On my campus, we offer 2 sections of GEN 100 and 3
sections of GEN 102. GEN 100 is for all students, and GEN 102 is required for
students who are enrolled in two or more developmental education courses. The
credits are counted as electives.
Contact: Jamie Jones
West KY CTC
Common Read:
Orphan Train
10 sections of FYE 105 are scheduled for Fall 2015. Of those, 2 are dedicated to
Commonwealth Middle College students, 1 is a night section, and 2 are paired with
RDG 20 at a ratio of 17 to 8. The other 5 have no special designation. Also one
online section. Additionally, our Applied Technologies division has chosen to teach
only the first module, FYE 1051. They are enrolling all of their first year students in
those sections to help them learn the campus technology (5 sections)
Not required, but strongly encouraged, especially for first generation students,
developmental students, and undecided students. As described above,
Commonwealth Middle College and Applied Technologies classes are required via
block scheduling.
Textbook: Your College Experience: Two-year College Edition
Contact: Kevin Gericke
Kevin.gericke@kctcs.edu
Maria Flynn
Mariak.flynn@kctcs.edu